CORPORATE SUPPORT & WAVERLEY’S ECONOMIC IMPACT
We warmly welcome support from companies and businesses by way of corporate donations or gifts in kind. Operating Waverley results in Waverley Excursions requiring the services of a wide range of businesses from catering suppliers to shipyards and we welcome support in kind to help us reduce our costs.
Waverley’s economic impact is felt in the many coastal communities she visits during her annual programme of sailings around the U.K. An independent Economic Impact Assessment concluded in 2023 that the operation of Waverley contributes £11.6 million to the U.K. economy with £6 million of that total in Scotland.
At the Argyll and Bute level it is estimated that the local economic impact is in the region of £1.4 million per annum, supporting around 19 tourism jobs in the area. The assessment also concluded that Waverley supports approximately 184 FTE equivalent jobs per annum.
The assessment concluded that beyond the economic benefits derived from the operation of Waverley there exists a range of wider, and harder to measure, economic effects associated with investment made on PS Waverley, the destination development credentials of her activities and the heritage, social and educational role she plays in the communities she serves.
THE PADDLE STEAMER PRESERVATION SOCIETY (PSPS)
The Society was gifted Waverley in 1974 for £1 and helped return her to service in 1975. Over £4 million has been received to date from the Society to help keep Waverley sailing. New members are always welcome to join and help ensure Waverley continues to sail on for many more years to come. Visit the PSPS website for more details and to join. New members will receive a HALF-PRICE voucher for a Waverley cruise to welcome them to the Society.
COUNCILS
Argyll & Bute Council
Glasgow City Council
Inverclyde Council
North Ayrshire Council
South Ayrshire Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
CORPORATE PARTNERS
BAE Systems
Serco
Cruise Loch Linnhe
BOILER REFIT APPEAL SUPPORT
The following organisations supported the Boiler Refit Appeal which raised £2.3 million during 2019 to ensure that Waverley was returned to steam:
The Scottish Government – gave a contribution of £1m
Corporate Sponsors of Save The Waverley Boiler Refit Appeal are:
UK Railtours – donated £10,000 through raffles on board various rail tours.
Arnold Clark – kindly gave a grant of £50,000 towards the Boiler Refit Appeal.
Millport Country Music Festival 2019
Black Dwarf Lightmoor Publications
MG Property Services
NMB Contracting Ltd
For Bute
Isle of Bute Fused Glass Art
Blairmore Gallery
Vape Dunoon
Seaside Susy’s – Tighnabruaich
The Newton Bar – Millport
Dunoon Auctions Ltd
Tulliallan Farms
Waverley Inn – Isle of Wight
The Sugar Cube – Ayr
The Taverna Bar – Rothesay
Team Surveys Ltd
SCHOOLS
Rothesay Primary School
St Patrick’s Primary School – Greenock
GROUPS & CLUBS
The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society
World Ship Society Firth of Clyde Branch
Tighnabruaich Pier Association
Clyde River Steamer Club (CRSC)
The Clyde Steamer Model Boat Club
Clyde Coast Strathspey & Reel Society
Gourock Rotary
The Morris Men of Little Egypt
Ship Ahoy!
The Matelot Golfing Society
Training Ship Vindicatrix Association Severn Branch
Argyll House Surgery
Blairmore Scottish Country Dance Club
The Oddfellows Princess Royal Branch
Watford & District Industrial History Society
Cardiff U3A
Christchurch Association
Circle Dancing for All
Connect @ NMBC
Cupar Model Rail Exhibition
Fullarton Historical Society
Little Laser Club
Stow Brae Kirk Friendly Hour
Tayside & North Fife Branch Mechanical Engineers
The Educational Institute of Scotland – W.D.L.A.
Westburn Church – Tuesday Yoga Class
Age Concern – Largs
TRUSTS
Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust
The Astor Foundation
The Martin Charitable Trust
Hector Gordon Russell Trust
The Shalimar Trust
Matheson Todd Charitable Trust
GAP Giving
The W M Mann Foundation
The JTH Charitable Trust
Murdoch Forrest Charitable Trust
The James Wood Bequest Fund
The Netherton Charitable Trust
Jimmie Cairncross Charitable Trust
Tay Charitable Trust
Margaret H McInnes Trust
Foundation Scotland
Campbell Charitable Trust
Underhill Trust
D.W.T. Cargill Fund
Orr Macintosh Foundation
RTK Harris Charitable Trust
