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  1. 2 June Canal & River Trust seeks new members for its governing Council The Canal & River Trust is calling on people to stand for election to the charity’s governing Council, with nominations opening on 11 September, before voting in November. The Council is made up of 40 nominated, co-opted or elected members as well as the Chairs of the waterway partnerships. Together they reflect the wide appeal of the waterways – from boating and angling through to walking and conservation. The Council is responsible for the appointment of Trustees, helps to shape policies and provides guidance and perspective to Trustees. This year’s elections will decide four posts representing the interests of private boaters, two representing boating businesses, a post representing the Trust’s staff, and for the first time, elected posts for volunteers and people who make a regular donation to the Trust. Those interested in standing for election will need sponsors and to prepare their manifesto. Council members take up their four-year volunteer post from March 2016. Tony Hales, chairman of the Canal & River Trust, says: “This is a fantastic opportunity for people with a passion for the waterways to get involved with our work, and particularly in how the Trust is governed. Nominations open in September but we’re appealing for candidates now so that people have time to get prepared. We can offer support and advice throughout the election process, so do get in touch if you are interested.” The election process will be run independently of the Trust by Electoral Reform Services (ERS) and it will be an online process. Anyone keen to stand for election, or anyone who may have a query about eligibility or the election process, can find out more at https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/governance/the-council/
  2. 9 January 2015 NEW HEAD OF CUSTOMER SERVICES AT CANAL & RIVER TRUST The Canal & River Trust has appointed Ian Rogers as its first permanent head of customer services. The new role supports the Trusts 10-year strategy to create stronger connections between the charity and the millions of people who use and enjoy its waterways each year, and is part of a renewed focus on improving the service the charity offers to customers. Ian, who will be starting his role on 2 February, comes from Aon, the large insurance broker, where he has been managing director of the Aon Affinity division working with SME (small anyd medium-sized enterprises) customers. Prior to that, he worked in senior customer service roles at Dataforce, Thomas Cook and Eurostar. Ians priority will be to lead the Trusts programme of customer service improvements, ensuring that all parts of the organisation put customers at the heart of what they do. He will assume direct responsibility for leisure boating, licencing and enforcement. Richard Parry, chief executive of the Canal & River Trust, said: Im delighted to welcome Ian to the Trust. Our future success requires us to continue to change how we do things; to engage with all those who use or visit our waterways, or live alongside them, in a different way, and to make customer service and community involvement central to how we operate. Ians role will be vital in making these essential changes that will put our customers at the centre of our operation. As part of Trusts ten-year strategy, the charitys 11 waterway units will have greater focus on delivering excellent day-to-day customer service to boaters and other visitors, and working with their local Waterways Partnerships to create stronger relationships with local communities and stakeholders. ENDS For further media requests please contact: Fran Read, national press officer, Canal & River Trust m 07796 610 427 e fran.read@canalrivertrust.org.uk
  3. Canal & River Trust scoops Charity of the Year award Just over 18 months after launching, the Canal & River Trust has been unveiled as Charity of the Year by Peoples Postcode Lottery. The award was made this week at Peoples Postcode Lotterys annual Charity Gala attended by 500 people at the historic National Museum of Scotland. The Award was given in recognition of the way the Trust, through support from players of Peoples Postcode Lottery, had raised public awareness and support of a project to help save the nations historic hedgerows which, although so important for biodiversity, have declined by 50% since the Second World War. In making the award, players of Peoples Postcode Lottery gave a special one-off £50,000 cheque to support the Trusts work. It also committed to increase the Trusts annual grant by 25% to £125,000. Richard Parry, chief executive of the Canal & River Trust, was on hand to collect the cheque for £50,000. He comments: We are so grateful to players of People's Postcode Lottery for their support. This is the second year they have supported us and to be selected as Charity of the Year from amongst so many good causes is a tremendous accolade and a fantastic vote of confidence in the Canal & River Trust. I am delighted that the support from players of Peoples Postcode Lottery has increased; this special one-off award of £50,000 provides vital funding which will give a tremendous boost to our efforts in 2014. We have already identified three very special projects that it will support. Clara Govier, Head of Charities at Peoples Postcode Lottery said: The Canal & River Trust does some amazing work - transforming places and enriching lives of people through living waterways. Were delighted that our players are able to support the work of Canal & River Trust and showcase the work that makes them worthy winners of Charity of the Year. The one-off award of £50,000 for being Charity of the Year will mean players of Peoples Postcode Lottery will add to donations from local communities to fund three of the Trusts priority appeal projects: With a £20,000 appeal now fully funded, a volunteer canal workboat will be bought into action on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. The boat will be skippered by local people and will host local schools who will transform the Worcester & Birmingham Canal to create new wildlife habitats and tackle litter and graffiti along the waterway. A £27,000 target has now been met to raise money for volunteers and trainees at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port who are restoring Ferret, an historic working canal boat built in 1926. Supported by celebrity chef, TV presenter and Hairy Biker, Dave Myers, Ferret will once again be operational allowing future generations to experience what life was like for the people who lived and worked on the canals and rivers. Funding will also support the Trusts exciting conservation efforts across Birmingham and the Black Country, working with the National Sealife Centre, to help protect and encourage both water voles and otters living in these urban waterways to flourish.
