Save our ship of light -SOSOL
SOSOL Team-
Anthony Renton
Sheila Sly
Meg Hartford
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save our ship of light news
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The Sunderland Echo recently reported on the "save our ship of light" fund raising appeal which was announced in January 2016,
The organisers hope that LV no,72 can be purchased, and taken back to Sunderland to be restored and represent some of the city’s historic ship building past. The initial January £50,000 fund raising target has now been raised to £100,000 when the gofundme page was relaunched
26th February -
Save our Ship of Light facebook page is now live, and you can make a donation through their gofundme page to help save this historic lightvessel for future generations.
SOSOL Timeline:.
£1,325 raised of their £100k goal
in 13 months
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the last news
During August 2020, members of the former SOSOL team stated that the funds they had raised were donated to other organisations, as they had been unable to take the project forward
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no news on the SOSOL project since Nov 2016
23 Nov calendar cancelled
27th August calander announced
17th June 2016 - SOSOL gives a talk- Lightship No 72, a suitable case for preservation at the Freemasons Nautilus Lodge Sunderland
17th June 2016 - Sunderland Maritime Heritage give their support.
4th June 2016 - SOSOL attends the Sunderland History Fair
24th May 2016 - new SOSOL logo announced
8th May 2016 - Sunderland Echo news article
25th April - SOSOL visit the owners of LV no.72 at Neath Abbey to look around her
17th April - SOSOL announce their own dedicated website for their campaign
9th March 2016 - Lonely Tower Film & Media express an interest in making a documentary project
1st March 2016 - Sunderland Echo news article by Sarah Stoner
26th February - SOSOL facebook page created
20th January 2016 - gofundme page created.
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the friends of LV72 have no direct involvement in this project
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