Blog at the Ballast

We actually have very few images of Ballast Trust staff and volunteers at work. I've pulled together some from the early years based in the Joiner's Shop in Port Glasgow along with a few we took of our Walkinshaw Street workroom last year.

I'm delighted to be able to share the official Ballast Trust history. This has been published by the Trustees to mark and celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Ballast Trust.

We are sending hard copies out in the post this week to organisations and individuals we have worked with over the last 25 years, our volunteers and other relevant organisations. But this online version also means that we can share our beautifully designed history* with other interested parties.

While December 2012 was the 25th anniversary of the official Trust deed being set up, the operations of the Ballast Trust really got going throughout 1988 when work begun on the huge job at Port Glasgow to process the Scott Lithgow records. So for this reason, throughout 2013, we'll be tweeting extracts from Bill's diaries to try and get a sense of what the Trust was doing in its first full year of operations (mainly sorting and rolling lots of plans!!).

*Our history was designed and printed by Resolve Creative.

In December 2012 the Ballast Trust will be celebrating 25 years since its formal establishment.  There are plans for a history of the Ballast Trust to be published and this will be available online and shared here.  In the run up to the anniversary I am also tweeting extracts from Bill's diary that year starting with the entry for Thursday 3rd September 1987: