Volunteering opportunities

Web and Social Media Champion

Starts: Anytime

London

Activities: Administration, Interpretation & Promotion, Management & Supervision

The London Waterway Partnership of the Canal & River Trust (CRT) seeks a volunteer with professional skills to support its key strategic objectives. Volunteers are expected to work flexibly and contribute a few hours per week on average. The Canal and River trust has alongside its website a full range...

Towpath Taskforce - Perry Barr (1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month)

Starts: Anytime

Perry Barr Locks, Birmingham

Activities: Practical, Environment, Outdoors, Plastic & Litter Clearance, One off or a taster, Regularly

Join the Towpath Taskforce on the Tame Valley Canal at Perry Barr Locks. We meet on every first & third Tuesday of the month 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.

Volunteer Lock Keeper 2021 - Curdworth

Starts: Anytime

Curdworth, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, West Midlands

Activities: Practical, Outdoors, Working with visitors, Regularly

Explorers Education Volunteer - Milton Keynes

Starts: Anytime

Milton Keynes, Grand Union Canal, Buckinghamshire

Activities: Education, Explorer Education

Recruitment to this role is now open!

Towpath Ranger - Hatton, Warwickshire

Starts: Anytime

Grand Union Canal

Activities: Outdoors, Customer Service, Interpretation & Promotion, Regularly

Volunteer Towpath Rangers are part of the Canal & River Trust’s team working to encourage the growth in popularity of our towpaths. Rangers are the eyes and ears of the local waterway, who is happy engaging with all users of our Towpaths. They also build relationships with local residents and communities...

Towpath Taskforce - Gailey (4th Thursday of each month)

Starts: Anytime

Gailey, Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, Staffordshire

Activities: Practical, Outdoors, One off or a taster

Tasks vary on a regular basis and can include painting, planting, litter clearance, general maintenance, depending on what’s needed in the area. On arrival you will be greeted by a group leader who will run through what is to be done that day, assign tasks and demonstrate the safe use of any equipment....

Towpath Taskforce - Sheffield

Starts: Anytime

Sheffield & Tinlsey Canal

Activities: Practical, Environment, Plastic & Litter Clearance, One off or a taster, Regularly

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.

Towpath Taskforce - Selby

Starts: Anytime

Selby, Selby Canal, Yorkshire

Activities: Practical, Environment, Outdoors, Plastic & Litter Clearance, One off or a taster, Regularly

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.

Operational Admin Support Volunteer. Wolverhampton.

Starts: Anytime

Wolverhampton, Wyrley & Essington Canal, West Midlands

Activities: Administration and support, Administration, Customer Service, Regularly, Office-based

Canal & River Trust’s West Midlands Waterway Wolverhampton/ Walsall section are looking for a volunteer to join their team to provide support with administrative duties, such as recording jobs with third parties, filing, scanning/ sending documents, recording completed tasks, working with other volunteers...

Aylesbury Arm Towpath Taskforce 2019

Starts: Anytime

Aylesbury, Grand Union Canal, Buckinghamshire

Activities: Practical

We will be undertaking a range of tasks on the Aylesbury Arm including lock painting, litter picking, scrub clearing and tidying of the towpath. Meet us at 10.30 am from the Slip Road behind Tesco, Tring Road, Aylesbury HP20 1PQ for an enjoyable half-day's work on this picturesque section of the Grand...