Volunteers collect two awards
THE volunteers of IWA’s West Country Branch have recently been presented with two awards, which together amount to a significant endorsement of the work they have been undertaking on the local waterways over many years.
As reported in last month’s edition, the first award was presented by the chairman of Sedgemoor District Council at a Keep Sedgemoor Tidy event. The second award was from Canal & River Trust and was presented by Steve Manzi, CRT volunteer development co-ordinator for Wales and the South West, at a ceremony on July 20 at the Victoria Park Community Centre in Bridgwater.
This recognised the completion of 25,000 hours of volunteer activity on the Bridgwater & Taunton canal under the two five-mile adoption agreements between IWA and CRT and was attended by several volunteers and CRT staff as well. Congratulations go to all the volunteers, past and present, on these great achievements.