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By now you should have all received your letter from Richard Parry, thanking you all for your efforts. We here at Canal & River Trust would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all of you, because without you efforts, enthusiasm and dedication we would not accomplish anywhere near the quantity and quality of week that we do. Each and every one of you gives up your time and energy to be a part of the ever increasing volunteer support, and we would like to take this opportunity to say Volunteers’ Week is an annual event which takes place at the start of . It celebrates the contribution made by millions of volunteers across the UK. It’s run by NCVO in partnership with Volunteer Development Scotland, Volunteer Now (Northern Ireland) and Wales Council for Voluntary Action. Volunteers’ Week We Need You Lock assistance for ‘Dance on Water’ Anderton Events Featured Volunteers Volunteering at a World Heritage Site Welcome to Steve & Mal Upcoming Events
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By now you should have all received your letter from Richard Parry, thanking you all for your efforts.
We here at Canal & River Trust would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all of you, because
without you efforts, enthusiasm and dedication we would not accomplish anywhere near the quantity and
quality of week that we do. Each and every one of you gives up your time and energy to be a part of the ever
increasing volunteer support, and we would like to take this opportunity to say
Volunteers’ Week is an annual event which takes place at the
start of . It celebrates the contribution made by millions of
volunteers across the UK. It’s run by NCVO in partnership with
Volunteer Development Scotland, Volunteer Now (Northern
Ireland) and Wales Council for Voluntary Action.
Volunteers’ Week
We Need You Lock assistance for
‘Dance on Water’
Anderton Events
Featured Volunteers
Volunteering at a World Heritage Site Welcome to Steve & Mal
Upcoming Events
Dance on Water is set to connect Birmingham and Salford through contemporary dance and waterways, boosting the participants’ confidence, creativity and confidence. It will be a very special collaboration between young people, Matthew Bourne’s acclaimed Re:Bourne company, two highly regarded international arts venues, and local people along the stretch of 200-year old canals. Travelling along the canal network at not much more than four miles an hour offers the young people the chance to enter a slower, mindful world - escaping everyday life and the pressures that come with it. There can’t be many dance companies waking up to the gentle lapping of water and so close to wildlife. It’s a unique environment, one we hope inspires the dancers and choreographers ahead of the performances at the Lowry and Hippodrome. Starting in Birmingham on 1 July, the team will travel by boat to Salford over the course of seven days, before performing at The Lowry in Salford on 9 July, as part of the National Youth Dance Festival. They’ll then return to Birmingham for a performance at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 10 July. There will be 5 boats carrying the 20 performers from Norbury to Salford and the boat skippering team have asked for assistance navigating the locks along the way. We are looking for trained lock keepers to assist in this event especially at Audlem and Middlewich, but potentially at any of the locks along the way. The dates concerned will be:
Boats cruise from Norbury Wharf to Adderley Locks and Hawsksmoor Visitor Moorings on the
Shropshire Union Canal (14 miles, 10 locks, 7.5 hours).
They will navigate from Adderley Locks to Barbridge (11 miles, 17 locks, 7 hours).
The boats will travel from Barbridge to Billinge Green Flash on the Middlewich Branch (14 miles, 8 locks, 7.5 hours).
The boats travel from Billinge Green Flash to the Anderton Boat Lift, one of the jewels of the
waterways and the UK’s only operational Victoria boat lift, on the Trent & Mersey Canal (5 miles, 2
hrs).
If you can assist with any of these days please get in touch so we can try and assist these 5 boats through the waterway as smoothly as possible.
Jason Watts – Volunteer Support Team Leader – [email protected]
We Need You
are looking for volunteers to
assist them with their busy summer events programme, with duties ranging from setting up events, bar work, litter picking, crowd control and stewards. If you are interested please take a look at the opportunities below and contact Graham Wood for more details….
Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th Anderton Transport Festival Daytime 08:30 – 18:00 Stewards required
Friday 12th – Sunday 14th Music Festival Evenings 18:00 – Midnight Various opportunities Friday 19th – Sunday 21st Music Festival Evenings 18:00 – Midnight Various opportunities
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th Heritage Open Day / Victorian Weekend Daytime 08:30 – 18:00 Stewards required Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th Wild West Anderton & Evening Function Daytime & Evening Various opportunities In the Lift View Marquee 08:30 – Midnight
Saturday 29th Firework Extravaganza Daytime & Evening Various opportunities 10:00 – Midnight If you can spare any time for any of these events, it does have to be for the whole event, then please contact Graham Wood – [email protected]
We Need You
"The beautiful weather brought an excellent turn out for the regular Chester Towpath Taskforce on Saturday 28
May, despite it being Chester Races Day and a Bank Holiday. There was the added bonus of a rare steam train
crossing the tracks just in front of the Northgate Locks. We weeded and generally tidied around the locks,
lopping back vegetation and even managed to start painting the white bridge railings - an on-going summer
project. A great big thank you to everyone who came along and, of course to Chris and Steve from CRT. The
next Chester Towpath event will be planting up the Cambrian Road access ramp together with the local Scout
troupe, people from Chester Zoo, should be good."
