30 Mar 2020
The Mayflower 400 team are pleased to announce two freelancers have joined the Mayflower 400 ranks as Production Manager and Community Engagement Officer. The two new appointments, both local, complement the existing team and bring additional skills, expertise and capacity to the programme. The Production Manager, Louise Birchill, will oversee coordination and logistics of the … Continue reading
27 Mar 2020
Southampton City Council is leading a city-wide partnership to mark Mayflower 400. The programme was launched in early March with 1,000 school and college pupils taking part in A Musical Odyssey, at The Mayflower Theatre, led by the Southampton Music Hub. Projects were due to continue throughout the year, but in light of the current … Continue reading
4 Mar 2020
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has granted £98,900 to fund a series of projects to support the Mayflower 400 anniversary programme in Southampton. This, along with a previous award of £269,000 from Arts Council England, matched funding from Southampton City Council, and investment from Go! Southampton, Paris Smith and the Barker-Mill Foundation, means that the … Continue reading
11 Feb 2020
Southampton is just one of 18 locations to receive one of the new ‘Pilgrim 400’ apple trees, a new variety of apple discovered in Nottinghamshire, home of many of the Puritan Separatists who sailed on the Mayflower ship. The apple, grown especially by horticulturalist and BBC Gardening Correspondent John Stirland, who was on hand to … Continue reading
8 Jan 2020
Arts Council England has granted Southampton City Council a £269,000 National Lottery Project Grant to fund a series of artistic projects and commissions to support the Mayflower 400 Anniversary programme in 2020. Southampton’s Mayflower 400 cultural programme will use the anniversary as an opportunity to reconnect communities to our maritime past and to tell stories … Continue reading