Volunteering opportunities

Lock Ranger Support Role - River Severn

Starts: Anytime

River Severn, Gloucestershire, GL1 2EB

Activities: Outdoors, Plastic & Litter Clearance, Practical, Regularly, Working with visitors

Rangers are the eyes and ears of the local waterway, a friendly face who is happy to chat to towpath users (including boaters, walkers and cyclists) and connect with the local community. This role also takes on the added element of supporting our local Lock Keepers on the River Severn at Diglis and Bevere...

Bridge Support Ranger Role - Gloucester & Sharpness Canal

Starts: Anytime

Gloucester, Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, Gloucestershire, GL1 2EB

Activities: Outdoors, Plastic & Litter Clearance, Practical, Regularly

Rangers are the eyes and ears of the local waterway, a friendly face who is happy to chat to towpath users (including boaters, walkers and cyclists) and connect with the local community. This role takes on the added element of supporting our local Bridge Keepers on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal at...

Plastics Challenge - Ellesmere Port

Starts: 16 September 2019 to 23 September 2019

Ellemsmere Port, Shropshire Union Canal, The Wirral

Activities: Environment, Micro-volunteering, One off or a taster, Outdoors, Plastic & Litter Clearance, Practical

We're joining forces with #2MinuteBeachClean to rid our canals, rivers and oceans of plastic and litter. The key to this is ‘your small action makes a big difference’. And here's how easy it is to get involved.

Plastics Challenge - Nottingham Castle and Wharf

Starts: 27 August 2019 to 28 October 2019

Nottingham, Nottingham and Beeston Canal, Nottinghamshire, NG1 7HG

Activities: Environment, Micro-volunteering, One off or a taster, Outdoors, Plastic & Litter Clearance, Practical

We're joining forces with #2MinuteBeachClean to rid our canals, rivers and oceans of plastic and litter. The key to this is ‘your small action makes a big difference’. And here's how easy it is to get involved.

Friends of Rochdale 9

Starts: Anytime

Rochdale Canal, M1 5WG

Activities: Leadership and management, Marketing and promotion, Practical, Working with visitors

The Friends of Rochdale 9 (FoR 9) hold regular work parties on the Rochdale Canal between Locks 92 and 84 in Manchester city centre. Taking care of the canal at key locations projects they have undertaken include installation of artwork, planters, floating planting along with regular vegetation clearance...

Volunteer Lock Keeper 2019 - Knowle

Starts: Anytime

Knowle, Grand Union Canal, West Midlands, B93 0JJ

Activities: Outdoors, Practical, Regularly, Working with visitors

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...

Notts Beeston Winter Work Parties

Starts: 24 October 2019 Recurring

Closing Date: 31 March 2020

Castle Lock, Nottingham

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

Come along and support us for our new Nottingham Towpath Taskforce, working with a team of volunteers to enhance the Notts Beeston Canal which runs through the centre of Nottingham. The team will meet alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays, meeting at Castle Lock and Meadow Lane lock respectively, and the...

Aylesbury Arm Towpath Taskforce 2019

Starts: 16 November 2019 Recurring

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...

Seal Survey 2019

Starts: Anytime

North Environment Team, TS17 6QA

Activities: Environment, Surveying

The Tees Barrage is a barrage across the River Tees just upriver of Blue House Point in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in North East England.

Volunteer Helmsman - Clear Cut Conservation

Starts: 2 April 2019 to 18 December 2019

Loughborough, River Soar, Leicestershire, LE11 5XH

Activities: Practical

Clear Cut Conservation in Loughborough, Leicestershire, are looking for a volunteer helmsman for their small outboard craft. Clear Cut Conservation are a local group who collect litter from the water and surrounding banks on behalf of The Canal & River Trust. They meet every wednesday (weather permitting)...