Canal Camps 2022 – book your place on a volunteer holiday
SPEND a week outside helping to bring a derelict waterway back to life and book a week-long working holiday in 2022.
You will have the opportunity to learn new skills while getting involved in worthwhile projects such as building new bridges, restoring lock chambers and vegetation clearance.
IWA’s Waterway Recovery Group is planning an exciting summer programme of Canal Camps across eight sites across England and Wales. Activities are set to include:
• Bywash repairs on the Ty Coch Flight on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canals in Wales;
• Helping the IWA Essex Waterways team to repair Stonham’s weir on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation in Essex;
• Building a new slipway for small craft launches on the Maidenhead Waterways;
• Supporting work to restore the Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal at Malswick, reinstating around 600m of filled-in canal.
This year also sees the return of WRG’s Family Canal Camps. Over the October half term, there will be a Family Weekend in partnership with the Wendover Canal Trust open to young people aged 6-14 and their families.
Waterway Recovery Group Canal Camp working holidays attract a wide range of people, from young volunteers taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme to waterway enthusiasts who want to help restore and preserve the waterway network.
They also appeal to people who have skills such as engineering or bricklaying and want to do something worthwhile and satisfying with their leisure time.
Waterway Recovery Group has been supporting canal restoration across Britain for more than 50 years, so you’re in safe hands.