IWA Bulletin - February 2014 by The Inland Waterways Association

BULLETIN February 2014

HS2 Phase 2 Consultation Response Submitted It seems a while since midNovember when IWA posted its first draft reply to HS2’s proposed routes from the West Midlands to Manchester and to Leeds. Thank you to those who took the time to read the document, and especially those who came back with comments, extra points and further information to change or reinforce what IWA was saying. Despite the intervening Christmas and New Year break, the reply has been widely discussed with IWA’s own experts and with other organisations interested in the scheme and with a waterways related ‘mission’. People like the Ashby, Barnsley Dearne & Dove and Chesterfield Canal Trusts, marina owners and operators,

Photo: The Chesterfield Canal (courtesy of John Lower)

Peel Holdings, and Canal & River Trust. With everyone working together, we can make a stronger aligned response and get a better deal for the waterways. So, with a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who has contributed, IWA’s response was sent during the last week of January. It has grown since it last appeared, and is now a better document

making a clearer case for what HS2 needs to do to properly protect the inland waterways. It is a truly nationwide response, reflecting IWA’s strengths knowledge and capabilities. If you have a little time and interest, please take a look at what IWA has said in its response. Any comments welcome to the usual email - hs2comments@ waterways.org.uk.

IWA News Waterway Recovery Group to Buy New Excavator

excavator in 2014.

WRG intends that the new 2.5 tonne excavator will play a key role in assisting its volunteers The Inland Waterways Association’s with waterway restoration Waterway Recovery Group work as well as allowing other (WRG) plans to purchase a new

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IWA Launches Desktop Calendar Photography Competition The next time you are out and about by the waterways why not take a camera with you, if you upload your photographs onto our Flickr group page they could be chosen to go on our new monthly desktop calendar that anyone can download. Each month there will be a different waterways theme for the calendar. Winners will have their already received from supporters but some further funding is needed photo featured in the desktop calendar and will receive a £5 and plans are in hand to raise this with a range of fundraising activities voucher to spend at IWAshop. com. The deadline for entering during 2014. photographs to the IWA Flickr group page is 3 days before the Mike Palmer, WRG Chairman, said end of the month. Any photos “We were all very sad to see Blue entered will need to be a minimum go after so many years of service of 1920 pixels x 1200 pixels. but our volunteers give their time Winners will be announced on freely and they deserve kit that is IWA’s social media pages and in reliable and effective. It is time to the IWA Bulletin. The desktop find a new, modern excavator that will make waterway restoration work calendar will be available to download from IWA’s website. all the more efficient. Additionally the new model will be far more The theme for the March desktop environmentally friendly with a calendar is ‘Waterway activities’, low emission engine and use the submit your photo by 26th latest eco oils. After Blue’s huge contribution to waterway restoration February to be in with a chance of winning. on many sites, the new excavator is expected to continue to make a difference all across the network for years to come”.

Photo: WRG volunteer operating an excavator

waterway societies to undertake projects without the costs involved in commercial plant hire. To enable the excavator to be easily transported around the country WRG also plans to buy a new trailer. WRG aims to use the excavator to train the next generation of waterway navvies in the operation of a technical, but essential, piece of equipment. In December 2013, WRG’s old JCB excavator Blue was donated to Buckingham Canal Society, after seventeen years of service to the waterway restoration movement. Although Blue was still going strong, it began to show signs of age and WRG decided that the excavator’s days of travelling around the country to different work sites should come to an end and that a replacement was required. The new excavator, a trailer and other essential operational accessories (including a quick release hitch, buckets and vandal guards) are likely to cost around £30,000. The majority of this cost can be met by generous legacies

Photo: IWA desktop calendar for February 2014

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IWA South Wales Branch Appeals for Support to Ensure Local Council Plans Do Not Prevent Restoration Work

Canal Society, Swansea Community Boat Trust, Canal & River Trust and many other interested organisations and individuals. The council will shortly decide on the final LDP, which will directly affect the ability of various parties to restore the Neath & Tennant and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Swansea canals and to achieve Council is seeking comments for its the proposed 35-mile Regional Report of Deposit Representations. Waterway integrating these canals The report is a list of all submitted with the River Tawe. Further comments from individuals statements of support support on the LDP are needed to and objections to the Council’s support the branch’s and other Local Development Plan (LDP). canal groups’ contributions. Such IWA South Wales Branch has submissions should clearly state made substantial contributions that you support the alternative to this document as have Neath site and hence the protection of & Tennant Canals Trust, Swansea the canal route, before going into

IWA and CRT Restoration Partnership

for canal and river restoration. The team aims to support groups, and provide information on restoration and best practice.

