Volunteering opportunities

We have carefully considered all of our volunteering opportunities to ensure any activities are Covid Secure. If you are keen to engage with us please sign up for an opportunity near you and the relevant task manager will contact you as soon as they’re able to recruit new volunteers. We encourage you to volunteer in your locality.

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Youth Forum Member - North West

Starts: Anytime

this opportunity covers the whole North West Region

Activities: Practical, Environment, Outdoors, Regularly

• This is a brand new, exciting opportunity at the Canal & River Trust for young people aged 16 to 25. The Youth Forum will have 12 members and will be from across the North West Region

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Towpath Taskforce - Wild in Birmingham (every Wednesday)

Starts: Anytime

Birmingham, Birmingham Canal Navigations, West Midlands

Activities: Practical, Environment, Outdoors, Boating, One off or a taster, Regularly

Join our Wild in Birmingham Team every Wednesday, between 10am and 3.30pm on the canals around the centre of Birmingham. The scope of the team is to greatly improve the visitor experience with the City Centre, out towards Icknield Port and The Cube.

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Lead Volunteer Lock Keeper Bradford on Avon

Starts: Anytime

Bradford on Avon

Activities: Leadership and management

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals to co-ordinate and lead our ever-growing group of volunteers in the Trust. In particular, we need help with organising our volunteer lock keepers at Bradford on Avon Lock on the Kennet & Avon Canal.

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Lead Volunteer - Chorley

Starts: Anytime

Chorley, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Lancashire

Activities: Leadership and management, Practical, Environment, Plastic and Litter Clearance, Heritage, Education, Administration and support, Working with visitors, Boating, Marketing and promotion

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals to co-ordinate and lead our ever-growing group of volunteers in the Trust. In particular, we need help with co-ordinating and leading our Towpath Taskforces and other groups of volunteers on practical tasks.

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Explorers Education Volunteer - Trent Lock

Starts: Anytime

Trent Lock, Erewash Canal

Activities: Education, Working with visitors, Other specialist roles

Due to the current situation with Coronavirus, this is on hold at the moment. If you sign up, we’ll endeavour to update you as soon as we can. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Towpath Taskforce - Llangollen World Heritage Site (2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month)

Starts: Anytime

Trevor Basin, Llangollen Canal, Denbighshire

Activities: Practical, Outdoors, One off or a taster, Regularly

Join our monthly World Heritage Site Towpath Taskforce working on the historic waterway in the heart of North Wales. The 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month is Taskforce Day and this is a great opportunnity to join a friendly, lively and active group of volunteers. We could be working on access improvements,...

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Towpath Ranger - Huddersfield Broad Canal

Starts: Anytime

Huddersfield Broad Canal, Huddersfield

Activities: Outdoors

We are ensuring all activities are Covid secure. If you sign up the regional team will contact you as soon as they're able to recruit you, thanks for your patience.

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Adoption - IWA Northampton

Starts: Anytime

Gayton Junction to Lock 17

Activities: Practical, Environment, Outdoors

Come and join this small, friendly group to make a difference to the area who are always welcoming of new hands to help.

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Volunteer Lock Keeper - Loughborough

Starts: Anytime

Loughborough, River Soar, Leicestershire

Activities: Practical, Outdoors, Working with visitors, Regularly

Lock keepers have been a fixture on Britain’s canals for hundreds of years and are one of the oldest traditions of the waterways. As ‘the face of the waterway’, modern-day volunteer lock keepers play an integral part in the visitor experience. Their role is to provide a polite and friendly welcome to...

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Volunteer Lock Keeper- Aldermaston and Woolhampton

Starts: Anytime

Kennet & Avon

Activities: Practical, Outdoors, Working with visitors, Regularly

Lock keepers have been a fixture on Britain’s canals for hundreds of years and are one of the oldest traditions of the waterways. As ‘the face of the waterway’, modern-day volunteer lock keepers play an integral part in the visitor experience. Their role is to provide a polite and friendly welcome to...

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