Small grants funding opportunity📣 Join the webinar on 14th October at 9:30 to learn eligibility criteria and application process. Register your place 🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b823bbc7-227f-40fc-b536-4201cf2b7648@4a3454a0-8cf4-4a9c-b1c0-6ce4d1495f82

📣Register for our Webinar on the Heritage Open Call for more information: Morning 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f50999... Afternoon 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/64bdc8...

Kings Maritime History Seminars begin 2 October 2025 📣 First lecture is on 'Sea Power Thought in the Cold War' by PhD Student, Andrew Livsey 📍King’s College London Find out more🔗 https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/kings-maritime-history-seminars-2025-26

📣Reminder: Heritage Open Call 📣 fund ambitious, high-impact projects that support our heritage key themes and the Foundation’s strategy Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025 More information on how to apply 🔗 https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved/heritage-grant-open-call

🌊 NEW: "Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining" - first book examining cultural risks of deep seabed mining. Indigenous voices, archaeologists & legal experts reveal what's at stake beneath the waves. Grateful to @lrfheritage.bsky.social for supporting this critical work. bit.ly/4pHGEj9

Across the world, postgraduates from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) are building local legal expertise and keeping our seas safe. 🌊 Launched on #WorldMaritimeDay, in a new, 8-part video series, we hear their stories. 🔗 https://loom.ly/JUbJpCU#WorldMaritimeDay

Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Deep Sea Mining A new publication by The Ocean Foundation on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Deep Seabed Mining 🌊History on deep seabed mining 🌊The legal context 🌊How it fits into the new UN Convention on Law of the Sea 🌊The ecological impacts of deep seabed mining

The Library 📚 Some behind the scenes pictures of our return to Fenchurch Street 👏 Over 5000 books, pamphlets and journals were returned to our library- just 10% of our total collection of books and journals on maritime history, engineering and safety!

Learn more about our small grants scheme! On October 14th, we are hosting an informational #webinar, where we will provide an overview of our latest small grants funding opportunity, eligibility criteria, and application process, followed by a short Q&A session. Register now: https://loom.ly/_8kb79s

Yesterday, at #LISW25, Lloyd's Register Foundation and Royal Museums Greenwich hosted a panel discussion focused on culture and careers in #maritime. A big thank you to our speakers, who explored the role heritage can play in supporting a more diverse & sustainable talent pipeline for the industry.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially reopened our Grade II* listed headquarters in London earlier this week, following an extensive refurbishment. Renamed the Lloyd's Register Building, the reopening marked a significant moment in the building’s history. Read more: ow.ly/zIap50WYUgM

Lloyd's Register Returns to its historic home at 71 Fenchurch Street 📣 Pleased to announce our return after 6 years of extensive conservation and renovation to our grade two listed home in the City of London! Read more 🔗 www.lr.org/en/knowledge...

It's the start of #LISW25! Colleagues from across Lloyd's Register Foundation are getting ready for an action-packed programme of events at London International Shipping Week, dedicated to safely driving the #maritime industry forward. Stay up to date with our events: https://loom.ly/UnWCWno

The Heritage Centre has launched a Heritage Open Call to fund ambitious, high-impact projects that support our heritage key themes and the Foundation’s strategy. 📣 Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025 More information on how to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...

Join Lloyd's Register Foundation and Royal Museums Greenwich at #LIWS2025 for our panel discussion on culture and careers in #maritime, and the role #heritage can play in supporting a more diverse and sustainable talent pipeline for the industry. Contact us to attend: https://loom.ly/1IqG0eE

Small Grant Scheme is now OPEN📣 Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections. How to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...

Final chance to register📣 UK Maritime Heritage Forum Speakers from tall ships to nautical archaeology, large national museums and small volunteer-run groups 👏 Register by 11th September 🔗 www.nms.ac.uk/events/uk-ma...

