Volunteering opportunities

Offside Vegetation Management - Caldon Canal

Starts: 1 October 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Etruria, Caldon Canal, Staffordshire

Activities: Boating, Outdoors, Practical, Regularly

Due to the success of last Winters offside vegetation removal we are again looking for volunteers to get involved with opening up the navigation and improving the local canal network

Offside Vegetation Cutting Chesterfield Canal

Starts: 1 October 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Retford, Chesterfield Canal, Nottinghamshire

Activities: Boating, Environment, Outdoors, Practical, Regularly

Due to the success of The Chesterfield Canal Trust cutting back of offside vegetation last year we are looking to expand our operations by working in partnership to open up the navigation and improve the local canal network.

Towpath Taskforce Devizes - third Thursday of each month

Starts: 15 November 2018

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

Join the Towpath Taskforce in Wiltshire the third Thursday of each month for a range of activities along the Kennet & Avon Canal in helping to protect and improve wildlife, heritage and the visitor experience. Recently we've planted wildflowers; cleared overgrowth on the Diamond Jubilee Woodland carried...

Parbold Dry Dock Restoration

Starts: 30 August 2018

Parbold, WN8 7NH

Activities: Environment, Heritage, Outdoors, Practical

Join us at Parbold dry dock for a series of work parties that aim to expose and restore the structure of this historic site. The works will include vegetation clearance, removal of Himalayan balsam, painting and general site maintenance.

Towpath Taskforce - Drakeholes

Starts: 13 July 2018

Closing Date: 31 October 2018

Drakeholes, Eel Pool Road, Doncaster

Activities: Education, Environment, Heritage, Leadership and management, One off or a taster, Outdoors, Practical, Project management, Regularly, Working with visitors

Interested in finding out what the volunteers do on the Chesterfield Canal?

Towpath Taskforce Colne and Nelson

Starts: 6 October 2018

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

Join us for a practical session, between 10am and 3pm on the first Saturday of the Month in and around the Colne and Nelson area. Activities undertaken include: vegetation works, litter picks and general towpath maintenance. No experience is needed though it’s appreciated if you can let us know that...

Towpath Taskforce - Coventry

Starts: 29 November 2018

Closing Date: 31 March 2019

Leicester Causeway, Foleshill, Coventry CV1 4HF

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

Join the Towpath Taskforce on the 5 1/2 mile stretch of the Coventry Canal out of Coventry Basin. We meet on alternate Thursdays for a range of activities along the Coventry Canal in helping to protect and improve wildlife, heritage and the visitor experience.

AVC - Anderton - Crafting Assistant

Starts: 23 April 2018

Anderton Boat Lift

Activities: Working with visitors

We are looking to recruit a volunteer team to assist us in the running of our family based crafting activities throughout the year.

Volunteer Lock Keeper - Torksey 2018

Starts: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 December 2018

Torksey, River Trent, Lincolnshire

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...

Volunteer Lock Keeper - Boston 2018

Starts: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

Closing Date: 31 December 2018

Boston, River Witham, Lincolnshire

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...