IWA’s Restoration Committee and Canal & River Trust (CRT) have teamed up to provide help and support for waterway restoration schemes across England and Wales.

CRT’s restoration team members are Jason Leach (Strategic Enterprise Manager), Julia Tinker (Restoration Coordinator) and Kate Langley (Restoration Assistant). They will work alongside Vaughan Welch and Geraint Coles from IWA’s Restoration Committee. The team plans to invite local trusts

The new partnership has a national role to raise awareness of, and encourage broad support

Photo: Neath & Tennant Canals (courtesy of John Pomfret)

reasons why this protection is needed. Links to the LDP, Register of Alternative Sites of January 2014 and the Report can be found at the Council’s website. The deadline for submissions is 10th March 2014.

and societies to a workshop on 10th May.

Photo: CRT Members of Restoration Team, with Vaughan Welch (courtesy of Canal & River Trust)

Other News Waterways Awards

industry and the waterways community.

Waterways World and Canal & River Trust have announced the launch of the Annual Waterways Awards, recognising and promoting excellence in the inland boating

The first Annual Awards will be presented in April 2014. The award categories will be in two broad groups of ‘industry’ and ‘waterways’,

and are as follows: (a) Industry Awards • Boatbuilder of the Year (Small) • Boatbuilder of the Year (Large – must build five boats per year and have built at least twenty boats in the previous six years)

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IWA Bulletin - February 2014 • Holiday Hire Firm of the Year • Marina/Moorings of the Year • Boatyard Services/Boat Services of the Year • Chandlery of the Year (b) Waterways Awards • Waterways World Readers’ Award • Waterway Society of the Year • Restoration Project of the Year • Community Project of the Year (integration of waterways with the wider community) • Heritage Award (for greatest contribution to waterways history/heritage) Each category will have a winner plus up to two highly commended awards subject to suitable standards being reached. Nominations are encouraged from relevant businesses and organisations, and the widest number of submissions will be sought. The Awards are open to all organisations operating on non-tidal, inland waterways within England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Organisations are asked to submit their own nominations but third parties are also encouraged to nominate deserving cases.

David Fuller, independent marine surveyor; Sarah Dhanda, Senior Federation Director BMF. A sixth ‘panel member’ will be provided by means of a public vote. A shortlist of candidates in each category will be announced on the Awards website and the public will be encouraged to vote in each category from among the nominees. The results of that voting process will form the sixth panel member.

Dispute Between Warrington Council and Manchester Ship Canal Company Over Use of Swing Bridges Warrington Council has called for talks with Peel Ports (owners of the Manchester Ship Canal Company) to discuss ways to reduce disruption to traffic in Warrington town centre caused by opening swing bridges on the Manchester Ship Canal to allow

freight vessels to pass. Container barge services on the Manchester Ship Canal rose from 3,000 in 2009 to 15,000 by 2012. Customers include Kellogg’s, Princes Food and Kingsland Wine. In 2012, Peel Ports added a second crane at Irlam Container Terminal, upstream from Warrington. The Council has requested Peel Ports to reduce vessel movements passing through the swing bridges around Warrington during peak travel periods. Proposals outline that no more than 20% of vessel movements through the swing bridges should take place at peak times, equating to no more than 150 such movements throughout the year. This would be expected to decrease to 15% in the next five years. The council states that Peel Ports has so far refused to agree to this. Peel Ports was disappointed by the Council’s statement, saying that the company had been in discussions with the cabinet member for

Nomination forms are available from the Awards web page, and can also be obtained by emailing admin@wwonline.co.uk or calling Sue Stelfox on 01283 742960. The Awards judging panel will comprise: Les Etheridge, IWA national chairman; Mark Langley, Waterways World Technical Editor; Bobby Cowling, Waterways World editor;

