CANAL & RIVER TRUST AWARDS GRANTS TO WATERWAY CHARITIES AFTER APPEAL

Thanks to donations from hundreds of people to the Canal & River Trust’s appeal to support small waterway-based charities, the Trust has been able to award £31,500 in grants shared across 43 local charities based on inland waterways in England and Wales.

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, these charities, which provide vital support to some of the most disadvantaged communities in the country, have seen their income drastically reduce, putting the services that they offer at risk.

Sue Wilkinson, Canal & River Trust trustee and chair of the grants panel, said: “These very local charities do invaluable work – providing people with opportunities in life where, and when, it is needed the most – from helping tackle loneliness and dementia, to supporting disadvantaged children and young people in many different communities across the country.

“We are very grateful to everyone who has contributed to the Waterways Charity Appeal. It is thanks to you that we have been able to give some support to a number of small charities at this very difficult time. The Trust is pleased to be able to match the personal contributions made.”

The charities benefiting from a Waterways Charity Appeal, each receiving a grant of £500 or £1,500, are:

Angel Community Canal Boat Trust London
Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Trust Newport Pagnell
Birmingham and Northamptonshire Guide Narrowboat Birmingham
Bury Water Meadows Group Bury
Canal Connections CIC Leeds
CanalAbility Harlow
Chelmer Canal Trust Chelmsford
Cotswold Boatmobility Stonehouse
Crusader Community Boating Northampton
Dartford Cambira Sea Scout Group Dartford
Dockland Scout Project London
East Manchester Community Boat Project Manchester
Heulwen Trust Welshpool
Hillingdon Narrowboats Association Uxbridge
Humber Aid CIO Hull
Islington Boat Club London
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society Skipton
London Narrow Boat Project Braunston
Merseyside Water Rescue Liverpool
Northumberland Rivers Trust Birkenhead
Overwater Wheelyboat Services Crewe
Pocklington Canal Amenity Society Pocklington
Shropshire Union Flyboat Restoration Society Altrincham
Somali Community Parents Association Leicester
Stourbridge Navigation Trust Stourbridge
Sunbury and Walton Unit 327 of the Sea Cadet Corps Shepperton
Swansea Canal Society Swansea
Tameside Canal Boat Trust Manchester
Thames and Kennet Narrowboat Trust Mortimer, Berkshire
The Baldwin Trust Shepshed, Leicestershire
The Beatrice Charity Leek
The Ethel Trust Sheffield
The Hargreaves Narrowboat Trust Nuneaton
The Pirate Castle London
The Straford upon Avon Narrowboat Trust Kenilworth
The Wheelyboat Trust Petworth, W.Sussex
Truman Enterprise Narrowboat Trust Walsall
Wakefield District Scouts Wakefield
Water Adventure Centre Greater Manchester
Waterways Experiences Hemel Hempstead
Wildside Activity Centre Wolverhampton
Wirral Community Narrowboat Trust Newcastle
Worcester Birmingham & Droitwich Canal Society Droitwich

The appeal was supported by hundreds of donors with the Canal & River Trust match funding public donations – including Trust chief executive, Richard Parry, who donated 20% of his salary for the first three months of the year.

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