Lichfield canal trust

DOUBLE your donation and unlock the future of the Lichfield Canal

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March 22, 2025

In April, Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) will take part in the Big Give Green Match Fund appeal to raise £180,000 in just one week! These funds will be used to construct a vital lock on the Lichfield Canal along Tamworth Road. This crucial appeal aims to raise a game-changing £90,000 in donations…
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Lichfield Branch fundraiser turns a profit

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September 21, 2023

Amy Tillson reports.. THE Lichfield Branch of IWA recently held a fundraising ‘lock wind’ event at Barton Turn Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal. Branch members assisted boaters through the lock, in order to raise awareness of the organisation, and held a cake sale, raising more than £100 for the branch. #towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers…
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Funding secured for next stage of Lichfield Canal restoration

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December 29, 2022

THE Lichfield Canal will move a step closer to restoration with funding of £116,200 secured for work at the Darnford Moors section of the canal. Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) will use the money to create an ecology park. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is providing £41,200 of the grant, with match…
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Lichfield canal volunteers nominated for awards

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May 26, 2022

TWO Lichfield Canal Trust volunteers with an age difference of more than 70 years have been nominated for Support Staffordshire Awards. Eric Wood, president of Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust, has been nominated for a lifetime achievement award, while Tom Wright has been nominated in the young volunteer of the year category. Support Staffordshire…
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Monty dam-busting volunteers triumph

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April 19, 2022

SHROPSHIRE Union Canal volunteers began the fortnightly programme of restoration of the Montgomery Canal, near Crickheath, during a weekend work party from March 4-6. The main task of this work party was to remove the massive clay dam, which was towpath high and 6m wide, that retained the water in the previously restored 250m section…
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Canal’s quarter-million boost from council levy

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April 18, 2022

THE Lichfield Canal restoration project has received a massive boost with the award of £260,000 funding from Lichfield District Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy.This will allow Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust to build an 870m extension of the public footpath and partial dry canal channel alongside Falkland Road, creating a traffic-free community greenway link between…
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Shop staff support canal restoration project

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January 11, 2022

A LICHFIELD shop’s staff have been helping to shape the future of the city’s canal restoration project.Workers at the Three Spires Shopping Centre branch of Seasalt Cornwall, the national women’s clothing and accessories retailer and its outlet shop at the Heart of the Country, took on the task of interviewing visitors to Lichfield & Hatherton…
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Sir David Suchet backs Lichfield Canal appeal

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December 24, 2021

ACCLAIMED actor Sir David Suchet shared a fundraising appeal from Lichfield’s canal group with his 55,000 social media followers. Best known for his TV role as Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot, Sir David posted a message on his Twitter account @David_Suchet endorsing Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust’s Big Give Christmas Challenge. The trust took…
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LICHFIELD CANAL TRUST REVIVES BROWNHILLS FESTIVAL

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September 9, 2021

Brownhills Canal Festival is back! Last held in 2019, this year’s Festival has been organised by Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust and will take place on Saturday September 18 and Sunday September 19 from 10am to 4pm each day. LHCRT communications, events and membership director Christine Howles explained why the Trust was organising the…
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Businesses asked to pledge support for Lichfield Canal Trust fundraiser

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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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