Photo: Barton Swing Bridge, Manchester Ship Canal (courtesy of Graham and Marilyn Speechley)

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IWA Bulletin - February 2014 transportation as well as with other senior highways officials within the Council. Peel Ports claims it has already implemented a number of the Council’s suggested measures, including increasing the number of nighttime and off-peak sailings. Peel Ports also state that they have taken all the required actions to support an ‘early warning’ swing bridge alert system and is now waiting for implementation of the messaging on the signage and matrix warning infrastructure by Warrington Borough Council. Photo: River Great Ouse, St Ives (courtesy of Tim Lewis) Other Council requests of Peel Ports include: • The provision of advanced warning of planned shipping movements to stakeholders through the use of an early warning system • The modernisation of bridges so they swing faster • The use of council swing bridge signs to inform the public that a bridge has swung and is the cause for traffic delays

Environment Agency Website to Move The Environment Agency (EA) plans to move its web content from its own existing website www.environment-agency.gov.uk to www.gov.uk on 1st April 2014, this date may change. Once the content has been transferred to GOV.UK the existing website will close. EA’s new homepage address on GOV.UK will be www.gov. uk/environment-agency. This

homepage will not link to all Environment Agency content but a search via an internet search engine or the search function on GOV.UK should direct users to the relevant information. Any web pages saved as bookmarks or favourites in an internet browser should still work, with the user redirected to the same content at its new location. EA has been working with Defra to simplify web pages and documents on boating and waterways before the information is added to GOV.UK. EA has asked for feedback to help guide this process; proposals can be viewed and comments submitted on Defra’s website until 21st February 2014. Government states that the development of a single government website, GOV.UK, should give customers simpler, clearer and faster access to government information and services. GOV.UK should also save money by reducing the number of

publicly-funded government body websites.

English Heritage and Canal & River Trust Pilot Nationwide Heritage Project English Heritage (EH) and Canal & River Trust (CRT) are to run a stakeholder consultation on the draft proposal for a new National Listed Building Consent Order. CRT, as owner of the third largest collection of listed structures in the UK, is to be involved with the pilot project. During this pilot scheme EH plans to give CRT a National Listed Building Consent Order

Bridge at Somerton Deep Lock, Oxford CanalPhoto: Bridge by Somerton Deep Lock, Oxford Canal (courtesy of Carmen Smith)

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IWA Bulletin - February 2014 so that CRT can carry out predetermined conservation work to masonry hump back bridges and canal locks without having to gain local authority planning consent every time. This should allow CRT to carry out canal heritage repairs more quickly and efficiently. Repair and maintenance works covered by the pilot CRT Consent Order are likely to include replacing lock gates, rebuilding damaged bridge parapets and carrying out occasional alterations in the interest of public safety. A pre-agreed schedule of works will be prepared as a part of the Consent Order.

Floods Delay Reconstruction of Whitchurch Toll Bridge The recent Thames floods have delayed work on the £4 million reconstruction of Whitchurch Toll Bridge.

bridge that links Whitchurchon-Thames in Oxfordshire with Pangbourne in Berkshire.

Dudley Canal Trust Receives Funding Boost for New Visitor Centre

Photo: Working Boat gathering at the Black Country Living Museum (courtesy of Tim Lewis)

Dudley Canal Trust’s plans to build a new visitor centre, The Portal, by the Dudley Canal Tunnel and Limestone Mines has received a million pound funding boost.

£1 million has been given to the project from the European Development Regional Fund. This latest grant can be added to the The bridge is to be completely funding already secured from the dismantled and rebuilt; it was originally thought that works would Heritage Lottery Fund (£989,200), be finished by the end of April. This J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust, Wolfson Foundation, Dudley Canal date has now been revised and it is expected that road traffic should Trust Trips Limited and the Dudley Canal Trust. Work on the centre be able to cross the bridge at and a bridge to link the site with the end of July; however, the river the nearby Black Country Living should be open to boats by the Museum is expected to start this end of March. To help contractors, Balfour Beatty, summer and take twelve months to complete at a cost of around re-open the bridge as soon as £3million. possible, further limited night closure notices may be issued in the first two weeks of April. Around 6,000 vehicles a day normally use the 112-year old

