Danny Brennan Chair East Midlands Waterway Partnership Welcome and overview • What we’ve been doing, what’s in view next year, and why we do it all! Presentations • East Midlands Waterway • Partnerships with Higher Education • Youth participation • HS2 and the Chesterfield Canal Summary Q & A Networking Different things in different places, by definition, but all about (as well as day job on fabric!):

• Keeping old friends, making new ones;

• Reaching out to new audiences, new partners, using “non-traditional” approaches (e.g. marching into top of organisations, rather than just operational levels);

• Using our own networks, as WP members, to build more, broader strategic relationships;

• Creating community ownership context and ethos – capturing the hearts of communities;

• Banging the drum for the Trust in new ways & levering in new, different resources;

• Promotion, advocacy, public engagement, visibility;

• Constructive challenge, help knitting to work across Trust functions, channelling to localities. • Strength to strength, locally, nationally! Custodians of 2000 miles of canals, rivers, heritage, environmental, property assets – performance as Trust, charitable objects - builds year on year

• 2015/16 spend on charitable activities: £148.5m, most applied to annual programme of planned maintenance and repair (Sean’s review for more)

• Volunteer input – 45,427 hours in East Midlands alone – still leading the country (35,600 hours in 2014/15). Volunteer hours priced in £ms, but priceless to users, the Trust, and volunteers themselves

• (Even) more interesting work with young people and Higher Education (later presentations)

• New borders, bringing in parts of Leicester, , including , Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) and Trent & Mersey Canal (up to and including Dove Aqueduct)

• Looking at the EA navigations – currently number crunching and assessing risk Working with others: • Strategic partnership with NTU, most recently Business School. • Member of Heritage Panel, helping secure heritage perspective in city development plans

Trying new things: • “Running Trails”, with local/regional running groups, launched at Nottingham Marathon; • “No Labels” children in care group (developing Youth Guide) • Notts/Beeston Water Bus project (watch this space)

Community Adoptions: at 2014/15 APM, we’d 11 active adoptions, we’re now at 25, fantastic from Sean/team.

Waterway celebrations/festival development: • Nottingham, 2nd Annual Canal Festival, 2,500 people, 39 kids trying angling tasters and around 60 canoeing / kayaking • Long Eaton/, with ECPDA, around 2000 people, with 126 kids trying angling, 120 canoeing, plus rowing and sailing • Boston Waterway Activities event, around 70 young people dry land fishing, canoeing and much else.

Community Engagement: Nottingham Nature in Mind, Leicester Somali family group… and much more.

Communications, marketing, media: Lincoln Guide, East Mids Guide, Notts TV work, Young Creatives). • Working with Leicester City Council in new wider area (next slot for detail on the geography), including…

• Diwali 2017 – huge opportunity to widen appeal, use and engagement, through Hindu festival of light

• Running Trails project: with local running groups, launched at Nottingham Marathon, key 2017 project

• Nottingham Water Bus: talking to potential commercial operators on a leisure, visitor economy offer

• Trent Lock – creating an open space beside the education centre to allow for outside events

• Restructuring the team to increase our capacity to work with volunteers – managing success

• Community Engagement Pot - Encouraging new community groups to visit/use their local waterway: • (i) target areas where we currently have little activity and provide a starter activity(e.g. boat trip) • (ii) work with local group(s) to develop project(s), e.g. benches, notice boards, something that works for them • (iii) overall aim to encourage adoptions, ultimately, community ownership of/attachment to waterway.

• Green Flag: Work to gain Green Flag Award on SSSI section of Chesterfield Canal (12 mile length)

• And lots of continuing projects……… What’s all this for? • We work to maintain and improve the waterways, their surroundings and assets;

• we work with friends, old and new, to do so; • we generate new and different ways to volunteer, contribute and engage with the waterways

• we look for lots of ways to widen access to and enjoyment of our waterways and • we reach into localities and local groups to create a sense of common ownership of, and broaden support for, the canals and rivers we look after.

