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On these pages we show volunteering opportunities with a wide range of waterway groups. You can simply browse the listed opportunities or filter your search using the fields below.
If you would like to list a volunteering opportunity here please email volunteer@britishwaterways.co.uk
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WRG Montgomery Canal Camps 25 August 1st sept2012
Escape with us to the stunning countryside of the Welsh Borders. In 2011 volunteers trialled new and sympathetic approaches to restoring rural waterways and successfully rebuilt 20 metres of the canal.
Opportunities Available:
Practical
What's in it for you: This year we hope volunteers will be able to construct the remaining 80 metres of the channel south of Pryces Bridge. Volunteers will spend four weeks installing a liner system, consisting of geotextiles (�fuzzy felt�), and bentonite matting followed by block laying. There will also be some work for excavator and dumper drivers!
Sounds technical doesn�t it � don�t worry the majority of our volunteers are new to canal restoration so it�s a great learning experience for everyone involved! This is a unique opportunity for volunteers to help restore a length of the Montgomery Canal, hopefully ensuring its future.
Key Skills Required: No previous experience needed
Training Offered:
Nearest waterway: Montgomery Canal
Email: jenny.black@waterways.org.uk
Website: www.wrg.org.uk
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WRG Montgomery Canal Camps 4-11 August 2012
Escape with us to the stunning countryside of the Welsh Borders. In 2011 volunteers trialled new and sympathetic approaches to restoring rural waterways and successfully rebuilt 20 metres of the canal.
Opportunities Available:
Practical
What's in it for you: This year we hope volunteers will be able to construct the remaining 80 metres of the channel south of Pryces Bridge. Volunteers will spend four weeks installing a liner system, consisting of geotextiles (�fuzzy felt�), and bentonite matting followed by block laying. There will also be some work for excavator and dumper drivers!
Sounds technical doesn�t it � don�t worry the majority of our volunteers are new to canal restoration so it�s a great learning experience for everyone involved! This is a unique opportunity for volunteers to help restore a length of the Montgomery Canal, hopefully ensuring its future.
Key Skills Required: No previous experience needed
Training Offered:
Nearest waterway: Montgomery Canal
Email: jenny.black@waterways.org.uk
Website: www.wrg.org.uk/
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WRG Uttoxeter Canal Camp 26th December 2012-1st Jan 2013
Our main Canal Camps programme ends in October, but that doesnt mean we go into hibernation for the winter. WRG works all year round and every year we run a Christmas Camp from the 26th December through to New Years Day. This year the Christmas Camp will be on the Uttoxeter Canal clearing vegertation around Bridge 70, so there will be plenty of scrub bashing, bonfires and other winter activities.
Opportunities Available:
Practical
What's in it for you: It's the perfect way to work off your Christmas dinner and start the New Year in style!
Key Skills Required: No previous experience needed
Training Offered:
Nearest waterway: Uttoxeter Canal
Email: jenny.black@waterways.org.uk
Website: www.wrg.org.uk
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WRG Wendover Arm, Grand Union Canal 14th-21st July 2012
The Grand Union Canal was the of its day with boats transporting farming products, coal, timber and other materials to and from the London markets. To ensure that the canal functioned efficiently a large number of reservoirs where built around Tring in Hertfordshire. The Wendover Arm was primarily built to supply water from these reservoirs to the locks at Marsworth and Cowroast.
Opportunities Available:
Practical
What's in it for you: KESCRG are running the camp on the Wendover Arm. In 2011 volunteers exposed the wharf walls and archways of the Arms derelict Whitehouses Pumping Station. In 2012 the camp will rebuild the Pumping Stations wharf wall and culverts. Volunteers will also be engaged in a bit of archaeology investigating the coal storage areas and foundations of the building. This camp, set in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside, is a great camp for all abilities, whether you are a complete beginner or a more experienced
Key Skills Required: No previous experience needed
Training Offered:
Nearest waterway: Grand Union Canal
Email: jenny.black@waterways.org.uk
Website: www.wrg.org.uk
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WRG Wey & Arun Canal Camp 30th june-7th july 2012
The Wey & Arun Canal runs through Surrey and West Sussex in Southern England. The aim of the restoration project is to restore a direct water link between London and the South Coast.
Opportunities Available:
Practical
What's in it for you: Newbury Working Party Group are running the camp on the Wey and Arun Canal. You spend a week helping to rejuvenate a section of the canal at Dunsfold between Tickners Heath and Compasses Bridge Cross. Volunteers will be involved in the construction of a boat house, slipway and landing stages which will enable the Trust to start a trip boat operation on a second length of canal.