Scottish Canals Receive Funding Boost The Scottish Government has announced it will contribute £500,000 towards the development of a new visitor centre near Falkirk, which is part of the Helix Project, a £43million redevelopment of the land between Falkirk and Grangemouth. The visitor centre, expected to cost around £1.2million, is to be located by the new horse head sculptures, the Kelpies, in Falkirk. The Kelpies mark the entrance to the extension of the Forth & Clyde Canal that will take boaters to a new sea lock on the River Carron and out on to the Firth of Forth. The lock, basin and Kelpies Hub (with facilities for boaters) are expected to open in Spring 2014 and the visitor centre in the Summer. The Glasgow Arm of the Forth & Clyde Canal is also to benefit from new funding, with £450,000 awarded for improvements to the Pinkston Paddlesports complex in Port Dundas. The complex has been designed to meet the correct criteria to become Scotland’s first competition standard paddlesports centre.

Photo: The Falkirk Wheel links the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals

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Oxford Canal Heritage Project The Oxford Canal Heritage Project was launched following a Heritage Lottery Grant awarded in March 2013. Managed by the Jericho Living Heritage Trust, the Oxford Canal Heritage Project works with local communities to raise the profile of the Oxford Canal from Duke’s Cut to Hythe Bridge Street.

by Mark Haddon, Paul Rutman, and Katie Baxendale, and judged by Philip Pullman. Closing date Monday 24th February.

New Vice President for Wey and Arun Canal Trust

Art Competition for all ages. Closing date Sunday 16th March.

The Wey and Arun Canal Trust has announced that Peter Flatter will take on the role of Vice President of the Trust.

Full details of how to enter are available at the new Oxford Canal Heritage website.

Additionally, on Sunday 27th April, there will be a free talk on the In advance of an all-day celebratory history of the canal in Oxford, event in Oxford on May 3rd, told through works of art (as an two competitions have been Oxfordshire Artweeks Preview) announced: at the Jam Factory, St Frideswide’s Square, Oxford. Oxford Canal Radio Playwriting Competition, to be mentored

Swansea Canal Society Receives Environmental Award Swansea Canal Society was awarded the Bernard Jones

Memorial Award at the 2013 Tidy Wales Awards on 22nd January 2014. The Society was given the award in recognition of the work it had undertaken during 2013 to improve the Swansea Canal.

Peter has worked with the Trust over many years to help the organisation achieve its restoration aims and benefit the local environment. In his new role, he will support the work of Trust President, Lord Egremont, and work with its other Vice Presidents, who include Peter Beresford, David Fletcher, Nick Herbert, Francis Maude, Paul Vine and John Wood. The Tidy Wales Awards were set up over twenty years ago to recognise the efforts of volunteer groups who work to restore and improve their local environment and communities.

IWA & WRG Work Party Reports This section contains volunteer reports from IWA branches and IWA’s Waterway Recovery Group (WRG). IWA branch reports contain information from their latest work parties where volunteers have worked to help maintain their local canals. WRG reports on its canal camps and weekend digs to keep readers up to date with the restoration work they have been undertaking.

Cheshire Locks Work Party - Saturday 18th January IWA North Stafforsdshire & South Cheshire Branch and the Trent & Mersey Canal Society met on Saturday 18th January for a further work party at Malkins Bank on the Cheshire Lock flight of the Trent & Mersey Canal. It was a mild day, but the threat of rain prevented any painting being

Photo: Volunteers work on Lock 63 of the Cheshire Lock flight (courtesy of Steve Wood)

carried out. Instead, the team concentrated on exposing the cobbles at Malkins Bank locks 63 & 64.

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IWA Bulletin - February 2014 All eight bottom gate quadrants (both locks being paired) were exposed, although there is more work to be done on the towpath ramp below lock 64 at the next work party, due to take place on Tuesday 18th February.

