The Crown Estate

🏆And the BAFTA goes to…! 🏆   Earlier this month we worked with BAFTA and Westminster City Council to host a skills event for students from schools in Westminster and the surrounding boroughs.   📽️ From choreography to #animation, the 15-18 year olds attended interactive sessions run by industry professionals on the #transferableskills needed for career opportunities in film, television and games.    This event was part of our ongoing partnership with independent arts charity #BAFTA to support skills development in the local community, hosted at 195 Piccadilly, the home of its year-round learning and talent development programmes.

🌊 Did you know that the Severn Estuary has the highest tidal range in Europe? 🌊 The Severn Estuary Commission’s report today on the potential for #tidal range in the Severn Estuary is welcome as we will need to explore a range of different technologies to deliver the UK’s #energy transition. Congratulations to the Commission on their work over the past year and we look forward to playing our part in any further work to investigate the potential of tidal range in the Severn Estuary. 👉 You can find out more about the report and the comprehensive work of the Severn Estuary Commission here: https://lnkd.in/eZRAUW4A #TheCrownEstate

📢Exciting news for anyone seeking a rewarding #internship!📢 Working with leading organisations, we are offering 6 month long, full-time, paid internships to people looking to start their #career in the marine environment. The programmes are designed to nurture a diverse, skilled workforce and help the nation meet its renewable energy, climate and conservation goals.   From #marine ecology to renewable energy, our 2025 marine internships are now open. Which one will you apply for? 👉 https://lnkd.in/eiUQ8BtY #TheCrownEstate NORTH WALES WILDLIFE TRUST M-SParc Menter Môn Ltd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales Vattenfall Canterbury City Council Adonis Blue Environmental Natural England Ørsted Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

🏆Adventure Play at Windsor Great Park is officially award-winning! 🏆 A testament to #sustainability, inclusivity, and the joy of outdoor play for all.   It’s an honour to have picked up a Themed Entertainment Association award for Outstanding Achievement. To celebrate, the park is offering local schools the opportunity to visit for free during the summer term!   🌳 Designed to complement its surroundings and sustainably built using traditional skills and timber from within the Windsor Estate, the playground provides a fun and safe setting for children test their sense of adventure as they climb, scramble, and play.   Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eQa4WWxm #TheCrownEstate #WindsorPark #THEAAwards

📢 New legislation marks a milestone in Crown Estate history   For the first time in our history, we have been granted new borrowing and investment powers to invest more in the UK’s future! We manage a diverse £16 billion portfolio of land, property and the seabed, and in the last ten years we have returned more than £4 billion to the public purse.   So, what does this legislation actually mean?   👉 The power to borrow for the first time    👉 Greater flexibility in how and where we invest   👉 Allows us to create a larger return for public spending     Listen below to our Chief Executive, Dan Labbad, and Adrienne Chan discussing what this means in practice for the future of our business. You can also read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eWjsyVD6

🌊 From repurposed wind turbine blades to deep-sea engineering, these four organisations successfully secured funding from the initial round of our Supply Chain Accelerator!   Together, 13 organisations, including Blue Abyss Global and Plaswire Limited, secured nearly £5m funding in a boost for the UK #offshore wind sector supply chain:   👉 Swipe left to learn more about the organisations.   Visit our website to find out more about our Supply Chain Accelerator: https://lnkd.in/eYvSuAay   #TheCrownEstate #Sustainability #SupplyChain

📢Excited to introduce more organisations which secured nearly £5m funding in the initial round of our Supply Chain Accelerator, in a boost for UK offshore wind sector: HR Wallingford and Marine Power Systems Ltd (MPS) 📢 This week we’re highlighting the businesses supporting floating platforms for #offshore wind!   There are a total of 13 successful organisations in our Supply Chain Accelerator programme, which aims to support the early-stage development of projects essential for the deployment of offshore wind.   👉 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eYvSuAay #TheCrownEstate #SupplyChain

🌊 📸Celebrating the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025! 🏆🌟   The #UnderwaterPhotographer of the Year competition celebrates #photography beneath the surface of oceans, rivers, lakes, and even swimming pools, attracting entrants from around the world. We have been supporting the competition since 2018 and last week we had the pleasure of hosting the annual awards!   The Crown Estate sponsors the ‘British Waters Living Together’ category, which is focused on showcasing the beauty and #biodiversity of British waters and the coexistence of nature and human activity. This year’s winning image for the category was Dan Bolt’s ‘Rusty Haven’ capturing a beautiful shot of a brown crab sheltering amongst a rusty anchor and chain.    👏 A huge congratulations to all the award winners and participants for their dedication, creativity and passion! You can see some of the winners and find out about the stories behind the images here: https://lnkd.in/eVW8TMwV   #TheCrownEstate #UPY2025 #MarineLife

🦫 Please welcome our new, furry residents at Rushden Lakes!🦫   A family of eight beavers are busy making their new home at the Nene Wetlands for the first time in 400 years! This is the first beaver release project on Crown Estate land and is slightly unusual as the beavers have been released on the doorstep of Rushden Lakes shopping centre. We hope the millions of visitors each year, as well as local residents and businesses, will take the opportunity to learn more about the incredible impact these amazing creatures can have on the local environment, landscape and ecology. A big thank you to the The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire team for all their fantastic efforts over the past four years to make this a reality! 👏 We can’t wait to see the beavers hard at work once they’ve settled in, and you can too, by keeping an eye on the trail cameras on the Wildlife Trust Website👷♂️ #TheCrownEstate #Wildlife #Nature

📢 Continuing our Supply Chain Accelerator spotlight! 📢     This week is all about anchoring and mooring systems for #offshore wind. With nearly £5 million in funding from the #SupplyChain accelerator, the acceleration of these projects aims to support the sector's growth.   Stay tuned as we continue to feature more of the organisations in the coming weeks!   👉 Find out more about our Supply Chain Accelerator here: https://lnkd.in/eYvSuAay #TheCrownEstate Gabriel Engineering Group Hutchinson TARDRA