Aerospace Bristol launches £500,000 appeal to help inspire future engineers, as the museum celebrates its 5th birthday

Bradley Stoke & Little Stoke Gifford Matters was delighted to be invited by Aerospace Bristol to their 5th birthday celebrations on 18th October and the launch of the new Bristol Fighter display, an opportunity to reflect on the journey so far and hear the charity’s future ambitions. 

Over the next five years, the home of Concorde is raising funds to sustain and grow its award-winning schools programme, which has thus far reached over 50,000 school children and young people in the local community since opening in October 2017. ‘Engineering Futures’ is the new fundraising appeal that aims to raise £500,000 over the course of the museum’s fifth birthday year.  

Sally Cordwell, CEO of Aerospace Bristol, said: “As we celebrate Aerospace Bristol’s fifth birthday and look back upon the achievements of the last five years, it’s crucial that we also look ahead and raise the vital funds needed to sustain and grow the Aerospace Bristol learning programme, which benefits so many young people across the region.

We’re therefore calling on corporate supporters and individuals who care about our engineering industry to support the Engineering Futures appeal and play a part in nurturing the next generation of engineering talent.”

Amy Seadon, Learning & Community Engagement Manager, added: “Looking back on five years of Aerospace Bristol, we’re proud to have inspired so many young people with workshops like Supersonic Sound, Mission to Mars, Hubble Explorers, and Blast off Rockets, as well as opportunities to work alongside engineers in our Conservation Workshop, and enjoy interactive exhibits, science shows and hands-on visitor activities.

Through the Engineering Futures appeal, we hope to build upon our existing work and enable even more young people to get to grips with science and engineering whilst discovering amazing aircraft and the people who built them.”

Aerospace Bristol is a family visitor attraction that tells the story of Bristol’s aerospace achievements from the earliest days of powered flight through to the modern day. The museum is home to the last Concorde ever to fly, with visitors able to step on board Concorde, explore the passenger cabin, glimpse into the cockpit, and learn about the supersonic passenger jet through a show projected on to the fuselage of the iconic aircraft.

At the celebrattion event the museum unveiled a new Bristol Fighter display, with the wooden frame of the WWI aeroplane suspended above the museum’s existing replica.

To find out more about Aerospace Bristol and the Engineering Futures appeal, visit aerospacebristol.org.

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