  4. CANAL & RIVER TRUST SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT DEMANDS OF LIVING AFLOAT The Canal & River Trust is reminding people taking up a new liveaboard lifestyle on its canals, but without a home mooring, to think carefully about the demands of living afloat through a series of awareness-raising measures. In some popular areas, this style of living is on the increase and the Trust is concerned that the newcomers may not be aware of or fully understand the requirement for bona fide navigation and may believe it is sufficient simply to move around within a small area. Some therefore get a shock when they find that they are in breach of the rules, while the Trust is forced to embark on a time-consuming and costly enforcement process. The Trust is working to raise awareness of these constraints amongst home-seekers and boat sales advertisers. It is also aiming to provide clearer information to the floating community so, from January 2014, will be contacting everyone newly registering as a continuous cruiser to ensure they fully understand the requirements. After three months, if there is concern about a boats limited movement, the charity will send a reminder and invitation to contact the local enforcement officer to discuss the cruising pattern. Ultimately if they cant meet the movement requirements they will need to get a home mooring before their licence can be renewed. Sally Ash, head of boating at the Canal & River Trust, said: We want people thinking of living afloat to be fully aware of the challenges, as well as the benefits, before taking the leap. We hope that, by spreading the message widely, people wont end up making a costly mistake. Our new step of contacting every new continuous cruiser will help them in their new lifestyle, without falling foul of the enforcement procedures needed to manage the waterways fairly for everyone. We hope that, by keeping people informed, they will use the waterways responsibly, so they can be enjoyed by everybody.
  5. FUNDRAISING CHALLENGES ANNOUNCED TO SUPPORT NATION’S WATERWAYS IN 2014 Waterway enthusiasts, including walkers, runners and cyclists, can compete in two epic challenges in 2014, all in aid of raising money for the nation’s canals and rivers. The Canal & River Trust is hosting the events with the aim of raising thousands of pounds to improve local waterways. The two events: Grand Union Challenge (28 - 29 June, 2014): join hundreds of others on this multi-charity event as they walk, jog or run along the canal towpath from Little Venice in central London to Bletchley in Buckinghamshire. The inaugural canal challenge has three distance options - 25km, 50km or 100km - and a variety of start/finish points (similar to previous successful events the organisers have held on the Thames Path). Most will walk it at their own pace, quite a few will jog parts of it, and some will run the full 100 km ultra-marathon style Great British Bike Off (10-12 September, 2014): This unique three day ride, exclusive to Canal & River Trust, will see teams of cyclists journey from London to Leeds. The well-planned road route will also call at some famous waterway locations, and follow a section of a 2014 Tour De France stage (which this year begins in Yorkshire). This will be the third year of the increasingly popular Bike Off challenge, which in 2013 raised over £40,000 Ruth Ruderham, head of fundraising at the Trust said: “Our waterways are a national treasure, we want to improve them even more, and it is with this in mind that we are hosting these two challenges for 2014. Both events offer a great opportunity for you to experience the waterways in a completely different way, whether that’s journeying along the Grand Union Canal by foot, or taking in famous waterway landmarks as part of a peloton of cyclists travelling from London to Leeds. We want to see over 150 participants across both events, so if you’re looking to brush of the cobwebs and get in training this new year, they could be just the events for you. And even better, by taking part you’ll be raising money that will support important projects on local canals and rivers.” For more information about the Grand Union Challenge, including details about the routes and how to sign up, visit canalrivertrust.org.uk/grandunionchallenge To find out more about the Great British Bike-Off 2014 visit canalrivertrust.org.uk/the-great-british-bike-off
  6. FIRST DATES SET FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVES OPEN BOATER MEETINGS Throughout 2014, the Canal & River Trusts Chief Executive, Richard Parry, will be hosting a series of open meetings for boaters and other waterway users across the country. The meetings will offer a chance to for people to informally air views on any local or national issues and open up channels of communication for any future consultations. The first meetings will take place on: Thursday 23 January, 6pm Birmingham. The Bond, 180 - 182 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SE. Saturday 8 February, 3pm Nottingham. Waterfront, Castle Wharf, Canal Street, Nottingham, NG1 7EH. Wednesday 26 February, 6pm Banbury. The Old Auctioneer, 44 Parsons Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5NA. Richard will host these open meetings regularly, seeking to hold them in each waterway over the year. Boaters with home moorings in the local area, and continuous cruisers who have been sighted nearby, will be contacted with email invitations. Anyone else who is interested is welcome to attend and the meeting details will be available on the Canal & River Trust website. Richard Parry, chief executive at Canal & River Trust, said: As I announced in November, I want to make sure we listen carefully to views from the cut and openly share our ideas and plans for the future so that we get input from those whose commitment to our waterways is greatest to make sure our plans align with what our customers want. These informal open meetings are another opportunity for boaters and other users to speak directly to the Trust and I hope they encourage people to share their views and ideas. If you know someone who may be interested in coming along please help spread the word and pass the details on to them. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to fran.read@canalrivertrust.org.uk.
