Since this year's sailing season came to an end in October, we've been pretty quiet on the news front. However, the Captain and our volunteer crew have been kept very busy with The Matthew's annual maintenance programme, and the office staff have been busy behind the scenes, keeping everything ticking over and planning our sailing schedule for next year.

The Matthew of Bristol is largely maintained and run by a dedicated crew of volunteers and we’re always on the lookout for physically fit guides and crew to join us on board!

Our 2023 sailing season is almost upon us, so calling all teachers – now’s the time to get booking your school trip on The Matthew! Sessions are filling up fast, so get in touch soon to grab your preferred session…

After an exciting and fun-packed 25th anniversary year in 2022, the Captain and crew have been busy all through the winter preparing The Matthew for our 2023 sailing season.

Hello and welcome to this month’s blog post!

We hope you're enjoying this lovely summer – we're having a great time on The Matthew so far this year…

Here at The Matthew, we're still recovering from our 25th Anniversary celebrations last weekend. It was wonderful to see so many faces joining us and enjoying the festivities!

In May 2022, 525 years after John Cabot’s famous 1497 voyage aboard the original Matthew, The Matthew of Bristol will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of its own crossing of the Atlantic to Newfoundland.

We hope you're enjoying the lovely spring weather this week - it's certainly making our thoughts turn to summer! And with that in mind, we've been getting lots of enquiries about new trip dates, so we're very pleased to be able to announce our next batch of dates for the spring…

2022 is a special year for The Matthew as it marks the 25th anniversary of the departure of the replica Matthew from the City and County of Bristol in 1997, exactly 500 years after the departure of the original Matthew from the Town and County of Bristol on 2nd May 1497.

Hello and welcome to our final blog post for 2021! The Matthew crew would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support as we've navigated through what proved to be another up-and-down year for us all.

The Matthew of Bristol Trust is one of the thousands of organisations taking part in this year’s #GivingTuesday campaign, the global day of generosity taking place on 30 November.

Following the government announcement that restrictions are ending as planned on July 19th, we're pleased to announce that, after a very tough 16 months for us all, we are able to operate The Matthew at her full capacity again.

Although we're in the middle of lockdown and haven't been able to have any visitors on board for some time now, The Matthew crew and office staff have had plenty to keep us occupied since our last update!

We are excited to announce that The Matthew of Bristol Trust has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.