Report for Charity Commission, November 2024
PRIMARY SCHOOL ACTIVITY SHEETS
We sent out three samples each of our nine primary school activity sheets to 39 schools in the surrounding district. We have received only one feedback from a Special Needs school in Deal but this was very positive. It was suggested we email the Head of each school we sent the sheets to, asking for feedback.
The activity sheets will be uploaded onto Times Educational Supplement where they can be sold for a small fee.
ORAL HISTORY PROJECT / PODCASTS
We have recorded 11 interviews of which eight have so far been partly edited. All the interviewees have stories to tell about their experiences with, on or around the Goodwin Sands.
We need to get podcasts out and about – suggestions were: Ramsgate Radio, Deal Radio, hospital radios, our website, We will ask the Maritime Archaeology Trust and Nautical Archaeology Society for suggestions. Other ideas are museums, our newsletter, Shepherd Neame pubs and live streaming on social media.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
We have given Powerpoint presentations to Ashford Rotary (2x), Ladies Unlimited, Deal Rotary, St Peters WI, Preston Tuesday Club and also talks to the Old Chums Club, Thanet Ladies Rotary and Sandwich Rotary. They have all been well received and the over riding feedback is that most people know very little about the Goodwins and are pleased to learn about them.
BATHYMETRIC MODELLING RESEARCH REPORT
This research report on the bathymetric modelling of the Goodwin Sands by Dover Harbour Board for their 2016 dredging licence application was peer reviewed by Professor Gerd Masselink of the University of Plymouth. The cost was £2,520. Thanks to a generous contribution from one supporter we raised £2,702 which also covered the printing and postage costs. Reports were sent out to about 50 contacts by post as it was felt more notice would be taken than if receiving them by email. Acknowledgements were received from The Crown Estate (TCE), Historic England and the Environment Agency.
We have been given an ISBN number we can associate with the report. We will register the report and lodge it with the Legal Books Depository.
GOODWIN SANDS MARINE CONSERVATION ZONE (MCZ) MANAGEMENT PLAN
Kent & Essex Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (KEIFCA) has permission to apply for a new byelaw to prohibit bottom towed trawl gear on the inside section of the
MCZ – up to the six nautical mile limit. This is to protect the numerous Sabelleria Spinosa reefs. The process involves a public consultation and will probably take a year to get formalised.
We feel this is good news as if bottom towed gear is banned it would be di^icult to accept aggregate extraction as being appropriate. We supported KIEFCA in part of this project by providing information on the shipwrecks located in the MCZ from which they have created an interactive map of wreck locations.
POP UP DISPLAYS
We were unable to get our two charity slots at Deal Market this year but provided a stall at Walmer Brocante in August. We were going to hold one in the Captains Garden at Deal Castle on Heritage weekend but the weather forestalled this.
We have found a story teller for Walmer Council’s Childrens Festival in July 2025 as the one we had planned for this year pulled out.
We have sourced new items of merchandise and continue to look at new opportunities.
We invested in a new stronger gazebo that will withstand wet and windy coastal weather and so far it has proved very good.
HMS NORTHUMBERLAND DIVE DAY
Dan Pascoe invited Joanna Thomson (Chairman) to join him and the MSDS team on the dive boat Predator in July. The weather was incredibly calm and they had had a week of good diving. Dan Snow had visited and dived with them the day before.
They found ropes and cannons in good states of preservation which Dan hoped would prove the wreck is worth further investigation / excavation.
further funding to do more excavating of the site. He will keep us updatd on progress.
DEAL CASTLE DISPLAY
We are still trying to persuade English Heritage that the Goodwins are linked to Deal Castle and that a display in the castle would be appropriate. Hefin Meara of Historic England has o^ered to help facilitate discussions. To be continued.
GROUPS MEMBERSHIP
We were invited (and accepted) to join the Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy group (JNAPC) and also the newly formed Deal History Alliance.
| RECEIPTS | 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations received | 2976 | 878 | |
| Grants received | 400 | 1,300 | |
| GiftAidreceived | 753 | ||
| MerchandiseSales | L,L62 | '1,,742 | |
| Talks | 200 | ||
| Total Receipts | 5,49L | 3,920 | |
| PAYMENTS | |||
| Admin | 203 | 6 | |
| Displays | 23L | 1,738 | |
| Postage,Printing, | Stationery | 147 | 371 |
| Projects | L,524 | 3,192 | |
| SubstoOthers | 45 | ||
| Sundry | L2 | 184 | |
| Training | |||
| TravelExpenses | 336 | 200 | |
| CostofMerchandise | 372 | ||
| Total Expenditure | 2,870 | 5,691 | |
| NetofReceipts/(Payments) | 2,62L | lL,77tl | |
| Adjustmentc/ffrom2023 | 6 | ||
| Cashinhandatyearend | 5,244 | 2,6L7 | |
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