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By LucieU 8th February 11
As you may know, after 2 years our current project comes to an end in June of this year.
We’d really like to know what you’ve thought of our project and the activities you have taken part in. What did you enjoy? What could we have done better? What types of things would you like to see us developing in the future?
We really want to know about your experiences so that we can evaluate our current work and work with you to decide how best to develop Waterways Action Squad in the future.
There are a few ways you can have your say…
- Complete the feedback form- just follow the link – http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YRCQCQM
- Write a comment on this post – Just scroll down this page and leave a comment!
- Become a Volunteer Case Study for our project – Email simon.colderley@thewaterwaystrust.co.uk to find out more
- Email any of the project team with your comments / ideas
- Help us to consult with other young people and get involved in shaping up proposals and bids to continue the project in the future – Email lucie.unsworth@thewaterwaystrust.co.uk for more details
Please take the time to let us know what you think of Waterways Action Squad. Your comments are very much appreciated and will help us to make the project even bigger and better in the future!
Thanks.
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By AliceA 4th October 10
We are looking for talented young musicians who would like to join in music and songwriting workshops and write some new pieces to celebrate the Waterways (that’s canals and rivers to you and me) with Tom Kitching fiddle player and canal enthusiast extraordinaire, and renowned Singer-songwriter Gren Bartley. You can work as a soloist, as an existing band, or create a new act with other volunteers – this will be a great opportunity to meet other musicians and swap ideas.
The workshops start from the beginning of February and will finish with a performance evening between April 22nd – 24th at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port.
musicians at the museum
This is not a beginners course – You should already be able to play or sing to a basic standard, though you don’t need to have done grades. A basic understanding of music theory OR the ability to learn by ear would be useful.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Simon Colderley or Hazel Mayow on 0151 373 4392, or email simon.colderley@thewaterwaystrust.co.uk hazel.mayow@thewaterwaystrust.co.uk
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The Big Draw campaign is a month long campaign to get more people drawing and painting. At the Anderton Boat Lift in Northwich we are holding a week long event for local children called ‘Uplifting Art’.
We are going to create a huge canvas wall depicting the lift and the surrounding area and over 240 children will take part. There will be 22 hour workshops every day from Monday 11th to Friday 15rd October.
If you have an interest in art and love working with children then please volunteer to help us with this project.
All volunteers that get involved will be invited to the unveiling and open day on 24th October and will receive a v Thank You certificate!
We need volunteers to sign up as soon as possible as this opportunity involves working with children and may require a CRB check to be undertaken.
There will be disabled access
Where? The Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich
Any experience/ skills needed? Volunteers would need to be good with children and have an wide interest in art.
Dates: Monday 11th Oct- Sat 15th Oct
Expenses: Public transport costs wil be reimbursed.
Who to Contact : To register for this volunteering opportunity or for more information, please contact Simon Colderley on 0151 3734392 or simon.colderley@thewaterwaystrust.co.uk
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By SimonC 21st July 10
Volunteer Ambassador Ryan
What I got out of it?
I gained more confidence and independence which will help in the near future to help me get into employment.
I also did conservation work on the canals, we took the Himalayan balsam out as this was killing other plants. It was interesting to find out a few facts about the Himalayan balsam, what it looks like and best way to kill the plant.
What I enjoyed?
I enjoyed it because I met a few more people, had a really good laugh, we all worked well as a team, and everyone was helpful and helped with the chaos and we all supported each other. I also did two other activaties; Raft Building, this involved team work and communication skills and kayaking that involve’s your own physical skills like your balance, but we supported each other.
Why should you join waterways action?
I joined Waterways and I have gained more working skills, like my communication skills have become better and also my IT skills. I am also doing an NVQ in Business, so you get qualifications out of your voluntary job. We also go on residual holidays. I have met some good people. Voluntary also looks good on your C.V.
Why not get involved yourself?
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Hi, I’m Simon Colderley and I’m going to be around for the next 6 months or so working for Waterways Action Squad as the Volunteer Co-ordinator.
I’ve been out on a couple of conservation tasks and the ambassadors residential at Burrs. Its great to see so much energy around and I’m looking forward to getting out and about seeing as many projects as possible. We are currently gathering a whole host of new opportunities, that we hope to have posted soon, giving an even greater breadth of experiences to volunteer for.
To coin a phrase “I’m here to help” so any questions please get in touch simon.colderley@thewaterwaystrust.co.uk and I’ll try to answer your questions.
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By CandiceS 25th May 10
My name is Candice; I’m now 20yrs of age. I have been working in a lot of different places over the past couple of years and I have never felt so in place before until I started working here as a volunteer in the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port. I’m working in the office and helping out with, updating the website for Waterways Action Squad, updating the volunteer database, taking down notes about the various different things that go on in this place and type them up, etc.
I enjoy working here as the people I work with are all really nice and friendly, which is good to have in a work place.
I’ve learnt how to do stuff on the computer which I would have never known I could have done. I like this place because you learn things about the past like how to build boat from scratch an how they did various other things which is really good to know. -
By AlishaM 1st April 10
The first Waterways Ambassadors meeting kicked off on Thursday 4th March at the Merseyside Youth Association, Liverpool; and it proved to be an excellent opportunity for Waterway ambassadors to get together, hear more about the organisation with a presentation from Lucie Unsworth, Hazel Mayow and Emma Wright, and what being a Waterways Ambassador entails; we also discovered interesting things about each other, with various ‘team building’ exercises, a great laugh. More importantly however; the meeting enabled the Waterways Ambassadors to voice opinions on upcoming events throughout the summer; such as a camping canal boat, that can be used by groups of children, which gained positive feedback from the team; also discussions for possible summer activities, included in the Young People’s activity centre to occur along the waterways, resulted in ideas like zorbing, kayaking, cooking, pottery etc. Final touches were also decided on the brilliant, new advertising campaign for the Waterways Ambassadors, designed and created by our volunteer, Allen Bulger.
All in all the meeting was a great success with exciting , new ideas for everyone to get involved in, and ended with a lovely meal and loads of laughs!
Don’t forget! If you want to get involved with planning summer activities and a residential, join the next Waterways Ambassadors meeting on Saturday 3rd April at the National Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port at 11am, followed by the Easter Boat gathering Event, which promises to be a lively event with loads of historic canal boats joining from across the country. Hope to see you there!
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