waterways restoration group

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

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Web Editor

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April 22, 2022

Canal Camps are volunteer working holidays to help canal restoration. They offer the chance to learn traditional skills such as bricklaying and stonework – and more modern techniques such as piling, concreting or even how to operate machinery like excavators or dumpers.Every year, IWA’s Waterway Recovery Group runs between 16-20 Summer Canal Camps. This means…
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Book a staycation with a difference and help bring a waterway back to life

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Janet Richardson

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February 8, 2022

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 Camps’ has been launched, inviting people to spend a week outside, getting involved in practical restoration work. Waterway Recovery Group, which is part of the Inland Waterways Association, organises these…
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