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Interview by Third Sector Robin Evans, chief executive of the Canal and River Trust, is close to launching it as an independent organisation after three years of preparation – and he’s sure it’s the right move. “We’ve never felt that being part of government was the right place for the canals,” he says. “Government is . . . → Read More: Robin Evans: ‘I Think It Will Work For Us – And For Others’ By David Ainsworth, Third Sector, 15 May 2012 Brecon Basin, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal After three years of planning, British Waterways is to leave government control and become a charity. David Ainsworth reports on progress and interviews its chief executive, Robin Evans Early in 2009, British Waterways, the quango responsible for maintaining the country’s canals, . . . → Read More: Analysis: the Canal and River Trust casts off from the moorings of state According to Chris Barnett writing in Waterways Forward on April 27, 2012 British Waterways will cease to exist on June 28th 2012 to be replaced by the new charity the Canal and River Trust, I haven’t seen any such announcement and the last I heard was that the announcement was pending final Parliamentary procedures; however, it seems at . . . → Read More: Canal & River Trust to be launched on June 28th? With the announcement of the registration of the Canal & River Trust as a bona-fide charity, it seems appropriate to look at the new charity’s Charitable objects as copied from the Charity Commission website. It makes interesting reading and I think will go a long way to dispel a number of doubts that have been raised. . . . → Read More: Canal & River Trust – Charity framework Late yesterday the Charity Commission confirmed the registration of the Canal & River Trust under registration number 1146792. The news means that the fledgling Trust, which already has a Board of Trustees, a governing Council and, in HRH The Prince of Wales, a Royal Patron, is now legally permitted, and will soon be ready, to . . . → Read More: Canal & River Trust gains charity status News announced at first meeting of the Trust’s Council His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, a long-time supporter of the waterways, will become the first Patron of the new Canal & River Trust, the body being set up to care for the historic canals and rivers of England and Wales. . . . → Read More: The Prince of Wales to become patron of the Canal & River Trust Last year, the Government announced that British Waterways would transfer its canals and rivers to a charity, the Canal & River Trust. The Canal & River Trust will be up and running in 2012. The Canal & River Trust is setting up 13 Waterways Partnerships and following the recent recruitment of five new chairs the . . . → Read More: Get involved with the Waterways Partnerships Thursday 15th March 2012 from Oxford News By Andrew Ffrench A CAMPAIGN group is using the Freedom of Information Act to uncover the details of a crackdown on illegally moored boats in Oxford. Earlier this month it emerged Oxford City Council is paying £44,000 over two years towards work by the Unlawfully Moored Boats Enforcement . . . → Read More: Boaters launch campaign against inspectors 13th Mar 2012 The Canal & River Trust, the charity that will become the guardian of British Waterways’ 2,000 miles of canals and rivers in England and Wales in 2012, has appointed three new trustees to its Board. The new trustees bring considerable business skills and experience to the Trust. In addition their specialist knowledge . . . → Read More: New trustees appointed to the Canal & River Trust 7th Mar 2012 The RYA’s Head of Government Affairs, Gus Lewis, and the BMF’s Executive Director, Howard Pridding, met with HMRC officials this week to discuss the Minister’s recent statement on the continued use of marked ‘red’ diesel in the UK. The crux of the issue is the proposed declaration that boaters have to make . . . → Read More: Boaters’ concerns over red diesel recognised by HMRC |
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