Join Royal Museums Greenwich at London International Shipping Week for our panel discussion on culture and careers in maritime, and the role heritage can play in supporting a more diverse and sustainable talent pipeline for the industry. Register your place🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/events/movin...

Small Grant Scheme is now OPEN📣 Offering #grants up to £10,000 GBP for organisations that want to increase public access and engagement with maritime history and/or their collections. Apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...

A new report provides an in-depth assessment of the threat posed to coastal communities, fishing grounds and marine ecosystems by at least 8,500 potentially polluting shipwrecks around the world. Download the report 🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/sites/defaul...

We are hiring! Lloyd's Register Foundation is looking for an experienced Communications Manager. They will provide communications support for our two centres: the newly launched Global Safety Evidence Centre and the Heritage Centre. Apply 🔗 www.lr.org/en/careers/l...

Lloyd’s Register Foundation has announced a new international #funding offer. To find out more about Maritime Connected, join our #webinar on 3rd Sep 2025, where potential applicants can learn more about the call, eligibility criteria, and application process. Register now: https://loom.ly/-1YvUrw

This was part of a week-long visit to Ghana for my research project, PASSAGE, funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation @lrfheritage.bsky.social. We met with archivists, researchers, and government officials to discuss how PASSAGE can support research in Ghana on the history of transatlantic slavery.

Get involved with SHE_SEES at Portsmouth Historic Quarter this summer🌞 From 21st Aug, take part in the Pioneers activities & build a boat from just one sheet of paper🌊 Betzy learned how to use tools and build boats from scratch -now she restores historic ships! Can you follow in her footsteps?

We are inviting organisations and communities to apply to our new Maritime Connected #funding offer - designed to plug safety-critical gaps across the #maritime system. For more information on the funding offer, including case studies and assessment criteria, visit: https://loom.ly/VaL7r8I#funding#maritime

Explore our online resources. The Heritage Centre has digitised over ✨1 million documents✨: 👉Lloyd's Register of Shipping 👉Lloyd's Register of Yachts 👉Lloyd's of London, Missing Vessel Books 👉Casualty Returns 👉Lloyd's Register Rules and Regulations 👉Ship Plan and Survey Report Collection

Defining the Lloyd’s Register Outport 🌍🚢 How did Lloyd’s Register build a global network of surveyors? What made a port an “Outport”? And why did Hull play such a pivotal role? Read now 👉 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...

Call for Papers - Maritime Britain 1550 - 1750📣 📆16-17 September 2025 Proposals are invited for papers that cover the three key themes over the period 1550-1750: 🌊Seaborne Trade 🌊Shipping 🌊Maritime Communities Deadline: 1 September 2025 Find out more 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/c...

Visit our SHE_SEES #exhibition this summer – now open until December 2025 in Boathouse 4 at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard! Join us for free and uncover the extensive history of trailblazing female voices in the #maritime industry. Find out more: loom.ly/EHyWZsc

Frozen at Sea🌊 All kinds of freezing conditions affected ships and their crews: 🧊Ports iced up in winter 🧊Icebergs and sea ice 🧊Sea spray turning into ice 🧊Frostbite Learn more about the safety hazards of ice and the impact ships and their crew 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...

FINAL REMINDER!📣 The Heritage Centre is currently hiring three new roles: ✔️Archive Officer ✔️Collections Assistant ✔️Collections Data and Systems Manager 🚨Deadline: 8th August Apply 🔗 www.lr.org/en/careers/

⛵Return to Tradition: Are Sails Making A Comeback? Did the age of "sail” end in the 19th century with the introduction of the steam engine? Read about the rise of sail again🔗👉 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...