River Gipping Work Party Report â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Autumn/Winter 2013 Work parties on the River Gipping happen on a weekly basis, organised by the River Gipping Trust (RGT) and supported by IWA Ipswich Branch. This Autumn the volunteers were once again blessed with a run of decent weather which lasted right up to the storm at the end of October. Since then the persistence of cold and damp weather has slowed the group down a bit and caused them to call a very early halt to one session at Pipps Ford. However, the timber for the bridge at Pipps Ford was milled at the end of October, and the members of the work party meeting at White House Farm have been able to make significant progress undercover, while the Pipps Ford group have had to deal with the weather and the aftereffects of the storms. The volunteers are near completing the first of the two side frames for the bridge and have prepared the laminations for the four curved bearers. The work party used remarkable wood glue that set in minutes in spite of the very low temperature.

Away from the farm, the regular work party have been completing the replacement of the earth fill behind the new bridge abutments at Pipps Ford, so that the fill has time to settle before the bridge components are fitted into place. One of the next jobs will be to prepare moulds and cast new coping stones for the abutments. The stones will then be put in place once the bridge is in position. Luckily, the October storm came and went without causing any structural damage to any of our active sites, though we had to clear fallen trees from the lock site at Baylham, and we are aware of a number of other sites where trees have been weakened and are leaning over the river. Sadly for RGT and Ipswich Branch one of their regular members, Don Brazinski, attended his last work party in November, and has now returned to his native America after 41 years in the UK. The Trust and branch would like to thank Don for all of his support over the years. The work parties will continue through the winter, and be split between White House Farm, Baylham and Pipps Ford. For the moment, our first Saturday of the month work party will take place at White House Farm.

IWA Volunteering Opportunities IWA Branch Volunteer Vacancies: Have a look at the list of volunteer opportunities within local IWA committees. There is a full list of volunteer opportunities within IWA branches.

IWA Branch and Region Magazines The following IWA region and branch magazines have been added to the website since the last edition of the Bulletin: Birmingham, Black Country & Worcestershire Branch Worcester Bar - Winter 2013/14 East Yorkshire Branch - Wolds Waters - January 2014 Northampton Branch - Endeavour - February 2014 South Yorkshire & Dukeries Branch - Keels & Cuckoos - February 2014 Middlesex Branch - Middlesex Matters - Spring 2014 The following IWA region and branch magazines have been added in recent weeks: North Staffordshire & South Cheshire Branch - KnobsticksAutumn 2013 Ipswich Branch - Anglian Cuttings - Winter 2014 Chester & Merseyside Branch The Packet Boat - January 2014

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Waterway Events Major IWA events in 2014 3rd - 5th May 2014 - IWA Canalway Cavalcade, London 24th - 26th May 2014 - IWA Trailboat Festival, Devon 6th - 8th June 2014 - IWA Campaign Festival, Chester Branch Boating Events in 2014 2nd - 5th May 2014 - Braunston Boat Gathering (IWA Northampton Branch) 4th - 6th July 2014 - Ware Boat Festival (IWA Lee & Stort Branch) 6th - 7th September 2014 Maesbury Canal Festival (IWA Shrewsbury, District & North Wales Branch) Have you got a waterway event or activity to promote? - Anyone can add details of a waterways event or activity to this area on the website. You don’t even need to register with the website or provide any sort of password. Simply use the upload event form. See IWA’s Events Calendar for a full list of waterway events. You can also search by event type or find out what’s going in on your area with the map search.

Upcoming Volunteer/ Clean-up Events February 5th February Work Party Hatton Locks (supported by IWA Warwickshire Branch) 5th February Work Party - River Gipping (supported by IWA Ipswich Branch)

8th - 9th February Work Party Weekend - Tardebigge Lime Kilns (supported by IWA Birmingham, Black Country & Worcestershire Branch) 9th February Stoke-on-Trent Canal Clean-up (IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch) 12th February Work Party Kidderminster (IWA Birmingham, Black Country & Worcestershire Branch) 12th February Work Party - River Gipping (supported by IWA Ipswich Branch) 14th February Work Party at St Augustine’s Field, Rugeley (IWA Lichfield Branch) 15th February Work Party Lapworth (supported by IWA Warwickshire Branch) 18th February Work Party Malkins Bank (IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch) 19th February Work Party - River Gipping (IWA Ipswich Branch) 20th February Work Party Lapworth (supported by IWA Warwickshire Branch) 22nd February Work Party - Hyde (IWA Manchester Branch) 22nd February Work Party at Leathermill Lane, Rugeley (IWA Lichfield Branch) 23rd February Work Party Northampton (IWA Northampton Branch) 26th February Work Party - River Gipping (supported by IWA Ipswich Branch) March 1st March Work Party - Dee Branch, Chester (IWA Chester & Merseyside Branch) 1st March Work Party - Firepool

