Waterways Action Squad

Over the next two years, more than 570 volunteering opportunities will be up for grabs, from one-off art projects and towpath clean-ups to monitoring wildlife or becoming a guide at visitor attractions. You could even help to devise / develop and deliver events and activities for other volunteers and visitors at key sites.

Our Waterways Ambassadors help the team with all aspects of the project from marketing to press and PR, IT, admin, research, event planning, recruitment, peer-support and developing and delivering practical activities. We want everyone to be able to enjoy our local canals and rivers so if you would like to become a Waterways Ambassadors and encourage other young people in your local area to get more involved, please contact us for more information.

Lucie Unsworth, Waterways Action Squad project manager, said: “We are delighted to have kick-started this exciting project, which we hope will really make a difference to hundreds of young people’s lives in the North West. The waterways are a wonderful resource, rich in history and wildlife and we hope they will inspire the young people we work with to go on to fulfilling careers using the skills they have developed with the Waterways Action Squad.”

Waterways Action Squad supporters
The vinspired Waterways Action Squad programme has been launched through a partnership between: Bank of America; v, The National Young Volunteers Service; and The Waterways Trust.

• Bank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Bank of America – which has its European headquarters in London – is supporting the Waterways Action Squad as part of its global investment in organisations and initiatives that environmental issues.
• v, the National Young Volunteer Service, aims to inspire a new generation of volunteers (aged 16-25) in England. They do this by funding voluntary organisations all over England to create inspiring, diverse opportunities and by helping to overcome barriers that stop people from taking action to improve lives, communities and the planet.
• The Waterways Trust is a national charity which works with others to promote greater public enjoyment of our inland waterways. We believe in improving our canals and rivers so that they are cared for and enjoyed by people from all walks of life.