Seoul National University and Lloyd's Register Foundation are working together to champion the role of women in #engineering. Professor Yonghwan Kim, Director of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Research Center for Safety of Future Ship, shares his thoughts below 👇

REMINDER!📣The Heritage Centre is currently hiring three new roles: ✔️Archive Officer ✔️Collections Assistant ✔️Collections Data and Systems Manager Find out more and to apply 🔗 www.lr.org/en/careers/

The first rating agency: Lloyd’s Register’s first century📣 Peter Solar reconstructs the business history of Lloyd’s Register, the world’s first rating agency, from its founding in 1760 to around 1860 Read 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Call for Papers - Maritime Britain 1550 - 1750📣 📆16-17 September 2025 📍University of Southampton Proposals are invited for papers that cover the three key themes over the period 1550-1750: 🌊Seaborne Trade 🌊Shipping 🌊Maritime Communities Find out more 🔗 www.maritimehistory.org.uk/documents/Ca...

The Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage Centre is currently #hiring for three new roles. Find out more below and join our growing team! Archive Officer - https://loom.ly/MIDaJbo Collections Assistant - https://loom.ly/XOnm82U Collections Data and Systems Manager - https://loom.ly/bZ0hx58#hiring

Congratulations Dr Sam Wright 👏

📸 Hannah Mills at Portsmouth Historic Quarter last week at the unveiling of her new SHE_SEES portrait Visit SHE_SEES at Boathouse 4, now open until December 2025 ✨

🌟 We are #hiring! 🌟 Join our team as a Collections Assistant 📖Cataloguing and QA of digital asset descriptions. 📙Assist with the production of library and archive material 📘Assist with enquiries 📕Support on the day to day upkeep of the library and archive Apply 🔗 jobs.lr.org/job/London-C...

How can history support a safe and sustainable future ocean economy? In this blog, Louise Sanger, Head of Research, Interpretation and Engagement at Lloyd's Register Foundation's Heritage Centre, explains why learning from failure and success is a key part of making things safer. 🔗 loom.ly/fNp0sY4

Behind the scenes of the Hannah Mills shoot 📸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDGS... ✨Watch Hannah Mills for Emirates GB in Sail GP, 19-20th July in Portsmouth 📍Sandbanks, Dorset

Hannah Mills OBE Double Olympic Gold medallist, record-breaking sailor and strategist for the Emirates GB team in Sail GP and the driving force behind Athena Pathways. SHE_SEES now extended until December 2025 at Boathouse 4, Portsmouth Historic Quarter.

🌟 We are #hiring! 🌟 Join our team as an Archive Officer 📖Maintain and update a mixed collection of archive, library and museum objects 📙Process uncatalogued heritage collections 📘Support on outreach projects 📕Assist with archive moves and reading room service Apply: jobs.lr.org/job/London-A...

Lloyd's Register Foundation are hiring an Events Manager📣 The role will: ✔️Support the Strategic Communications team on organising smaller workshops and round tables ✔️Build the Lloyds’ Register building events programme ✔️Deliver a small-scale annual ‘Impact Showcase’ www.lr.org/en/careers/l...

The Heritage Centre has launched its new Research Key Themes. 🌊Shipwrecks and Maritime Disaster 🌊Equity and Transparency 🌊Transitions A clear framework of work priorities for the Heritage Centre in alignment with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation strategy. 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/about-us/key...

UK Maritime Heritage Forum, booking now open! 📆Sunday 19 – Tuesday 21 October 📍National Museum of Scotland This year's theme is "Staying Afloat, caring for and sharing our maritime heritage." Book here 🔗 www.nms.ac.uk/events/uk-ma...

Read the latest UArctic blog! 📣 Fellow Daniel Oliver Paulsen, a PhD Candidate at the University of Bergen, explores the changing nature of ‘seamanship’ and what it means for safety.🚢🔗 www.lrfoundation.org.uk/news/underst...

📣We are hiring! 📣 Lloyd's Register Foundation are currently hiring for an Events Manager to manage the Lloyds’ Register building events programme, liaise with suppliers and support with external events and workshops. Apply 🔗👉 www.lr.org/en/careers/l...

Excited to announce that Lloyd's Register Foundation has been shortlisted by Charity Times for the Digital Transformation of the Year award! 🏆