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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 A new team of canal champions is being sought to keep one of the Midlands waterway network’s landmark locations in tip-top condition and to assist with visitor activities throughout the year. British Waterways is calling for volunteers to get involved in a variety of year-round tasks and events at Fradley Junction – a scenic location . . . → Read More: Fradley Junction’s new canal care project needs your help District and Parish Councillors in Lichfield were given an early insight into the way that British Waterways will become a charitable civic society in April 2012. The presentation highlighted the key elements of how the new charity will be governed and the way that local authorities will be able to have a direct influence on . . . → Read More: Community Mooring Strategies to be set up in Staffordshire
Joe Ware reports in the Wilts & Berks Gazette Volunteers are planning an ambitious project for the New Year, as part of their ongoing campaign to restore a former waterway through North Wiltshire. The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust has almost finished dredging the former line from Pewsham to Reybridge, rebuilding the . . . → Read More: Wilts and Berks Canal takes shape |
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