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Colleagues in Race Against Tide The Canal & River Trust internal newspaper Issue 98 September 2020 SourceThe My work, Colleagues in my life James Dennison race against tide Page 5 What is this? Identify this picture for a chance to win a £25 gift voucher Page 2 Inside: We need your help Page 2 Nominations open for Safety Awards 2020 Our safety awards celebrate the individuals or teams that have demonstrated innovation, Photo: Adam Barnes significant improvements, best practice, or great Using a combination of abseiling and a spider leadership thus driving the Trust towards a better crane, Direct Services is repairing a decades old health and safety culture. timber pier at Sharpness Dock in a race against Particularly in this unusual year, there must be time, tide and weather. some great innovative ideas or practices that have The 689ft (210m) pier dates back to 1874 when taken place, although your nomination does not the dock was opened, and some of its massive 36 ft need to be Covid-19 related. (11m) greenheart legs are original. As a gateway from So if you have come up with a smarter, more the River Severn (which has the second largest tidal efficient way of working safer and implemented it, range in the world) to the Gloucester & Sharpness gone above and beyond to ensure the safety of Canal, the pier is exposed to huge tidal pressures, yourself or others, showing everyone else how it’s and mainly submerged, so a regular programme of done, constantly challenging yourself and others to repairs ensures it is kept in top condition. raise the bar and do better, we want to hear about it. The Trust is the statutory harbour authority at Entries should be for work undertaken or mostly Sharpness, one of the most inland ports in Britain. undertaken between 1 January 2020 and 31 October Each month the dock welcomes up to 25 ships 2020 inclusive. Full entry details are under Safety bringing in supplies from mainland Europe for Awards 2020 on Gateway safety pages. the UK’s agricultural industry, and cement for the By sharing best practice in The Source, with l to r construction manager Adam Barnes, operative Louis our Health & Safety Committees and through the construction sector. Stillman, craft operative Kevin Osborne, operatives Dameian The project will be finished at the end of Bailey and Rich Holden, team leader Ray Humphry and site safety pages on Gateway, we can all learn from your September. supervisor Ben Tite achievements Have you Pulse survey noticed On 14 September we sent out a short employee engagement survey to 600 our new colleagues picked at random. ‘envelopes’? If you received an email invitation to complete it, please do. As always, your opinions really matter From this month onwards, in these surveys. The Source is being sent out in potato starch polywrap, which contains no oil-based We appreciate your willingness to share materials, plastics or harmful toxins, is 100% feedback and seek to improve how we work 2019 winners Wales & South West MEICA M&E team promoted compostable and biodegradable. together at the Trust. a stop and think approach ahead of every task to encourage a better health & safety culture by reintroducing on site risk assessment checks. Consequently, confidence in the team grew, Covid-19 Please note that Government guidelines and restrictions relating to Covid-19 may change, particularly amongst the new and less experienced members. affecting some activities reported in The Source. L to r: Chris Duthie, Joe Underhill, Mike Croker, Neil Smith (nominator), Tom Greedy and Jeff Croker Page 2 The Source September 2020 Scan this QR code to see News our website on your phone Where memories Test and Trace initiative were made? to help vulnerable boaters Your help is needed North West licence support officers Neil McKenna and Matt Donnison are exploring ways of identifying and contacting hard to reach and vulnerable boaters, to encourage them to participate in the government’s Covid-19 Test and Trace initiative. “Test and Trace relies on people with symptoms being able to self-isolate and either access a drive- through Covid-19 testing facility or order a home Is there a stretch of canal or river that reminds test. This may be a problem for those who don’t you of a special person in your life, or brings have use of a car or whose post isn’t delivered to back happy memories of someone? their door. This autumn we’re launching a new fundraising “We have been working with Gwen Derbyshire, product that will give our supporters the chance Senior Public Health Practitioner for the Wigan to dedicate a point on our network to their loved district. We’re looking at ways to identify boaters one, by making a donation. Using our online who fall outside mainstream testing and arrange a dedication map, they will be able to choose a process whereby they can attend