Key Skills Required: No previous experience needed
Training Offered:
Nearest waterway: Wey & Arun Canal
Email: jenny.black@waterways.org.uk
Website: www.wrg.org.uk
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British Waterways - HR Volunteer Policy Advisor
British Waterways is working towards a change from being a public corporation organisation to a charity so it's a really exciting time to be volunteering in HR!
A great opportunity is available for someone to get involved in the work of our HR team. As HR Policy Advisor you will help the HR team to review the full suite of existing HR policies at British Waterways.
Working with key policy stakeholders you will ensure HR policies are reviewed and updated in line with employment legislation, audit requirements, best practice and codes of practice eg:
*Working with Children and Young People Policy
*Confidential Information Policy
*Data Protection Policy
*Equality & Diversity Policy
*Email & Internet Use Policy.
The ideal volunteer will have a solid HR background with up to date knowledge of employment law, strong organisational skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, along with good research skills and relevant experience.
This is a great way for someone to put existing skills to good use or for a recent graduate to gain valuable practical experience in a busy work environment.
To apply please send a copy of your CV along with a cover letter detailing your motivations for the role and any relevant skills and experience to cassie.weaver@britishwaterways.co.uk. The role will be based at Leeds but with the opportunity for home working, Timing is flexible to suit the right volunteer.
Opportunities Available:
Recording and monitoring
What's in it for you: A chance to work within a busy HR time at a really exciting time of change for a national organisation.
Key Skills Required: Microsoft Office
HR experience
Training Offered: As appropriate
Nearest waterway: Aire & Calder Navigation / Leeds & Liverpool canal, Clarence Dock, Leeds
Email: cassie.weaver@britishwaterways.co.uk
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British Waterways - Web Designer / UX Engineer
Work with British Waterways'(BW) web development team to improve websites under BW's portfolio, this includes waterscape.com, which attracts almost three million visitors a year, to make it a more interactive and user friendly site.
BW is looking for someone brimming with ideas, who keeps up with web related trends and has a passion for online design to work with the web development team to make its websites more interactive and user friendly.
Opportunities Available:
Interpretation and promotion, customer service
What's in it for you: We offer the chance to work in a busy web development team as part of the wider marketing department at an exciting time for BW as we progress our plans to move from the public sector into the third sector.
The volunteer will be able to influence our online presence so by the time we move to the third sector we have a top notch website worthy of a dynamic and forward thinking charity.
As well as working with colleagues all around the business, there will also be opportunities to engage with a wide range of audiences from boaters, anglers, cyclists to the general public who live, work and play by the waterways.
Key Skills Required: We are looking for someone who not only has a passion and a flair for design, but who can make the mundane usable and has the ability to work with existing style guides that encompass whole websites and extend them for the web.
Experience with a major graphics package would be beneficial, e.g. Photoshop, Fireworks, GIMP.
Experience and examples of any existing web focused work would also be greatly appreciated.
Training Offered: We will brief you on the existing style guidelines that exist and carry out an induction.
Nearest waterway: Grand Union
Email: Paul.morgan@britishwaterways.co.uk
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British Waterways - WOW Education Volunteer - Monmouth and Brecon Canal
Working in partnership with The Waterways Trust and the Inland Waterways Association we plan and deliver education, aimed primarily at 7 - 11 year olds, using the WOW website (www.wow4water.net) as a vehicle for communication.
WOW was established in 2002 and is designed to enthuse and educate children about the heritage and wildlife of waterways. We hope to encourage children, their teachers, group leaders and families to visit waterways and to do so safely.
We are looking for volunteers to join the WOW education team and tasks include:
-taking part or leading school visits
-helping cub scouts or brownies with their badges
-researching local waterway history and habitats and creating new resources
-leading or assisting with family activities at events
-staffing WOW Corners in museums and visitor centres
-running water safety activities
-helping with administration such as taking bookings, sending out materials or updating the WOW website
-helping with marketing and PR
Opportunities Available:
Wow education
What's in it for you: Being part of the WOW partnership (BW, IWA and TWT) and the BW national education team.
Promoting the value of waterways as an educational resource to children, their teachers, group leaders and carers.
Developing both formal and informal learning and communication skills. Understanding how people learn effectively and using this knowledge to create positive learning experiences (both within the waterway environment and using the WOW website).
Working with a team of dedicated and passionate people to share this passion with others.
Working with children and young people.
