THE newly-formed Wessex Waterways Restoration Trust is appealing for volunteers to help its work on the historic Wilts & Berks Canal.
The trust has just received a £10,000 award from the National Lottery Community Fund to buy equipment and publicity materials.
A spokesman said: “We are still in the process of negotiating for work sites and, very importantly, recruiting members.
“When forming the trust we were very well aware that there was a growing need for hands-on work for enthusiastic canal volunteers, and this is what we will provide.
“To achieve this we need to recruit members from all the relevant disciplines – planners, engineers, fundraisers etc – but at the heart of it all will always be the ‘navvy’.”
Anyone interested in joining should email: contact@wessex-waterways.org
More information is available on the website www.wessex-waterways.org.uk
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