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With thanks for the generous support of our sponsors
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The Maritime Heritage, Maritime Futures initiative launched in September 2023. Devised and led by The Danny’s learning and participation team, and delivered over the course of an academic year, it bridges Merseyside’s rich maritime heritage with the region’s rapidly expanding future opportunities.
The Maritime Heritage, Maritime Futures programme introduces young people from across the Liverpool City Region to the excitement and challenges of maritime, and the career possibilities open to them as the sector works to achieve decarbonisation by 2050.
The programme is structured around challenges that match the diverse interests and levels of participants - from the original Level 3 engineering challenge to design and build sustainable vessels for testing on the water, to challenges around component design using sustainable materials, graphic design, ecologically sensitive design, media campaign planning, and events management. The young people are mentored by industry professionals and have eye-opening experiences ranging from shipyard & port visits to masterclasses, vessel visits, lectures, and engine room tours.
In our first year, we worked with 134 young people, in our second 258, and this year we have 446 young people lined up to take part. Participants come from sixth form and FE Colleges across the City Region (Wirral Met, Hugh Baird College, Liverpool College, City of Liverpool College, Cronton College) and this year also from the engineering faculty at Liverpool John Moores University, and the apprentice programme at Peel Ports Group. This year for the first time, we will be working with industry partners to run challenges for school pupils aged 14 - 16 across the Liverpool City Region.
We will continue to work with and showcase the achievements of the fantastic young people from Thornton College, specialist provision for young people with learning disabilities in Sefton), and to engage with naval cadets, young people from the King's Trust programmes and for the first time with young people finding their feet in the region, through the ESOL programme at Hugh Baird College.
The young people’s showcase events will involve testing the student-designed and built vessels, presentations to industry professionals by young people and vice versa, careers fairs, product testing, artwork display and of course an awards presentation. Events will take place in May and June, with the float your boat demo on the water in Salthouse Dock and presentations in the Museum of Liverpool on June 15th, 2026.
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The support of our generous business community support helps us to raise awareness about the importance of the Liverpool City Region’s maritime sector amongst young people in the region, to provide quality learning and careers activities that build skills and confidence and to inspire them to consider maritime futures for themselves.
Find out how your business can help to empower the next generation of maritime professionals in the Liverpool City Region.
Get Involved: Industry
The Danny is proud to partner with some of the Liverpool City Region’s most dynamic maritime organisations to deliver our Maritime Heritage, Maritime Futures programme.To date Svitzer, Cammell Laird, Peel Ports, Maersk, Liverpool John Moores University, KS Composites, Canal and River Trust, National Museums Liverpool, Safeguard Engineering have provided insight, challenge and experience to the students.
Would your company like to be part of this amazing community?
Get Involved: Schools and colleges
Schools, colleges and other education settings: would you like to attend the showcase event and engage your students next year?
Students: we're launching a youth advisory group to set the direction for our Maritime Heritage Maritime Futures project with us, starting with project participants aged 16+. If you'd like to join, please contact us.
