Education at Hermitage
Hermitage River Projects hosts educational programs, giving the resources of the pier house and the visitor berths to be used to deliver unique classes on the Thames.
There is a focus on the tidal Thames, and in this area in particular – the Pool of London, a very historic part of the old commercial port of London – and on the group of historic ex-commercial vessels that constitute the community of live-aboard barges here at Hermitage.
Educational initiatives have included: (links within bold below)
- support for the River Thames Boat Project’s ‘Eco-Venturers’
- financial grants to Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre
- support for the Thames Explorer Trust
- sea shanty choirs
- foreshore archaeology workshops
- practical barge handling courses including ropework and diesel engine maintenance
- day-skipper & VHF radio operator courses
- first aid courses
- oral history training
- river inspired film and music projects