  7. 14 February 2014 The charity that looks after the nations historic canal and river network is appealing to friends and supporters for help in coping with the continuing extreme weather that is causing major challenges right across its 2,000 miles of waterways. From Wales to Oxford, the canal and river network, which has been channelling water away from homes, farmland and businesses, is now deluged itself. 100s of trees have fallen across the network in the last 24 hours alone, sluices are constantly being cleared of debris, 200 year old humpback canal bridges damaged and there is extensive damage to large sections of embankment, towpath and canal-banks. In Oxfordshire, 200 year old canal bridges on the Oxford Canal have been damaged and the towpath surfaces have washed away In Somerset, the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal has been playing a significant role in efforts to relieve the flooded Somerset plains, but is now itself in flood and sections of towpath have been damaged In Gloucestershire, the tidal Severn has scoured the embankment of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, the last line of defence for a large swathe of land In Wiltshire and across the home counties, major floods on the Kennet & Avon and Grand Union Canals are causing hundreds of thousands of pounds of repair works The River Severn has been in flood for some time and at record levels; many structures are submerged and damage is likely to be significant And in Wales, the heavy rain has caused serious damage to two much-loved canals. Engineers are on site now assessing the impact to the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal and the Llangollen Canal where embankments have slipped and are being urgently stabilised Vince Moran, Canal & River Trust operations director, comments: I am hugely grateful to our staff, contractors and volunteers who have been braving the elements and working around the clock, clearing fallen trees and debris, keeping water moving away from the worst affected areas and making repairs wherever possible. Our resources are stretched and the situation continues to deteriorate day by day. The full extent of the damage cannot yet be assessed. However, when waters recede we expect to see major damage to towpaths, locks and other canal heritage structures and features, which will affect millions of people and cost £millions to repair. We are appealing for your help now to enable us to respond to this unprecedented crisis. Your support will help us fund the immediate and longer-term repairs that will be necessary to bring our towpaths and waterways back into use as quickly as possible. Every penny you give will be spent directly and entirely on repairing and protecting flood affected waterways. To donate visit: http://www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/national-appeal
  8. 10 February 2014 BOATERS ASKED FOR VIEWS ON TEMPORARY CHANGES TO MOORINGS IN PADDINGTON BASIN The Canal & River Trust is proposing to trial a range of temporary changes to the moorings at Paddington Basin and the Little Venice Pool in London to meet a wider range of mooring needs over the coming summer. The initiative follows feedback from boaters and boating groups. The proposed changes include: a. Allowing mooring alongside Rembrandt Gardens in the Little Venice Pool, to provide two new moorings; b. Investigating the possibility of installing water points in Paddington Basin and changing a 14 day casual mooring to water point waiting only; c. Changing three visitor moorings by Paddington Station to trade moorings; and d. Allowing double mooring of narrow boats alongside St. Marys Hospital pontoon, providing four new visitor moorings. These changes would provide more room and facilities for boats visiting this popular area. Creating new trade moorings in front of Paddington Station would bring vitality and vibrancy to the towpath and make the most of the high footfall in the area. The Trust will be running an informal consultation on the proposals amongst boaters, boating groups and other stakeholders. The consultation will run until Monday 3 March 2014. To take part in the consultation, please visit: http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/library/5463.pdf Sorwar Ahmed, boater liaison manager at the Canal & River Trust, said: London is an extremely popular destination for visiting boats, both traders and leisure cruisers alike, not to mention the many people who make their homes on the Capitals canals. We need to make sure that were making the best possible use of the limited space available to meet their different mooring needs. Weve been working with the Better Relationships on the Waterways in London Group to address a wide range of boating needs over the past 15 months, and the Group has been developing proposals to improve the way visitor moorings are managed. We hope that the proposals in Paddington will work as a good trial over the busy summer cruising season please get in touch and let us know what you think.
  9. CANAL & RIVER TRUST UPDATE: ROVING MOORING PERMITS The Canal & River Trust has reluctantly concluded that roving mooring permits, which it was proposing to introduce in two local areas from April 2014, cannot be used to deal with localised issues of mooring congestion on the waterways. This follows further consideration of legal issues which raised doubts about the practical implications of implementing the scheme. We would like to thank everyone who has helped us to develop and explore these proposals; those involved in this process had been assured previously that the proposal was deliverable, and bear no responsibility for this late change. We will continue to work with local boaters to improve understanding of the Trust's guidance for boaters without a home mooring and to develop ways to help people to comply.
