Give regularly as a Friend

Be part of something special – join us as a Friend and make a lasting impact with a regular gift.

Your support will help make canal spaces better, bringing nature back to our towns and cities and delivering health, happiness and wellbeing to millions of people.

Our canals are special spaces. From helping us all get active by water, to providing space to relax or feel closer to nature, being next to water can bring us peace, calm and relaxation.

Play your part in transforming blue and green canal spaces in our towns and cities, making urban living better for everyone.

Become a Friend today

Discover and explore today

Enjoy free entry to all our museums and attractions when you become a Friend of the Canal & River Trust.

Free entry to Anderton Boat Lift and Friends card

Plus a free gift when you join today

Follow the towpath to some of our most beautiful walks with our free 'Cool Canals' book when you become a Friend.

We’re so proud to be Friends, because you can see the nature you’re protecting, the towpaths you’re repairing and the difference you’re making.

Meryl

Three ways your Friendship can support

Together, as a community of nearly 30,000 Friends of the Canal & River Trust, we can make life better by water. From helping us fight plastic pollution in our waterways to protecting the future of our historic network of navigations, your monthly gifts will make a big difference.

Canal & River Trust volunteers work in the bank while a narrowboat and kayak make use of the water

£5 per month

could help make our canals and rivers cleaner and safer for everyone delivering greater wellbeing to millions

Two adults crouch on the towpath, surrounded by geese. One adult films the other on his phone

£8 per month

could help create vital habitats for wildlife, helping nature quickly spread along the canal banks and into the heart of our cities

Two narrowboats pass each other on the canal in central Birmingham

£10 per month

could help transform blue and green canal spaces in our towns and cities, making urban living better for everyone

I’m a Friend to canals because they help to keep me connected to nature, industry, and the people I love. They’ve always been a big part of my life.

John

Canals and rivers that shaped our local heritage

Canals helped to build industrial cities and towns, leaving a fascinating history behind. Our historic 2,000-mile network of navigations includes the third largest collection of listed buildings and structures in the UK.