Working in waterway environments to encourage direct interaction and a hands-on approach to learning.
Working collaboratively with professional, interpreters, teachers and young people.
Key Skills Required: Experience of working with children and young people � or a desire to learn.
Interest and knowledge of the waterways, social and industrial heritage or the environment - but more importantly a desire to share this interest with others.
Ability and eagerness to lead or assist visits and activities for children in both formal and informal settings.
Good organiser and ability to potentially work without direct supervision.
Confident communicator and willingness to try new ideas.
Driving license or ability to organise transportation to site is essential.
Training Offered: Essential:
Working with children and young people.
Safeguarding
Safety training
Potential (depending on task):
Leading and assisting school and uniformed group visits, guided walks and family events
Water safety
Writing for children
Nearest waterway: Monmouth and Brecon Canal
Email: elaine.stanley@britishwaterways.co.uk
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Towpath Survey Volunteer
British Waterways is carrying out a national project to map the condition of its towpaths and any barriers to access. This will provide valuable information for with restricted mobility, as well as families with buggies, cyclists and everyone on the towpath. By giving up-to-date information about the towpath condition, British Waterways hopes to help people choose where they use the towpath and encourage more people to visit the waterways.
As a first stage of the project, we're looking for volunteers to undertake detailed mapping of towpath access before the project is widened out later this summer to invite the general public to help keep the picture updated in real time.
We are looking for a small army of Towpath Survey Volunteers to help us survey our network of towpaths. In pairs, you will take a leisurely 8-10km (4-5 miles) stroll along the local towpath recording measurements and taking photographs as you go using a Smartphone we provide. We've written some clever software for the phone and volunteers will submit their data to our server automatically.
This will all then be loaded onto a website where our customers will be able to log on and find out how easy it is to get on to the towpath and what the towpath is like in that area. It will make it easier for disabled people and other customers to access the towpaths and enjoy all the wonders that the canals can offer.
You may choose to do one or two days, or you could walk the whole of your local canal (some are 20 miles long, other hundreds of miles(!) long), it's up to you. You could even do it alongside our Length Inspectors as they do their regular engineering inspections.
Opportunities Available:
Recording and monitoring
What's in it for you: This is an opportunity to do some gentle exercise, get out in the fresh air whilst helping other people to make the most of the nations towpaths and canals. It is also a great chance to learn more about and get involved with the canals and rivers on the volunteer's doorstep.
You could volunteer with your partner or your whole family. If this isn't appealing, why not survey with a friend you've been meaning to catch up with for a while.
Key Skills Required: You will need a basic level of fitness, have your own all-weather clothing and enthusiasm. You will need to be able to get yourself to where you are going to survey.
No specific technical knowledge is required.
Volunteers will be working in pairs and should state whether they wish to work with a particular person.
Training Offered: An Access Coordinator will meet volunteers at an agreed location, handover survey equipment, provide a briefing and demonstration of equipment before survey volunteers start the survey. We aim to meet you to chat through the surveys before hand andprovide an information pack ahead of your survey.
Nearest waterway: The whole network
Email: volunteer@britishwaterways.co.uk
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Volunteer Visualisation Artist
We are looking for someone with a background in landscape design / visualisation to provide visuals to assist with the continuing restoration of the Montgomery Canal.
The tasks you would be involved in are the creation of computer or hand-drawn artists impressions, with occasional site visits and input from technical team members.
This role could be home-based, with occasional meetings at our Ellesmere Office (this is flexible) and travel is required to locations on the Montgomery Canal. The role requires a time commitment of up to 20 days, over 2 4 months.
Opportunities Available:
Interpretation and promotion, practical
What's in it for you: This is a great chance to develop and further your drawing/visualisation skills. Through this role you will visit locations on the unique and beautiful Montgomery Canal and gain a good knowledge of the waterway environment. You will be a part of the partnership team to ensure it is protected into the future through contributing to funding bids, consultation and stakeholder-building exercises.
All out of pocket expenses incurred whilst carrying out this role will be reimbursed and any necessary training to develop your skills in relation to working in the historic waterway environment will be provided as appropriate.
Key Skills Required: We are looking for someone who is computer literate, ideally proficient in CAD, or with excellent drawing skills. Knowledge of Photoshop or Illustrator would also be an advantage. Assistance on specific packages such as our GIS system will be available.
As this role involves travel a driving license and own transport are desirable.
Training Offered: Full induction to the role
Nearest waterway: Montgomery Canal
Email: Alex.Ball@Britishwaterways.co.uk
This is a home-based role.
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