RURAL communities off the mains gas grid have until Monday April 29 to submit their applications to the Calor Rural Community Fund, for a chance
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Category: Volunteering
Community garden launched on Rochdale Canal
THE Canal & River Trust and volunteers from the local community have joined forces to create the first urban orchard and wildflower garden on the
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Restoration groups meet in Wolverhampton
MARCH 30 saw over 40 different restoration societies and 116 individuals come together in Wolverhampton for the seventh annual Canal Restoration Conference jointly hosted by
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Back in business
THE work of Shropshire Union Canal Society Volunteers on the Montgomery Canal near Crickheath will move on to Phase 2 in May – 300m –
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Hedgelaying boosts Montgomery Canal wildlife
DORMICE, squirrels, birds and other wildlife along the Montgomery Canal are being given a major habitat boost thanks to a hedgerow-laying project organised by waterway
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UCAN cares for bats and birds
BAT and bird boxes have been installed by Uppermill Community Action Network (UCAN) as part of a long-term plan for the area. Volunteers from the
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Calor offers £70,000 of funding for rural community projects
RURAL community projects throughout the UK mainland could be eligible to receive grants of up to £5000 from home energy provider Calor. The Calor Rural
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Britain’s deepest lock need you!
COULD you help hundreds of people from all over the world navigate through Britain’s deepest lock? The Canal & River Trust is urgently seeking over
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Volunteer surveyor sought for Montgomery Canal restoration
THE chairman of an organisation supporting the restoration of the Montgomery Canal is appealing for volunteers to come forward to help with surveying and engineering
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Baldwin Trust appeals for volunteers
By Les Heath AFTER a successful campaign to fund a new community narrowboat the Leicestershire-based Baldwin Trust has hit a major, unexpected problem –
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Volunteers wanted for Canalway Cavalcade
IT’S almost that time of year again when Little Venice is transformed by over a hundred colourful boats, live music, refreshment stands, craft stalls and
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Join ‘the Daves’ and become a volunteer lock keeper urges CRT
‘JOIN the Daves’ urges the Canal & River Trust, as it launches a new campaign to recruit more volunteers to take on the iconic role
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Volunteer is guest of honour at royal birthday bash
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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Famous war rescue ship in need of assistance
VOLUNTEERS are needed in a wide variety of roles to help in the restoration of a historic paddle driven steamship. PS Medway Queen is berthed
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