Mark Lancaster

Canals for all ages: Waterways charity launches youth fellowship programme

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Mark Lancaster

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August 17, 2021

National waterways and wellbeing charity Canal & River Trust is encouraging young people to join a new programme where they will help shape the charity’s future direction and broaden the waterways’ appeal to all ages. The Trust, which looks after 2,000 miles of waterways across England & Wales, has traditionally had an older supporter base.…
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Island hopping on a grand scale. Reviewer: Alison Alderton

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Mark Lancaster

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August 16, 2021

DESCRIBED as ‘the explorer’s guide to over 200 of the most beautiful and intriguing islands around Britain’, Treasured Islands will appeal to a wide audience from day trippers and holidaymakers to sea-going navigators All the well-known islands one would expect are featured but author Peter Naldrett has also gone out of his way travelling to…
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Escaping the rent trap – Millie, Dale and Ralph!

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Mark Lancaster

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August 15, 2021

Emergency Services worker Dale and Teaching Assistant Millie (both 26) were fed up working hard to pay someone else’s mortgage – ‘stuck in the rent trap’ Millie puts it. It wasn’t just the high rent that made this young couple seriously consider life on the cut, it was also not being able to decorate their…
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‘All Boats Rise’ Ye Vagabonds announce a slow barge tour through Ireland’s waterways

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Mark Lancaster

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August 14, 2021

Journeying along the River Shannon, the River Barrow and the Royal & Grand Canals – August 7th – September 7th 2021 Meeting friends along the way: Laura Quirke, John Francis Flynn, Cormac Begley,FeliSpeaks, Brigid Mae Power, Anja Murray, Manchán Magan, Erin Fornoff, Leo O’Kelly, andThomas McCarthy and more. Folk duo Ye Vagabonds have been planning…
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National canal charity calls for public’s help to bring nature back into towns and cities

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Mark Lancaster

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August 13, 2021

Urban canals uniquely placed to benefit the wellbeing of millions of people Urban canals help bring nature into the nation’s cities benefitting our wellbeing The Canal & River Trust is calling for the public’s help this summer to collect valuable conservation data across England & Wales The Trust will work with communities to identify towns…
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River Canal Rescue hosts draw for Stafford Riverway Link

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Mark Lancaster

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August 12, 2021

Baswich-based River Canal Rescue (RCR) is giving the Stafford Riverway Link (SRL) a boost by hosting a £100 cash prize draw on its website. RCR is keen to raise awareness of SRL’s work to re-connect the one and a half mile waterway link between the river Sow and Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, enabling boats to…
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SOS call goes out to save SS Sir Walter Scott

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Mark Lancaster

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August 11, 2021

AN URGENT call has gone out from the Loch Katrine Steamship Trust for enthusiasts, businesses and public bodies to rally round to help raise £500,000 before the end of 2021 to ensure the 1899-built, freshwater steamer SS Sir Walter Scott can sail again in 2022. The trust, which took over the historic ship from Scottish…
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Helen Gazeley looks forward to enjoying museums and exhibition visits again

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Mark Lancaster

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August 10, 2021

With the promise of lifted restrictions and the summer holidays in our sights, many of us are looking for places to visit. In fact, the prospect of actually visiting something indoors that isn’t a shop seems an adventure all on its own. In a delightful sign that life is returning to normal, museums and galleries…
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Leeds Waterfront Festival To Host New Neurodiverse-Friendly Event

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Mark Lancaster

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August 9, 2021

Leeds Waterfront Festival, which is running through the summer over five different dates, is to host a new neurodiverse-friendly event on Friday 13 August from 11am to 4pm. Canal & River Trust, in partnership with Leeds Autism Services (LAS), are excited to announce a new event which takes place at Leeds Dock and Armouries Square.…
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Walking backwards to happiness

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Mark Lancaster

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August 8, 2021

Whacky fundraiser Stuart Kettell sent off on great canal journey by Pete Waterman A large crowd of well-wishers gathered at the canal entrance to Braunson Marina on 7th July, to see the whacky fundraiser Stuart Kettell sent off by the legendary song writer and music producer Pete Waterman, on his grueling challenge to raise money…
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Restoration of famous Burnley Canal Wharf gives major boost to the historic textile town

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Mark Lancaster

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August 7, 2021

A £2.9 million restoration of a historic Burnley canal wharf by the waterways and wellbeing charity, Canal & River Trust, is set to bring major benefits to the former textile town. For the last 18 months, the derelict stone buildings at Finsley Gate Wharf, on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, have undergone a miraculous transformation…
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Boat trips return to Standedge Tunnel

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Mark Lancaster

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August 6, 2021

Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre has restarted boat trips into Britain’s longest, highest and deepest canal tunnel. The 200-year-old attraction, which is managed by waterways and wellbeing charity Canal & River Trust, is welcoming back visitors following the easing of coronavirus restrictions. The museum gallery, Watersedge Café and outdoor areas are all fully open, and…
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Roundhouse Birmingham invites you to #SeeTheCityDifferently

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Mark Lancaster

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August 4, 2021

Following the complete restoration of this unique, horseshoe-shaped Grade II* listed building, Roundhouse Birmingham invites you to #SeeTheCityDifferently and explore Birmingham and its heritage from the heart of the city’s canal network. This iconic building in the heart of Ladywood has been brought back to life thanks to a unique partnership between the Canal &…
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Businesses asked to pledge support for Lichfield Canal Trust fundraiser

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Mark Lancaster

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August 3, 2021

Lichfield’s Canal Trust is seeking cash pledges to back its application to the Big Give Christmas Challenge, an on-line match-funding appeal which aims to realise ‘an environment for the future created by everyone’. The Big Give, the UK’s top match-funding platform, specialises in bringing charities, philanthropists and the public together to multiply their impact, and…
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