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In preparation for the Alrewas Canal & Music Festival, Stuart Collins, BW Volunteer Leader in BW’s Central Shires Region recently organised a few work party days at Alrewas to tidy up the towpath. The first one was last Wednesday where a small group did a great job tidying up the towpath around the Alrewas lock . . . → Read More: Volunteers needed in Alrewas for towpath tidy 1st Jun 2011 Ruth Ruderham has been appointed as the first ever head of fundraising for the New Waterways Charity, which will manage the canals and rivers in England and Wales. This latest announcement follows last week’s news that transition trustees have been selected for the charity, which is expected to launch in 2012.Ruth has . . . → Read More: First ever head of fundraising appointed for new waterways charity 4th May 2011 A new partnership between British Waterways and Calderdale College is offering young people aged 16 to 18 the chance to gain a qualification in horticulture. Accredited training will take place at the British Waterways site at Double Locks, Thornhill Lees. The course will run for six weeks and will provide an introduction . . . → Read More: Horticulture on the Calder & Hebble Navigation 29th Mar 2011 Volunteers are being called upon to help out with a huge clean-up of Birmingham’s canal network in April. The annual event, which this year takes place on 8-9 April, sees hundreds of volunteers armed with grappling hooks and rakes descend on the Birmingham Canal Navigations to remove rubbish from the water. This . . . → Read More: Volunteers called to help with annual clean-up of Birmingham’s canals 03 March 2011 The latest episode of Robin Evans’ blog reads: For many years we were understandably criticised for not encouraging or even welcoming volunteers onto our waterways. That has now changed with volunteers of all skills and experience in all locations being actively sought and engaged. We now have full time dedicated volunteer co-ordinators . . . → Read More: Robin Evans – Volunteering – it should be easy Volunteers have always played a vital part in helping British Waterways to preserve and promote the canals, and their work looks set to become even more valuable as the organisation prepares for the transition into a charitable trust in 2012. Waterscape interviews Dek Owen, a volunteer waterway ranger at Audlem, Cheshire about his work and . . . → Read More: Life as a volunteer waterway ranger 14th Feb 2011 In an effort to improve their local waterway, a group of volunteers from Barclaycard Northampton has joined forces with British Waterways and ‘adopted’ a stretch of the Grand Union Canal. The Barclaycard team has adopted a mile-long section of canal from lock 16 to lock 17 on the Northampton Arm of the . . . → Read More: Barclaycard volunteers help clean up a stretch of the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire. 11th Feb 2011 As the restoration of the Droitwich Canals nears completion, British Waterways is on the lookout for volunteer rangers to bring a personal touch to the Mid-Worcestershire Ring. Being a volunteer ranger on the Droitwich Canals offers a wide range of opportunities based on individual interests, skills and experience. Volunteer rangers could help . . . → Read More: Volunteer rangers sought for Droitwich Canals 7th Feb 2011 British Waterways is looking for volunteers to help install and maintain bird boxes at Stewponey near Kinver on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. The activity, taking place between 10am and 12pm on Saturday 19th February, will be led by a British Waterways ecologist who will show participants how to maintain existing bird . . . → Read More: Volunteers sought to improve wildlife habitats Waterways in Stoke are being transformed as part of a scheme that gives unemployed people a route back to work. The scheme is part of the Government’s Future Jobs Fund and is being run by British Waterways in partnership with Groundwork West Midlands and Stoke City Council’s JET (job enterprise and training) project. Eligible individuals . . . → Read More: Job-seekers transform Stoke-on-Trent’s waterways |
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