• Why?That’s the road to the Trust and its waterways becoming an irreplaceable part of the national fabric, simply part of the social and economic glue of communities….. That’s the road to the Trust and its waterways becoming understood as an irreplaceable part of the national fabric, simply part of the social and economic glue of urban and rural communities….. Seán McGinley Waterway Manager Canal & River Trust • Boundary changes • Volunteering • Finances • Other news • From the 1st August 2016, Central Shires Waterway ceased to exist and their navigations were absorbed into the 3 adjacent waterways.

• The East Midlands Waterway gained the Trent & Mersey Canal from Derwent Mouth to Dove Aqueduct, the River Soar and the Grand Union Canal as far south as Double Rail Lock.

• Integration is going well. Meetings have been held with staff, volunteers, customers and some stakeholders.

• The Trust has reached a total of almost 500,000 volunteer hours a year. • 45,427 volunteer hours last year in East Midlands. • 3,298 volunteer hours with young people. • 93% propensity to recommend • 370 active Trust volunteers and work with over 50 partner groups. 80000

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36,333 35,887 30000 34,363

25,600 20000 23,497 21,700 17500 10000 10,600

0 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Target Hours Actual Hours Expon. (Actual Hours) Target Adoptions Actual Adoptions Poly. (Actual Adoptions) 35 • Currently have 25

30 29 adoptions in the East 25 25 Midlands.

20 • 21 Community Adoptions 17 15 • 4 ‘Million Hands’ 11 10 10 Adoptions 6

NUMBER OF ADOPTIONS OF NUMBER 4 5 3 • 100% renewal rate 0 0 0 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 -5 YEAR

• Nearly 100 volunteer lock keepers. • 86% cover on the Locks this season. • Volunteers 5 days a week at Sawley Lock. • Sawley Lock gardens also maintained by lock keepers. • Cranfleet Lock refreshed by lock keepers and Erewash Rangers. • Addition of the Leicester and Trent & Mersey teams

• 5 year project led by the Grantham Canal Society and the Canal & River Trust. • Supported by a £831k HLF grant. • Aim to restore 4 locks in 5 years • Has included Waterway Recovery Group camps • Training volunteers in practical heritage and construction skills • Ensuring that we have the capacity to support increasing volunteer activity. • Managing the planning and administrative work required to support volunteer activity. • Maintaining good communication and support for volunteers. • How to record the true value of volunteering. 148.5m Spent on charitable activities

which includes

Dredging 7m Routine Works 21m Major Works 23m Vegetation 8m Building, Plant & Equipment 12m Customer Service & Facilities 8m Technical support 9m £39.4m – spend on raising funds Museums & Attractions 4m

£1.8m surplus • Customer contact – online form • Go Fish campaign – highest average number of participants • Arts Council – MOU to work together • Brand – increasing brand awareness from 30%

Angela Scott Experiential Learning Coordinator Nottingham Trent University Canal & River Trust Engagement with Higher Education

Angela Scott Nottingham Business School 27 October 2016 Nottingham Business School

• AACSB-Accredited Business School • Shortlisted: THE Award 2016 ‘Business School of the Year’ (24 November 2016) • 3,810 Undergraduates currently enrolled • 454 Postgraduates currently enrolled • Services to Business • Research

28 October 2016 27 Experiential Learning

Sharing the Space (MDM project)

Aim: To carry out research to establish baseline data from the perspective of towpath users (cyclists, walkers, runners, etc.) and to implement measures for improving the overall experience of using the towpaths.

Cohort: 2014/15 January Part Time (5 students)

Outcome: A survey of cyclists and other towpath users was carried out with measures for improvement developed around education, enforcement and engineering. A marketing strategy was also produced to support promotion. Helped the Trust identify how best to use a £10K fund to improve signage on the towpaths. Provided a baseline the Trust can repeat in coming years to measure the effectiveness of the signage.

