Towpath Telegraph Archive

Newsletter - 18/12/2009

• Creating a 'national trust' for the waterways
• The 'foundations' of waterway funding
• The power of waterways
• 'Moor' the merrier
• Addressing mediocrity in waterside development
• Bumper year for 'Ratty' on Britain’s canals

Newsletter - 07/06/2010

• A ‘national trust’ for the waterways
• Future of waterway volunteering
• ‘Resilient Places’ – character & community in everyday places
• Canals as a focus for community renewal
• International Year of Biodiversity

Newsletter - 19/11/2010

• Progress on establishing a 'national trust' for the waterways
• £50m winter canal maintenance and repair programme gets underway
• Canal volunteering initiatives
• Tackling invasive species
• A right royal year for classic canal creatures

Newsletter - 15/03/2011

• Waterways grant settlement in England & Wales
• Government announces phased transfer of canals and rivers to new charity
• Public consultation on the launch of a ‘national trust’ for the waterways
• Search underway to appoint inaugural trustees
• Winter restoration and major repair programme nears completion
• Your canal needs you! British Waterways introduces volunteering parties
• Listed aqueduct awarded £1million grant from Heritage Lottery Fund
• British Waterways unlocks key volunteering roles

Newsletter - 28/06/2011

• Appointment of new waterways charity trustees
• First head of fundraising appointed
• The Waterways Trust to merge with the new waterways charity
• Local waterway partnerships set up
• National Towpath Access Project
• Annual wildlife survey focuses on bats
• Increased interest in waterways volunteering

Newsletter - 16/09/2011

• Defra gives green light to charity move
• British Waterways publishes last Annual Report before becoming a charity
• Housing Minister looks to canals
• River Lee moorings consultation update
• Next round of appointments for Waterway Partnerships
• Managing canals in the summertime
• Waterways Action Squad success