Searchlight (workshops)
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Searchlight was founded in 1933 by Matron Powell, successor to Dame Grace Kimmins, as a set of workshops and home to teach useful skills and formed under the auspices of the Chailey Heritage. It was founded because Matron Powell realised that once the boys were 15 they were thrown out into the world unprepared to make their way.[1]
History[edit]
The Duchess of Norfolk became a patron and opened a second building in 1951. The Queen visited in July 1962.[1]
Present day[edit]
Searchlight undertakes printing and small assembly work as well as making garden furniture and bird tables etc. It participates in an East Sussex apprentice scheme.[2]
Currently (2009) there are three residential houses, which accommodate forty-seven, and a day centre.[1]
Location[edit]
Searchlight is located on Mount Pleasant, the hill behind the East Beach at Denton.
External links[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Helena Wojtczak (1 June 2008). Notable Sussex Women: 580 Biographical Sketches. Hastings Press. ISBN 978-1-904109-15-0.
- ^ "Gateway to qualification". 15 March 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
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