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
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10 December 2010 British Waterways are looking for volunteer lock keepers on the River Trent and other key locations around the country. Anyone interested is invited to apply for a unique opportunity that will see them carry out an iconic and colourful role on their local river. For the first time British . . . → Read More: Volunteer lock keepers wanted
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 Thursday 14 October 2010 Louise Nousratpour of LifeStyle reports that: A government decision to turn British Waterways into a charity could threaten the future of the country’s network of canals and its vital work in flood prevention, unions warned today. Under wider plans to cull nearly 200 quangos, the government decided to move the body . . . → Read More: Union says BW Charity Plan Spells Disaster Tuesday 19 October 2010 16.30 BST From Martin Wainwright in the Guardian: British Waterways set on course its own abolition before last week’s quango cull, writes Martin Wainwright If there was one chirrup from the government’s bonfire of the quangos last week, it will have come from British Waterways, which has been pressing for its . . . → Read More: Making the cut on Britain’s canals
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? 13/10/2010 Students and staff from Leeds Met, together with local residents, have been working in partnership with British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV), Aire Action Leeds, British Waterways, local Police and Leeds City Council to make improvements to a small park area on the corner of Wyther Lane and Broad Lane at Bramley. Over 40 . . . → Read More: Leeds Met – ‘Water way’ to volunteer After a two year study, the Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC) has identified “serious flaws” in the funding and organisation of the inland waterways of England and Wales, and has called for a comprehensive programme of reform. IWAC’s Report, entitled Surviving the Cuts and Securing the Future, describes the present structure as “cumbersome” with many . . . → Read More: IWAC Proposes Major Overhaul of the Inland Waterways 26th Aug 2010 The team behind a project which has transformed a stretch of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal has been awarded the National Waterways Excellence Award. British Waterways volunteer coordinator, Steve Bicknell, and volunteer supervisor, Murray Woodward, picked up the accolade after ensuring the success of a pioneering canal adoption scheme which has seen . . . → Read More: National Waterways Excellence Award for canal adoption scheme 17 August 2010 The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust (KACT) and British Waterways (BW) are asking local people and organisations to nominate interested individuals to become volunteer board members on a new local Waterway Partnership Board that will help govern the 87-mile canal that runs from Reading to Bath. The establishment of a Waterway Partnership . . . → Read More: Board members sought for pilot Kennet & Avon Canal Waterway Partnership |
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