Lead Volunteer - Christine Fraser
Every month we plan to feature a group of volunteers or volunteer and showcase who they are and what they do. This months Featured Volunteers are the Chester Towpath Taskforce, based in Chester between Northgate Locks and Cambrian Road Bridge area, they carry out a multitude of tasks from litter picking and painting to re-building and planting a new area around the access ramp at Cambrian Road Bridge.
Many thanks to Christine for her article, I am sure many of you will find this interesting. If anyone would like to attend one of the Taskforce Events at Chester please contact either
Christine Fraser - 01244 372731 or Steve Maguire – [email protected]
If you would like your group to feature in this section in the future, please send me some information about
yourselves and what you do, including a photo or 2 and I will try to feature them in the coming months.
11 miles of the Llangollen Canal was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2009, its boosts a
beautiful manmade weir at Horseshoe Falls, two tunnels and two Aqueducts, one being the world famous
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Over half a million people visit the canal every year, with over 200,000 of those come
just to walk over the aqueduct.
We have lots of volunteer opportunities, the favourite
being as a Volunteer Destination Assistant in the Visitor
Centre right next to the aqueduct. We also have Aqueduct
Rangers that patrol the site, Towpath Rangers that patrol
other areas of the canal, we have a volunteer photographer
who will be taking pictures all year to capture the changing
seasons. The Towpath Taskforce also come along to
perform tasks on site, such as painting benches, fixing
potholes and gardening. For more information about
volunteering at the World Heritage Site please contact
Lynda on 01978 822912 or email
Please welcome our new volunteers Steve and Mal, who
are looking forward to meeting you all when you pop in.
Saturday 11th SUMBA – Repainting & maintenance at Wardle & Stanthorne Locks. Meet at Wardle
Lock @ 09:30. All enquiries – Graham Russell: [email protected]
Fri.17th to Mon.20th SUMBA – Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival, lock keeping for Festival. All enquiries – Graham Russell: [email protected]
Thursday 23rd Small Task Team Volunteers – Continuation of the Refuse Compound at Calveley. All enquiries – Paul Mills 0151 336 1049 or e-mail [email protected]
Sunday 26th Bank of America – Family Funday Event @ Ellesmere Port.
Wednesday 29th Shropshire Wild Outdoors – Works around Graham Palmer Lock, Montgomery Canal. Contact Howard Griffiths for details. [email protected]
Saturday 9th SUMBA - Cholmondeston Lock near Venetian Marina, Parking - Venetian Marina Car
Park. Meet at 9:30am. All enquiries – Graham Russell: [email protected]
Repaint Brickyard Bridge, extend gritted path below Cholmondeston Lock & Repaint picnic
table & totems and change signs on 48hr mooring opposite Aqueduct Marina
Thursday 28th Small Task Team Volunteers – Continuation of Refuse Compound @ Calveley.
All enquiries – Paul Mills 0151 336 1049 or e-mail [email protected]
Chester Towpath Taskforce – events every last Saturday of each month.
All enquiries – Christine Fraser - 01244 372731
Montgomery and Llangollen Canal Volunteer Group - Friday group meeting each week
to complete a variety of tasks along the Llangollen and Montgomery Canals.
Contact Roger Birch – [email protected] for more details each week.
Welshpool Adoption Group – The Welshpool Adoption Group meets 9.30am every
Thursday by the slipway at the bottom of the Church St Carpark in the centre of
Welshpool to undertake a wide range of volunteer projects within Welshpool and
beyond. For further details contact Pat Ward - [email protected]
Audlem midweek evening Taskforce – the evening taskforce begins again and will run
until the end of August – meet at 17:30hrs
Contact Neville Preece – [email protected]
Audlem Towpath Taskforce – events every 2nd Saturday of each month. Contact Neville Preece – [email protected]
Jason Watts - Volunteer Support Team Leader
T 0303 040 4040
Charity number 1146792
Got any stories or suggestions for our next issue?
Please contact us
If you wish to be added to the list to receive this newsletter and other volunteering information please contact
Jason Watts – Volunteer Support Team Leader – [email protected]
(with more to follow in next month’s Newsletter)
