CANAL & RIVER TRUST NORTH WALES & BORDERS WATERWAY ANNUAL SHOWCASE 2017 CANAL & RIVER TRUST NORTH WALES & BORDERS WATERWAY ANNUAL SHOWCASE 2017 Welcome Brenda Harvey Chair of North Wales & Borders Waterways Partnership Showcase Programme 9.45 – 10.30 Presentations from: Canal & River Trust Chief Executive, Richard Parry Local Waterways Manager, Wendy Capelle Local Waterways Partnership Chair, Brenda Harvey 10.30 Exhibition opens to the public 15.00 Exhibition closes Richard Parry Chief Executive Canal & River Trust ⑤ Rising spend in charitable expenditure delivered by rising income 250 INCOME 200 150 CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE £m 100 50 0 Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Plan Plan 2012/13* 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 INCOME 7 canals achieved Our People Green Flag status Share the Space campaigns • Over half a million Volunteer hours per year • 95% volunteer satisfaction • Over 175 local community ‘adoptions’ • 22,000 active Friends, doubled in last 2 years • 92,000 children in Explorer programme SAFEGUARDING THE WATERWAYS OUR NOW & IN THE FUTURE VISION Living waterways placestransf IMPROVING THE orm and WELLBEING OF OUTCOMES enrich lives THE NATION • Sustain progress, deliver improvement to waterways and public well-being • Build our case – towards 2021/22 Government submission • Strong investment and income, efficient asset management, good service • Grow awareness and support, widen our ‘reach’ to all communities • Strengthen local presence – outcomes focus • Continue changes to make organisation ‘fit for the future’ Wendy Capelle North Wales & Borders Waterway Manager Canal & River Trust • Shropshire Union Canal and Middleiwch branch • Llangollen canal • Montgomery canal • River Weaver • Anderton Boat lift • Pontcysyllte Aqueduct World • Heritage Site The Chamber is 8.47mts deep x 13mts w x 70mts long Gnosall Towpath on the Shropshire Union River Weaver Lock Street additional moorings 2017 Green Flag 22 miles of Shropshire Union Canal from Audlem to Middlewich • Volunteer Recognition Awards Active Individual Volunteers 219 38 Active Adoptions/Groups 23 3 18 137 2016/17 Volunteer Lock Keepers 40 VLK Hours 7,500 Recognition Badge – Bronze (500 hours) 2017/18 Volunteer Lock Keepers 52 Recognition Badge – Gold (2000 hours) Recognition Badge – Silver (1000 hours) Current VLK Hours 5,750 Volunteer Mug Sykes Hollow Hut & Reaseheath College Reaseheath College carried out the refurbishment of Sykes Hollow Hut on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, with their Level 3 students, including re-roofing, building and fitting new windows and door and re-pointing. Richmond Court Family Day One of our Adoption groups, Richmond Court, organised a family day event to tidy up the canal frontage, over 100 volunteers took part, giving over 300 hours of their time and transformed the area in just one day. • Engaged with approx. 3,000 members of the public • Recruited 8 Friends • Created new contacts • Had offers of funding • Range of staff & volunteers attending • “best stall”, “oasis” … • ‘Bend on the Bend’ Yoga • International Duck Race • 22nd October 2017 • Anderton Firework Display • 28th October 2017 Brenda Harvey North Wales & Borders Waterway Partnership Chair Canal & River Trust More Information….. ‘Share the Space’ ‘Doggy Doo Dahs’ Fishing Taster Sessions Waterway Adoptions Market Drayton Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Management Plan, Governance Review, Masterplan Trevor Froncysyllte Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Former chemical industry site Cefn Mawr National Waterways Museum River Weaver Shropshire Union Canal Natural Health Service Project Starting point – The Waterways Physical health - 70% of population believe canals are good places for taking exercise Mental health - 85% of the population think canals are peaceful and relaxing Starting point – Health in North Wales & Borders Although not the worst nationally…… • Aged and/or aging population with associated issues • Inequalities in health outcomes • Lifestyle issues contributing to health problems – particularly in most deprived areas Best activity for our Partnership? Working with health partners: • ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ • Workshop – ‘Unlocking the Health Potential of the Waterways’ • Mersey Forest • Get North Wales Moving Thoughts from our Health Workshop “There are many more “Waterways can opportunities around the help reduce “We want to see canal network – we need inequalities in where is accessible to to recognise the health health - being free disabled wheelchair users. opportunities… connecting and available for The canal is so peaceful and strategies to the local level.” helps calm us down” everyone” “I love canals. I use “I use the canals in them to jog, walk my role as a “The canal provides an entry level to and cycle with my volunteer run physical activity for the sedentary. family and the dog. leader... they are The fact it is flat and easily accessible The canal is a place quiet, safe… and makes it perfect.” of sanctuary.” it’s flat!” Questions for any of the speakers?.