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Big Society Bank to fund community projects

Will Chapman — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:31:06 +0000

Government has announced plans to create a Big Society Bank (BSB) that will concentrate on funding projects that benefit society. Initially, the money will be sourced from dormant accounts in banks and building societies, which the British Banking Association estimate to contain some £400 million.

Some third sector finance specialists estimate the sum could be . . . → Read More: Big Society Bank to fund community projects

199 years on for Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway

Will Chapman — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:07:31 +0000

17th Nov 2010

One hundred and ninety-nine years to the day the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (B&MK) was first proposed, the Mayor of Bedford Borough, Dave Hodgson, outlined his vision of how the waterway is at the heart of plans to regenerate the locality.

He said that the opening of the dualled A421 would . . . → Read More: 199 years on for Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway

Huge London Gateway Project Moves Ahead

Will Chapman — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:44:17 +0000

Dredging Today reports:

The London Gateway Project is one of the capitals largest construction sites on the former Shell Haven refinery near Stanford Le Hope. With a 1.5bn investment the site is being reclaimed and developed by DP World into the first major deep sea container port.Large scale land reclamation work is needed to build . . . → Read More: Huge London Gateway Project Moves Ahead

New towpath on the River Lee

Will Chapman — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:21:44 +0000

12th Nov 2010

To celebrate the completion of a £400,000 maintenance project on a stretch of the River Lee Navigation in Hackney, British Waterways is working together with Hackney Borough Council to encourage local people to step onto the newly opened towpath and re-discover their local waterways.

Improvement works to upgrade a section of towpath . . . → Read More: New towpath on the River Lee

British Waterways ‘unlocks’ the potential of volunteering

Will Chapman — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:35:09 +0000

4th Nov 2010

As part of its scheduled move to the charitable sector, British Waterways has been developing its volunteer programme to improve the volunteering experience for those donating their time and increase the value they bring to the nation’s canals.

Integral to the plans has been the recruitment of . . . → Read More: British Waterways ‘unlocks’ the potential of volunteering

Canal access improvements in Wolverhampton

Will Chapman — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:04:39 +0000

1st Nov 2010

Local communities are enjoying cleaner, greener and more accessible waterways in Wolverhampton as a two-year canal access enhancement scheme nears completion.

British Waterways has worked in partnership with All Saints and Blackenhall Community Development’s (ABCD) New Deal For Communities project and other partners on the £425,000 transformation of an . . . → Read More: Canal access improvements in Wolverhampton

Canals as a focus for community renewal

Will Chapman — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:17:49 +0000

Once the butt of jokes about shopping trolleys and pollution, canals have, over the last decade, become an important focus for urban and rural renewal.

Half of our waterways flow through government priority areas for investment and regeneration, and British Waterways is influencing and enabling an estimated £10 billion worth of projects to revive waterfronts . . . → Read More: Canals as a focus for community renewal

Llangollen – £15m marina plan at former chemical works

Will Chapman — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:03:18 +0000

25 October 2010 |

Published by: Claire Gallagher, Wrexham & Flintshire News

The plans for a £15m marina in Cefn are continuing to gather support.

Dave Metcalfe, group leader of the Plas Kynaston Canal and Marina Group, said he was “amazed” by the response so far.

Mr Metcalfe said Wrexham Council was looking to . . . → Read More: Llangollen – £15m marina plan at former chemical works

New partnership to promote Stoke-on-Trent canals

Will Chapman — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:26:38 +0000

A partnership which plans to strengthen the appeal of canals has been formed in Stoke-on-Trent.

The city council said it would work with a number of organisations, including British Waterways and Inland Waterways Association.

It added the group would work to apply planning policies that identified sites “that can bring forward high quality waterside environments”.

. . . → Read More: New partnership to promote Stoke-on-Trent canals

The End of Health and Safety Nonsense?

Support — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:46:03 +0000

Friday, 15, Oct 2010 09:09

By Ian Dunt

A long-awaited review into health and safety is set to encourage a return to “commons sense” when it is published later today.

Lord Young, trade and industry secretary under Margaret Thatcher, was asked to carry out the review in June, but his opinions on . . . → Read More: The End of Health and Safety Nonsense?