Volunteering opportunities

Sankey Canal Restoration Society Workparties

Starts: 1 March 2019 to 1 March 2020

St. Helens, Merseyside

Activities: Practical

If you want to do something positive to help the restoration of the Sankey Canal then join the Sankey Canal Restoratrion Society on one of their regular work parties.

Towpath Taskforce - Tottenham Lock - Wednesday 26 June 2019

Starts: 26 June 2019

Tottenham Lock, River Lee, London

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

Join us on Wednesday 26th June between 10am and 3.30pm at Tottenham Lock for an enjoyable days work on the beautiful River Lee. We’ll be continuing to Paint the locks and generally sprucing up the area.

Regional Advisory Board - Yorkshire & North East

Starts: 13 February 2019

Across the Yorkshire & North East Region

Activities: Leadership and management, Other specialist roles

Bring your experience and knowledge to the Canal & River Trust Regional Advisory Board in Yorkshire & North East.

IT Trainer - Instructional Designer

Starts: 4 February 2019 to 30 June 2019

Milton Keynes, Grand Union Canal, Buckinghamshire

Activities: Home-based, Marketing and promotions

This role is to work within our new IT training team, developing resources for our people to make best use of our IT systems. The main aim is to design and prepare educational aids and materials for the IT Training department bringing learning to life to engage and upskill our people, using specialist...

Customer Operations Volunteers - Oxford Canal

Starts: 7 January 2019 to 6 January 2020

Closing Date: 6 January 2020

Banbury, Oxford Canal, Oxfordshire

Activities: Practical

Would you like to join our skilled team of operatives for a day out and experience what it's like working with the Trust?

Photography Volunteering - Gloucestershire

Starts: 24 August 2019

Closing Date: 23 August 2019

Gloucester, River Severn, Gloucestershire

Activities: Outdoors

A unique opportunity to highlight the wildlife and ‘sense of place’ of the River Severn as part of the HLF and EU LIFE funded Unlocking the Severn project.

Parbold Dry Dock Restoration

Starts: 30 August 2018

Parbold, WN8 7NH

Activities: Environment, Heritage, Outdoors, Plastic & Litter Clearance

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.

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.

Towpath Taskforce - Devizes (3rd Thursday of each month)

Starts: 19 April 2019

Devizes, Kennet & Avon Canal, Wiltshire

Activities: Environment, Heritage, One off or a taster, Outdoors, Plastic & Litter Clearance, 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...

Explorers Education Volunteer - Birmingham Central

Starts: 5 March 2018

Birmingham, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, West Midlands

Activities: Education, Outdoors, Regularly

If you love working with children and enjoy being outdoors join our team of education volunteers in Birmingham! Help children discover the waterways through our Canal & River Explorers programme by leading sessions for schools, Cub Scouts and Brownie groups both in their classrooms and out and about...