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Category: Volunteering

Electra’s volunteer crew. Credit: Lindsey Patraiko

Electra, the community boat on the Grand Union Canal, is seeking more volunteers.

June 8, 2022 Web Editor News, Volunteering

Electra already has 52 volunteers, but new volunteers are needed as demand for cruises this year has doubled since the boat was launched last year.

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Ratho based canal charity Seagull Trust Cruises

Seagull Cruises are back! But….

April 23, 2022 Web Editor News, Volunteering

The Ratho based canal charity Seagull Trust Cruises has restarted its trips for people with special needs, but is struggling to provide the pre Covid

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Volunteers at a Canal Camp on the Montgomery Canal. PHOTO: IWA

COULD you lead – or feed – a team of volunteers on a week-long restoration holiday?

April 22, 2022 Web Editor IWA Round-up, News, Volunteering

Canal Camps are volunteer working holidays to help canal restoration. They offer the chance to learn traditional skills such as bricklaying and stonework – and

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Volunteers at the ASHTAC Big Dig, 1972

‘ASHTAC Big Dig’ 50 years on

March 15, 2022 Web Editor IWA Round-up, News, Volunteering, What's On

’50 years after the heroic efforts of volunteers to bring the Ashton Canal back to life at ASHTAC, join with us to celebrate and get

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Volunteers on Canal Camp - credit Louise Bellaers

Book a staycation with a difference and help bring a waterway back to life

February 8, 2022 Janet Richardson News, Volunteering

There are still over 500 miles of derelict waterways that need your help to restore them. An exciting programme of summer working holidays called ‘Canal

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rehab4addiction

Rehab for Addiction, Staffordshire (and the UK!)

September 27, 2021 Mark Lancaster Volunteering

Established in 2012 by Oliver Clark, Rehab 4 Addiction is an advisory and referral service / mental health & addiction helpline for people who suffer

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Branch chairman Dave Maloney, front with chainsaw and fellow volunteers clearing the former Wilts & Berks Canal at Green Lane Farm east of Chippenham. PHOTO: JUSTIN GUY

Canal revealed for first time in a century

September 14, 2021 Mark Lancaster News, Volunteering

HARDWORKING volunteers are rediscovering a former waterway which has been hidden for more than a century. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is clearing a

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Volunteer lock keepers needed on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

February 25, 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Volunteering

Waterways charity Glandŵr Cymru – the Canal & River Trust in Wales – is looking for volunteers to give some of their time as lock keepers on the Green Flag award-winning Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.

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Volunteer ‘Lock Angels’ needed for the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath and Devizes

February 25, 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Volunteering

Waterways charity the Canal & River Trust is looking for volunteers to give some of their time as lock keepers on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath and at the Caen Hill Flight.

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Canal & River Trust seeks bridge support rangers

February 25, 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Volunteering

The Canal & River Trust is looking for sociable, outdoor-loving people to be its eyes and ears on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, volunteering as bridge support rangers.

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