28 October 2016 28 Experiential Learning

Interpretation of the Canal & River Trust Waterways (MDM)

Aim: To highlight ‘interpretive’ themes that the Nottingham Waterways offer, linking to an environmental and heritage perspective.

Cohort: 2014/15 January Part Time (6 students)

Outcome: The views of local residents were collected via a survey questionnaire and several benefits were presented as a result. These range from landmarks to industrialisation, wildlife and waterway uses. Provides a model survey methodology the Trust can use in other contexts. The Trust implemented some of the improvement ideas.

28 October 2016 29 Experiential Learning

Increasing the use of the Tidal Trent (MDM)

Aim: To produce instructional videos that can be hosted on Youtube (or similar) that boaters can access in transit along the river or download in advance to help guide them through sections of the River Trust.

Cohort: 2015/16 January Full Time (6 students)

Outcome: A script for a new app was developed with directional maps and an instructional video. The group also proposed a marketing strategy for promotion of the app and a plan of implementation.

28 October 2016 30 Experiential Learning

Nottingham Boat Bus (MDM project plus two x MSc projects)

Aim: To develop an outline business case for the implementation of a Nottingham Boat Bus. Initial project followed up by two related feasibility studies

Cohort: 2014/15 January Full Time (5 students), also 2015/16 Full time projects (2 x 5 students)

Outcome: The initial group conducted a SWOT as part of a business feasibility analysis and developed a promotional plan to support the proposed structure. The follow up projects focused on establishing the feasibility of the initiative, including operations, costing, and marketing. The Trust has since been approached by potential operators.

28 October 2016 31 Other ways we work with the Trust

• Student and staff volunteering

28 October 2016 32 Thinkubator Challenge (16 November 2016)

thinkubatorchallenge.com

28 October 2016 33 Thank you

Angela Scott Experiential Learning Coordinator Nottingham Business School [email protected] 0115 848 3888

28 October 2016 34 Liz Fleuty Development & Engagement Manager

Claire Cavendish Education Coordinator • 500,000 children & young people will each year broaden their learning and improve their skills through our waterways, museums & attractions

• 1 million children & young people each year will engage with us through volunteering, arts, education & learning, sports, cultural activities & social action

• 150,000 hours of youth social action – more young people getting are getting involved and the range and diversity of youth activities and opportunities we offer is increasing Our objectives include: • Developing a stronger sense of community ownership and responsibility and change local perceptions of waterways

• Making the canals and rivers inviting and accessible places to visit, live, work and enjoy – and relevant to local communities

• Improving the health and wellbeing of our local communities Purpose: raising awareness of easily accessible, low cost activities; highlighting personal benefits

Shortlisted project Input from young people YouTube video • Attendance at canal festival event(s) or similar to take part in taster sessions • Interviewing other young people about activities they enjoy • Assisting with content, editing and production Residential • Attendance at residential • Feedback following activities

Poster / flyer • Half-day workshop to agree content • Proof-reading

• 2015-16 – 471 days (local target was 200) • 2016-17 to date – at least doubled • Groups include: • Princes Trust Volunteers • Uniformed groups (Scouts, Guides, Sea Cadets) • Schools & universities • National Citizen Service • Activities include: • Maintenance • One-off projects • Clean up days • Conservation work • Adoptions • Lead volunteers • National partnership project led by The Scout Association • Launched in October 2015 • Aim: engaging young people in social action through canal adoptions; charity partners • 10 adoptions already signed up – 4 across the East Midlands www.amillionhands.org.uk

• Main focus on primary age KS1/KS2 & uniformed groups (popular sessions include history, geography, science, art & water safety). • Sessions run by teams of Explorer volunteers. • Developing new KS3 STEM sessions. • Can develop bespoke sessions. • Recruiting for new sites starting with Newark & Grantham (with GCS). • Taking on Trent Lock. • Working with Rolls Royce graduates to develop new KS3 STEM sessions. • Focus on creating new river sessions. • Working with Rolls Royce to develop 4 new STEM activities suitable for KS3 (new age group for us & new schemes will be used by teams across the country).

