NORTHAMPTONSHIRE volunteer from the Inland Waterways Association (IWA), Bernard Morton, was selected as a guest of honour at an exclusive tea party to celebrate Prince
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Category: Volunteering
Coming back for more!
IWA’s Waterway Recovery Group held its Annual Reunion Weekend – Bonfire Bash – on the Lichfield Canal on Novmeber 3-4. Over 70 WRG volunteers from
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Volunteers keep the canal ship shape
THE Chesterfield Canal is looking very tidy this autumn thanks to dozens of volunteers helping to cut back overgrown vegetation. The programme is being organised
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Keeping down the weeds at Halesworth
THEY’VE had the strimmer out recently at Halesworth New Reach Restoration Group to clear weed growth from the concrete base and brickwork of Patrick Stead
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Hillmorton welcomes 10,000th boat in record year
VOLUNTEER lock keepers are celebrating a record year of boating on the Oxford Canal after they helped their 10,000th boater through Hillmorton Locks. The volunteers,
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Sefton volunteers wins national award
A VOLUNTEER from the Waterloo area of Sefton has picked up a national award for her ‘kind and caring’ nature and the amount of time
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Chesterfield Canal volunteer wins national award
A DEDICATED volunteer from Turnerwood in Chesterfield has been recognised for caring for the Chesterfield Canal and other waterways in Yorkshire, the North East and
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Leeds roller derby skaters help care for the canal
SKATERS from Leeds Roller Derby have been supporting their local community in their own unique way by carrying out a two-mile canalside litter pick on
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Site visit looks at silt build-up
ENVIRONMENT Agency recently visited Halesworth New Reach with members of Halesworth Town Council and an official from Suffolk County Council. The Halesworth New Reach Group
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Volunteer canal boat launched in Bath
A CANAL boat has been transformed following its refurbishment which will now see it used by local people to help improve the waterways in Bath.
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Waterway awards celebrate volunteering
THE Canal & River Trust, together with Marsh Christian Trust, have announced the winners of this years’ volunteer awards which recognise and celebrate volunteer excellence
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Volunteers needed at Saltaire
THE Canal & River Trust is calling on the people of Saltaire to get hands-on with caring for the canal on their doorstep. A new
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New towpath taskforce launched in Rotherham
THE Canal & River Trust is calling on the residents of Rotherham to get hands-on to help look after their local canal and ensure
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Help bring dry dock back to life
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help out on an unusual and interesting project – restoring the dry dock in Parbold. The dock was built as
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