Volunteering opportunities

Towpath Taskforce - Retford

Starts: 13 January 2019 Recurring

Retford, sign up for more info

Activities: Practical

Come and join our Retford Town Lock Towpath Taskforce on the Chesterfield Canal, helping to improve the local area. We will be tackling jobs such as litter picking, some minor vegetation management and general works to give the area some TLC making it a nicer place to walk and enjoy the canal. We will...

Towpath Taskforce - Fradley Junction (1st Saturday of each month)

Starts: 12 January 2019 Recurring

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Fradley Junction, Trent & Mersey Canal, Staffordshire

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

Join the Towpath Taskforce at Fradley Junction on the first Saturday of each month for a range of activities around the Junction and Nature area in helping to protect and improve wildlife, heritage and the visitor experience.

Towpath Taskforce - West India Dock Impounding Station - Saturday 12 January 2019

Starts: 12 January 2019

Impounding Station, London Docklands

Activities: One off or a taster, Practical, Regularly

Join us on Saturday 12 January between 10am and 3.30pm at the fascinating West India Dock Impounding Station. We'll be repainting the floor and giving the inside of the building a deep clean. All tools and equipment will be provided, together with expert and friendly support and refreshments. We will...

Towpath Taskforce - Perry Barr (3rd Wednesday of the month)

Starts: 16 January 2019 Recurring

Closing Date: 21 March 2019

Perry Barr Locks, Walsall Road B42 2LZ

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

Join the Towpath Taskforce on the Tame Valley Canal at Perry Barr Locks. We meet on every third Wednesday for a range of practical activities such as painting, vegetation management etc., as well as helping to protect and improve wildlife, heritage and the visitor experience.

Towpath Taskforce - Alperton - Wednesday 16 January 2019

Starts: 16 January 2019

Alperton, Grand Union, West London

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

Join us on Wednesday 16 January at Alperton for a satisfying day’s work on the peaceful Grand Union Canal. We’ll be helping to improve the canal for visitors and wildlife by collecting litter and cutting back overgrown vegetation. All tools and equipment will be provided, together with expert and friendly...

North Warwickshire Towpath Taskforce

Starts: 17 January 2019 Recurring

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Bridge 27, Springwood Haven, Coventry Canal, CV10 0RS

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

Join the Towpath Taskforce in North Warwickshire on alternate Thursdays for a range of activities along the Coventry & Ashby Canals in helping to protect and improve wildlife, heritage and the visitor experience.

Towpath Taskforce - Walsden

Starts: 17 January 2019 Recurring

Walsden OL147SL

Activities: Outdoors, Practical, Regularly

Join us on the 3rd Thursday of each month for drop in volunteering fun on the Rochdale canal near Walsden.

Towpath Taskforce - West India Dock Impounding Station - Wednesday 23 January 2019

Starts: 23 January 2019

Impounding Station, London Docklands

Activities: One off or a taster, Practical, Regularly

Join us on Wednesday 23 January between 10am and 3.30pm at the fascinating West India Dock Impounding Station. We'll be repainting the floor and giving the inside of the building a deep clean. All tools and equipment will be provided, together with expert and friendly support and refreshments. We will...

Film and Media volunteer: Bridgwater & Taunton Canal

Starts: 14 November 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Bridgewater, Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Somerset

Activities: Marketing and promotion

We are looking for a volunteer with film-making skills who can create a film about the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal. The 200-year canal, which runs for 14.5 miles from Bridgwater to Taunton, is one of the most beautiful in the country and bristling with life, some of which you’d expect on an idyllic canal,...

Film and Media volunteer: Kennet & Avon

Starts: 14 November 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Devizes, Kennet & Avon Canal, Wiltshire

Activities: Marketing and promotion

We are looking for a volunteer with film-making skills who can create a film about the Kennet & Avon Canal. The 200-year canal, which runs for 87 miles from Reading to Bath, is one of the most beautiful in the country and bristling with life, some of which you’d expect on an idyllic canal, some you wouldn’t....