• Trialled ideas at school Eco Days & Big Bang science festivals (large trade show style events with hundreds of schools).

• Nearly finished 12 trial days at Trent Lock with graduates & our volunteers. We will then test sessions with local teachers & STEM clubs. • FREE sessions for schools/uniformed groups.

• Leaflets available outlining key sessions, but can also create bespoke local study units.

• Also recruiting for Explorer volunteers - great opportunity for people who like working outdoors and have previous experience of working with children. Thank you! Robin Stonebridge East Midlands Waterway Partnership Chair, Chesterfield Canal Trust Impacts, challenges and opportunities New high speed rail line predicated on the notion that it’s not possible to do work on a train -

• Intended to cut journey time AND / OR

• Increase capacity on our over crowded railways AND / OR

• Regenerate regional economies and/ or rebalance the UK economy

Requires a Parliamentary Hybrid Bill for each section of the route High profile, high risk, and high cost

At least £55 BILLION - probably £80 BILLION Last year HS2 Ltd spent £120 million on publicity, and has so far cost £2.4 billion

HS2 HIGH SPEED 2 RAIL Phase 2 Initial preferred route announced: Monday January 28th 2013

Result : Immediate blight HS2 has been no respecter of canals, impacting on:-

• Ashby Canal

• Lichfield and Hatherton

• Erewash

• Chesterfield

• Sheffield and Tinsley

• Barnsley

• Trent and Mersey

• Aire and Calder HS2 Working group - better together Impact on the Chesterfield Canal Restoration

THERE’S A RAILWAY ON OUR CANAL ROUTE AT EXACTLY WATERLEVEL AND ON EXACTLY THE SAME ALIGNMENT

Blighted, but not defeated - Is there the will to carry on? Public consultation July 2013 - January, 2014 4,400 responses on the whole of Phase 2, to Manchester and to Leeds Consultation results on Phase 2 published1,006 days after the closing date Table 6.1 Overall views on the route and supporting infrastructure (number of responses)

Non- campaigns - 2,080 RESPONSES

Agree strongly 31

Agree 330

Agree with caveats 139

Neither agree nor disagree 155

Disagree 1,234

Disagree strongly 191

Campaigns 2,377 RESPONSES

Agree 41

Agree with caveats 21

Disagree 2,308

Disagree strongly 7

"The original route crossed the Chesterfield Canal Regeneration Project five times between the Staveley Basin and Killamarsh. On the new plans we only cross over the canal once. However, at that point the canal is in an existing tunnel with the new route passing over the top, so it should be manageable. We are confident that a solution can be found that allows the Chesterfield Canal Trust to continue with its restoration project."

The Tunnel collapsed in 1907 HS2 Disused railway tunnel

Poplar Farm underpass

Kiveton end tunnel mouth

Western Portal

Spur to Staveley Infrastructure Maintenance Depot

Under the M1/M18 route proposals announced 7th July, 2016, the spur from the IMD to the main HS2 line would use the existing mineral line rather than two chords as proposed in the 2013 Initial Preferred Route. Thus the chords would not intersect with Staveley Puddlebank, but passage under the railway line will still need to be negotiated. The spur rejoins the mainline just to the south of Barlborough. Staveley Infrastructure Maintenance Depot and the canal

Opportunities

• If the new route for HS2 is confirmed, the massive blighting of the restoration will be removed and we will be able to make funding bids again to further restoration - the canal will be there in 25 years time to enjoy.

• There is the opportunity to conserve, use and interpret the Norwood Tunnel as a national heritage asset

• Railway construction requires Big Yellow Machines , so does canal restoration…

Co-creation and co-existence?????????????? Q & A session Lock Open Day, Turnerwood flight Chesterfield Canal Late February / early March 2017 canalrivertrust.org.uk