  10. The draft winter stoppages programme for 2014/15 is now up on the CRT website: http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices/winter CRT are inviting boaters to take a look and let them know their comments, to help them keep disruption to a minimum. Once the first round of comments has been received CRT works planners will consider all the feedback, both online and from engineers, and will make amendments. Comments will be open on the first version of CRT plans until Friday 20 June.
  11. CANAL & RIVER TRUST PUBLISHES RESPONSE TO KENNET & AVON TOWPATH MOORING PLAN CONSULTATION We are today publishing our response to the consultation on the towpath mooring plan, proposed by our Kennet & Avon Waterway Partnership, to encourage fair use of the busy stretch of the Kennet & Avon (K&A) Canal between Devizes and Bath. Large numbers of moored boats, complaints about boats moored in one area for long periods of time, and concerns from boaters and other stakeholders about the continued growth in boat numbers, led the Trust to support the development of a local plan for this part of the network. We had worked extensively with local partners over many years to try to reach an agreed way forward, and over the past 12 months our K&A Waterway Partnership made up of a group of local stakeholders developed and consulted on a towpath mooring plan for the area. We are very grateful for the work that the Partnership has done and the contributions made by the many people who responded to the Consultation. With some modifications, discussed with the Partnership, we will implement the bulk of the proposed plan from 1 May. Boaters without a home mooring on the western end of the canal between Bath and the bottom of the Caen Hill flight, who adopt the range of movement and mooring described in the response published today, will not face enforcement action by the Trust for a 12 month interim period. Overall, we believe that this offers the best way of achieving the long-sought improvements to the canal that will benefit all users. We will work with the Partnership to monitor the impact of this plan over the 12 month period. We are now working on the steps needed to put the new arrangements into practice. These include developing communications materials for boaters, adjusting monitoring systems and updating signage. We aim to be ready for the measures to come into effect on 1 May 2014. To read the Trusts full response, please visit: http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/consultations/completed-consultations
  12. CANAL & RIVER TRUST INTRODUCES NEW INITIATIVES TO HELP MANAGE LONDON MOORINGS This month, the Canal & River Trust is beginning a range of initiatives to help manage the ever-increasing number of boats in London. Its recruiting a number of enforcement personnel, starting a programme of text-messaging reminders to overstaying boaters and bringing in some changes to central London visitor moorings. Londons waterways have seen a 36% rise in boat numbers over the past five years to 2,964 boats in March 2014 (from 2,175 boats in 2007). In the past year alone, overall numbers have risen by 14%, while the number of continuous cruisers in East London has increased by 85%. The new initiatives, which include the recently-announced changes to central London visitor moorings, aim to encourage greater movement of boats to make mooring fairer for everyone. This month the Trust will start to text message Londons boaters when theyve reached the maximum stay time on a 14-day towpath mooring, as a gentle reminder that its time to move on. These reminders are already sent to boaters on parts of the Kennet & Avon Canal. The Trusts team will carry on speaking face-to-face with overstaying boaters and leaving notices on boats. The Trust has recently recruited an enforcement supervisor and an additional enforcement officer for London. Another enforcement officer vacancy is also being advertised to bring the London enforcement team back up to full strength. Enforcement is vital, especially in busy locations that are popular with boaters who may be having trouble getting to grips with the movement rules. The enforcement team enforces the rules so everyone is treated fairly, and also offers advice and guidance to boaters who run into difficulties. The Trusts programme of new casual moorings is moving forward with new mooring rings on the way at Camden (Camley Street) and Haggerston (Actons Lock). The sites require the completion of a technical assessment and appropriate timetabling of the work and it is hoped the installation will start soon. Moorings are also being planned along the Lee Navigation next to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Boaters views on other suitable locations are welcome. The Trust is aiming to establish additional facilities for boaters by seeking provision in new canalside development, as well as any new mooring sites. In particular, new facilities are planned in Haggerston and on the Lee Navigation by the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. In August a number of changes will be made to the visitor moorings in Paddington Basin. The plan includes installing a new water point, updating signage and new bookable moorings at Rembrandt Gardens. These actions build on feedback from the Better Relationships Group, which was set up with boating groups to help improve communications and engage boaters, in particular, in developing local policy. Sorwar Ahmed, London boater liaison manager at the Canal & River Trust, said: Were doing all we can to manage the canals and rivers for the benefit of all both those who make Londons waterways their home, and those who want to visit the capital. I hope these measures help to ease the pressure of boating in the capital, and give everyone a fair chance to moor up safely.
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