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CoastYou are in: London > Coast > A Thames Tour of Rotherhithe  Replica Mayflower Ship A Thames Tour of RotherhitheStage 6 The Mayflower pub stands near the landing steps where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail aboard The Mayflower Ship to the New World. Also find out about Southwark's Young Pilgrims. Pilgrim Facts
 Mayflower Pub The Mayflower pub stands on the site of The Shippe pub that dates back to around 1550 and where the ship was fitted out for the long trans-atlantic voyage. It was rebuilt as the Spread Eagle and Crown in 1780 and renamed as The Mayflower in 1957. It was the nearby landing steps to this pub that the Pilgrim Fathers set sail aboard The Mayflower Ship.  Mayflower Steps, Plymouth, Devon The Pilgrims were mostly a group of separatists who had broken away from the Church of England. They decided to opt for a new life after hearing tales of earlier settlers to the New World. The Pilgrims sailed to Southampton on 5th August 1620 where it was joined by the Speedwell. This ship proved to be un-seaworthy forcing them to turn back twice before The Mayflower took on some of her passengers. She finally set sail from Plymouth, south west England on 6th September 1620 with 102 passengers aboard. Two months later they arrived along the east coast of America and landed in Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts, on 21st December. They were the first permanent European settlers in America.  Southwark Young Pilgrims The Southwark Young Pilgrims Project by Veronica Alden, founder"We would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our very successful project, the 鈥楽outhwark Young Pilgrims鈥. The use of the name鈥 Pilgrim鈥 in this context means traveller and has no religious meaning or inference.听 Our project, has been running annually for the past seven years, training the disadvantaged youth (14 鈥 16 year olds) who live or go to school in Southwark. The out of school hours project run two courses taking 75+ students during the spring and summer months at London Bridge and New Globe walk in S.E.1, under the legal and charitable umbrella of Southwark Heritage Association (Charity No. 800351). As an organisation, (Southwark Heritage Association) we raise all the funding each year. The course is designed to introduce young people to the idea of a career in the travel and tourism industry through a structured programme of accredited training and work experience as 鈥淎mbassadors for the Borough鈥.听 The Project is successful in achieving its main target outputs, and in adding to the young peoples knowledge and pride in their local History and Heritage. It also helps to enhance the links between the local Heritage Association, Travel industry, local Schools, Colleges, and Youth Organisations.  Young Pilgrim and the Mayor of Southwark The whole project is about getting the student to be more confident, self-reliant and to take an interest in the world of work. The students, for one reason or another - be it problems at home or just sheer boredom, will leave school without any formal qualifications. The successful students will receive accredited certificates in Welcome Host Customer Care, Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Youth Achievement Awards, First aid, Mayflower 1620 Ltd certificate of achievement and several more, totalling nine in all. In addition, the student鈥檚 work on the project is also accepted towards A.S.D.A.N. GCSE and NRA qualifications.  Southwark's Young Pilgrims The participating schools select the students who they feel will benefit most from the course and suggest that the student contacts us for a placement. This is the first step towards confidence building and ensures their commitment to the project, as they are made aware that this is a weekend and school holiday project. At this stage the student is unaware that they are paid to work one day in three for five weeks, including weekends and bank holidays. During the first week we train them in the history and heritage of the area in addition to the above named disciplines. Once the student鈥檚 interest has been rekindled and they attain the confidence through our guidance and interaction with members of the general public, they return to school with a better idea of what they want to do and how to achieve it. We are now taking students from seven local secondary schools with more wishing to take part as the course reputation has become better known." If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at 020 8299 0470 or 07702167187 last updated: 12/03/2008 at 10:14
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