ASDA and Canal & River Trust are teaming up to carry out one of the country’s largest and most ambitious canal clean-ups. The ‘Asda Big
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Category: Volunteering
Next steps for project to rebuild last Montgomery Canal bridge blockage.
RESTROATION of the Montgomery Canal has taken another step forward with the Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust’s application for planning permission to rebuild Schoolhouse Bridge, the
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Chesterfield Canal Trust needs you!!!
The Chesterfield Canal Trust runs two tripboats in Chesterfield John Varley ll cruises from Tapton Lock Madeline cruises from Hollingwood Hub Both boats run during
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Canal volunteers inundated with offers of support following appeal
A GROUP of volunteers that help to clear rubbish from Loughborough’s waterways say they’ve been overwhelmed by the response to their appeal for more people
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Help us find our Top Team for 2019!
IT is that time of year again when we ask our readers to take some time to consider who might deserve our prestigious Towpath Talk
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Lancaster Canal Bicentenary community action call
GET involved in discovering Lancaster Canal’s hidden gems – this is the call from a new project officer who has been appointed to promote the
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Loughborough campaign against pollution
A GROUP of community-minded volunteers in Loughborough are looking for people to join their crusade against rubbish and plastics in the town’s waterways. The group,
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Waterways volunteer groups launch Brindley 250 campaign
A RECENT membership drive launched by The Inland Waterways Association’s Warwickshire Branch, brought together IWA branch members, local canal restoration group, Old Mortonians and also
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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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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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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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Volunteers needed for canalside ‘classroom’
A CHARITY is on the lookout for volunteers to help teach school children in Stoke-on-Trent about the wonders of their local canals. The Canal &
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