Lock (IWA West Country Branch) 1st March Work Party - River Gipping (supported by IWA Ipswich Branch) 1st - 2nd March Work Party Weekend - Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation (IWA Chelmsford Branch) 3rd March Work Party - Hatton Locks (supported by IWA Warwickshire Branch) 5th March Work Party - Hatton Locks (supported by IWA Warwickshire Branch) 5th March Work Party - River Gipping (supported by IWA Ipswich Branch) 8th - 9th March Work Party Weekend - Tardebigge Lime Kilns (supported by IWA Birmingham, Black Country & Worcestershire Branch) 9th March Warwick Canal Cleanup (IWA Warwickshire Branch) 12th March Work Party Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal (IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch) 12th March Work Party - River Gipping (supported by IWA Ipswich Branch) 13th March Vegetation Clearance - Caldon Canal (IWA Birmingham, Black Country & Worcestershire Branch) 15th March Work Party Lapworth (supported by IWA Warwickshire Branch) 15th March Painting & Vegetation Clearance - Work Party, Trent & Mersey Canal (IWA North Staffs & South Cheshire Branch) 19th March Work Party - River Gipping (supported by IWA Ipswich Branch) 20th March Work Party -

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IWA Bulletin - February 2014 Lapworth (supported by IWA Warwickshire Branch) 22nd March Work Party - Hyde (IWA Manchester Branch) 26th March Work Party - River Gipping (supported by IWA Ipswich Branch) 28th March Erewash Canal Clean Up (IWA Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Branch) 30th March Bi-Annual Canal Clean-up - Tinsley (IWA South Yorkshire & Dukeries Branch) To advertise your restoration/ cleanup events in the bulletin please add details to IWA’s events calendar

Upcoming Towpath Walks February 16th February Walk - Napton Bridge (IWA Warwickshire Branch) 16th February London Towpath Walk (IWA Towpath Walks Society) March 2nd March London Towpath Walk (IWA Towpath Walks Society) 4th March Walk at Alvecote, Warwickshire (IWA Warwickshire Branch) 16th March London Towpath Walk (IWA Towpath Walks Society) To advertise your towpath walks in the Bulletin, please add details to IWA’s events calendar

IWA Member Discounts and Special Offers The following special offers are now available exclusively for IWA members: ABC Boat Hire - 15% discount Airedale Cruising - 10% Discount off skippered day cruises Boatshed Grand Union - 10% discount on brokerage Calcutt Boats - 5% Discount Canal Boat Magazine - 6 Issues for £6 Channel Glaze - 10% discount on double glazing for boats Cotswold Outdoor - 10% discount Europcar - Special hire rates to IWA members Grand Union Diesel Services - 5% discount IceGripper - 20% discount Lee Sanitation Ltd. - 10% on orders over £100 Midland Chandlers - 5% discount River Canal Rescue - up to 15% discount RoadPro - 5% discount UltimateBerths.com - Free Listing Willowbridge Marina - 10% discount on chandlery purchases and services in the yard Worcester Marine Windows Ltd 5% discount Wyvern Shipping Co. Ltd - 10% discount on published prices Zead - Free postage and accessories Please note: All discounts and offers are entirely at the organisers’ discretion.

To see details of how to take advantage of these offers, please go to www.waterways.org.uk/ support_us/members_area/ member_discounts_special_offers_ public For IWA members who receive a printed copy of this bulletin in the post, please contact the membership team on 01494 783453 for the details of the offers. Members can also support IWA with a Narrow Boat magazine subscription

Boat Insurance IWA has an arrangement with insurers Navigators & General and River Canal Rescue that provides top quality boat insurance and access to the basic waterway rescue service for boat owners, with the added benefit that every policy taken out and subsequently renewed helps IWA, and thus furthers our charitable work for the waterways.

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