Devon sailing group receives National Lottery funding

Descriptor: First we see a purple screen, where a caption reads, “The National Lottery Good Causes.” We then see shots of the harbour and boats at Brixham.

Larry Lamb (voiceover): For tourists and fishermen alike, boats in the sea are what Brixham, this beautiful Devon town, are all about.

Descriptor: We now see Larry Lamb, who is walking along a dock and speaking to camera. As he speaks, we see shots of the crew members putting on lifejackets and preparing ropes to sail. Larry boards the vessel.

Larry: I’m here on behalf of the National Lottery, to visit the crew of one very special vessel. They think I’m just here to help out as a deck hand, but they’ve applied for a National Lottery grant, and I’ve got a bit of a surprise for them.

Descriptor: We now see various shots of the boat sailing on the sea, before we see the crew members and Larry with children on the boat. We hear Larry speak in a voiceover.

Larry: This magnificent boat, Leader, has been sailing along the British coastline for over a hundred and twenty years. It started life as a fishing trawler, but today she carries a much more precious cargo.

Descriptor: We now see Larry and children pulling on one of the boat’s ropes. We then meet Matthew Maxted, from Trinity Sailing Foundation. As they speak, we also see shots of the Leader at sea.

Matthew Maxted: We work with young people from across the UK.  They’ll learn a little bit about sailing, em, they learn a lot about themselves. But because the boat’s, ah, very special and old, they also learn a lot about history...

Larry: Yeah, yeah... [nodding in agreement]

Matthew: ...And by the end of the week, they’re really proud...

Larry: ...They love it, yeah?

Matthew: ...They’re polishing the brass, they’re scrubbing the decks, they take a real pride in history.

Descriptor: We now see Nuku Wondrausch walking towards the camera along the dock past several moored boats. We hear Larry in a voiceover.

Larry: One of the people the Trinity Sailing Foundation has helped is Nuku who came aboard after a difficult time as a young man.

Descriptor: As Nuku speaks to an off-screen interviewer, we also see various shots of the boat sailing on the water, together with shots of members of crew and children working.

Nuku: I was involved in drugs, and a lot of different situations, I didn’t seem to be able to break out of. Going sailing with Trinity was amazing, I got to learn things about myself that I didn’t know before, it stretched me in ways that I’d never been stretched, and it wasn’t until I went back to different areas of my life, that I actually realised how deep that strength went really.

Descriptor: Once again, we see various shots of crew members and children working on the boat, before seeing a wide shot of it on the water.

Larry: But keeping a nineteenth century fishing trawler ship-shape is a difficult and expensive business.

Descriptor: Once again, we see Larry interviewing Matthew Maxted. As Matthew speaks, we see various close- up shots of the boat.

Matthew: We need to, um, replace the deck.

Descriptor: We see a shot of the deck, which is aged and worn.

Matthew: But because it’s sagging, we need to place, replace the structure underneath it as well, so all of...

Larry: It’s a big job.

Matthew: It’s a big job.

Descriptor: We now see shots of Leader coming back to land, before seeing shots of Larry with the crew and children on the deck of the boat.

Larry: Thank you really very much for having me here to find out all about this extraordinary vessel, the Leader, and more importantly, what it manages to do for so many people all over the country. I’ve, ah, actually got something here that’s perhaps going to hopefully help the Leader to keep on sailing and helping people for a long time to come. On behalf of the National Lottery and the Heritage Lottery Fund, a cheque for a hundred and seventy thousand, four hundred pounds.

Descriptor: Larry presents an oversized cheque to Matthew as crew and children applaud.

Matthew: Thank you very much.

Girl: That was absolutely amazing, and we had no idea. That’s going to make it better for everyone who’s going to come on here and enjoy the time of their lives.

Descriptor: Once again, we meet Nuku.

Nuku: That’s just incredible. Trinity have done so much for me, and now they’re going to be able to do so much for other young people, in the same way that they’ve helped me.

Descriptor: Finally we see a shot of Leader moving out to sea.