Our Aims..

Our charitable purpose is…..

“To research, collect, preserve, commemorate and share the heritage of the WW2 Spitfire Makers generation with current generations for the public benefit of future generations in Southampton, Hampshire and beyond.”

Commemoration: Preservation: Education:

We aim to….

• ..research and collect memories from the Spitfire Makers and their descendants of Spitfire manufacture and associated WW2 stories to preserve the heritage, especially those at risk of being lost to future generations; to engage a range of organisations, and individuals in obtaining and contributing to that research.
• ..raise public awareness of the roles played by both women and men, civilian and military, in supplying the Spitfire parts and planes during WW2, in Southampton, other parts of the UK and beyond.
• ..share the Spitfire Makers generation World War 2 stories in different ways to reach wider and harder to reach audiences, e.g. via websites, press and media, social media, public art, talks, exhibitions, education boards, schools, care homes, societies and community organisations, and other available channels of communication.
• ..advance education for the public benefit by the sharing of stories and oral histories of the Spitfire Makers with different audiences by organising public events e.g. public meetings, walks, exhibitions and celebrations in Southampton, Hampshire, and other locations, to recognise, and honour the role played by the “so many” who worked to supply “The Few” with the iconic Spitfire.
• ..preserve the heritage of the Spitfire Makers stories for public interest by archiving and depositing researched information and artefacts with public and charitable archives.
• ..preserve the WW2 Spitfire Makers heritage for future generations by raising awareness of the locations of the dispersed facilities that produced Spitfires from 1936 onwards, and other related locations.
• ..commemorate sites of Spitfire production, and the people working in them, who became Spitfire Makers in Southampton, Hampshire and wider locations, by producing memorial plaques and / or education boards or other such memorials to inform the public about these sites, with a view to preserving original historic buildings, wherever possible, for the benefit of future generations.
• ..enhance the heritage education experience of the public by producing a variety of education materials.
• ..to raise funds for the Trust’s charitable purposes by fundraising, sponsorship of plaques, public donation, selling of Spitfire related merchandise, loans, legacies, and any other legal means.