This is our commitment to boaters, from the top of the Trust, that boating will be central to our long-term plan.
Progress on the better boating plan: Keeping our canals open for boating
Our commitment to boaters that keeping our canals open for navigation is at the heart of what we do.
Board boating sub-committee
Our chair, David Orr CBE, will chair a new boating sub-committee of our board that will oversee the implementation of a better boating plan and the general boating issues. Keeping our canals open for navigation will be central to our next ten-year strategy.
| Our target | Our progress |
| To establish a boating sub-committee. | Our sub-committee has been established to oversee the implementation of the better boating plan and general boating issues to support our target of increasing boater satisfaction to 75% by 2030. |
Our plan for better boating
We've listened to feedback from boaters to inform our plan for better boating
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Getting the basics right
Find out what we're doing to make boating easier, with better maintenance and fewer unplanned stoppages
Boater facilities
Find out how we're improving boater facilities by working quicker to fix them when they break
Better communication & customer service
Find out how we're making it easier for boaters to tell us if there is a problem so we can fix it
Last Edited: 1 April 2025
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