a testing station, specific place along the water and add their story or a testing kit can be delivered to them. The and a photo if they wish. A certificate will be initiative will also provide support to boaters who created to remind them of their gift, which might need to self-isolate following testing, which may be in memory of a loved one who has died, or in include medicine deliveries and shopping.” celebration of someone living. Neil adds: “We’re exploring ways to identify our We’re looking for stories we can share with vulnerable boaters who have requested either our supporters to help promote the idea of the Equality Act adjustments to their cruising status dedications and inspire them to get involved, which due to Covid-19 or approved extended stays. Once is where you come in. If you associate a place we have that data, contact can be made to discuss or a waterway with someone you love, and you’d the Test and Trace process. This initiative highlights be happy for us to use your story online, please the diverse role of the licence support officers contact our supporter engagement & legacy and the flexibility required to respond to emerging manager William Coffin. We only need a paragraph challenges during the pandemic.” l to r Matt Donnison and Neil McKenna or two about the person, the place and what it means to you, along with a good quality photo. Maybe you got engaged while canoeing a canal with your partner one hazy summer afternoon, Let’s Paddle canoes delivered to regions or perhaps your grandad spent many happy hours teaching you to fish on the banks of a local reservoir. Whatever your story, we can’t wait to hear it. Email: [email protected] COMPETITION TIME What is this? ? How to enter Trying out the new canoes at Harecastle Tunnel, Trent & Mersey ◐ This is somewhere in this month’s The Source. Tell Canal, West Midlands l to r operations manager Rebecca Whitehouse and her family, area operations manager Simon us what it is and which page it’s on, and you could Martin and senior admin support Karen Langford win a £25 voucher ◐ Email [email protected] West Midlands and North West regions have ◐ Or text the answer and your name to: 07710 175445 taken deliveries of branded canoes to be used in ◐ Closing date: 2 October 2020 community engagement activities such as litter picking and Let’s Paddle. Yorkshire & North East ◐ The winner will be picked at random from all the correct answers are due to get their canoes soon. Events & marketing operations co-ordinator Tony Last month’s picture Entwistle said: “I want to thank everyone involved; was Archie Ludford’s T-shirt on page 8. this new equipment will help us to enhance what we offer to the public. It’s all part of our ‘Let’s get The winner, picked active by water’ programme. We want to help to at random, is get people onto our waterways and experience Direct Services first-hand that life is better by water.” site supervisor Tim Harrison. The Source September 2020 Page 3 Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/the Source_CRT News Placement helps to lay good foundation Although delayed by Covid-19, a placement opportunity first discussed in spring 2019, has finally come to fruition. Back from furlough leave, our intermediate apprentices have been able to practise their skills by helping to build a facilities block (using both block and handmade reclaimed bricks) complementing the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Society’s restored canal cottage café and society HQ. Direct Services apprentice supervisor Graham Mitchell explained: “The relationship was first mooted at the Crick Boat Show last year by Chris Madge, chairman of the society, who was impressed by our demonstrations of brickwork skills, and wanted to know if a practical placement could be arranged. “It not only kick-started the apprentices’ programme again after furlough, it gave the Building Craft College a chance to carry out first and second assessments and we gave something back to the society for holding on to the opportunity for us after it had to be cancelled. “Since meeting Chris, I’ve arranged a visit for the society to Stanley Ferry workshops to meet workshops manager Janet Tynan and discuss the The Level 2 Brickwork apprentices l to r Kate Longworth (second year), Cameron Ross (first year), direct services apprentice possibility of the Trust supplying gates for the canal supervisor Graham Mitchell, Linda Loveday (second year), Neil Hayman, Building Craft College brickwork lecturer, as it’s restored.” Aaron Ladyman (second year), Sam Widdop (first year) and Connor Silk (first year) Over-55s invited to Waterways Restoration Conference moves online get ‘waterways active’ The 2020 Waterways Restoration Conference, jointly hosted by the Trust and the Inland Waterways Association, will take place online this year.
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