Opportunities
Why we want you
Our Conservator volunteers help to maintain our network, carrying out important heritage and nature conservation activities as well as everyday tasks to improve the local environment such as painting or litter picking.
Our Conservator Volunteers help to tackle some of our toughest issues on the waterways, ensuring as much of the canal is accessible and well maintained as possible. Each year we face new challenges in managing our increasingly popular space and your support as a Conservator Volunteer will help to achieve our goals in keeping canals alive.
Whilst we have regular teams carrying out important tasks, some run on more of a ‘project’ basis to achieve specific activities (rebuilding a section of stone wall or carrying out some mass planting) meaning that different people can give their time in different ways.
What you will be doing
Day to day maintenance
Heritage restoration
Graffiti Removal
Environmental enhancements such as hedgelaying
Creating new access points by building or improved steps or ramps
When you register as a volunteer, we will ask you about any unspent convictions which you need to declare and risk assess these as needs be.
The skills you need
Willing to learn new skills
Ability to travel to remote locations
What's in it for you
Spending time outdoors
Learning new skills (some with external accreditation).
Keeping fit
Meeting new and friendly people
Being part of a supportive team of colleagues and volunteers
Seeing improvements to your wellbeing
Organisation
Our Cause
A network of over 2,000 miles of stunning canals and rivers runs through our landscapes. From our countryside to our bustling cities, canals are a place for everyone to connect with nature and our past.
However you use them, we all deserve open spaces where we can feel happier and healthier, and where wildlife can thrive. But the future of canals and the habitat they support is threatened by changing temperatures, unpredictable rainfall and the tests of time.
Together, we can make sure they continue to be here for tomorrow and beyond. Join us and let’s #KeepCanalsAlive.