The Waterways Trust
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The Waterways Trust is an independent national charity. Since 1999 the Trust has worked with its partners to enrich people’s lives through waterways.
The Trust's vision is to see the UK waterway network supported, valued and enjoyed by everyone.
To achieve this, the Trust identifies need, builds partnerships, raises funds and delivers projects focused on realising benefits for people in five core areas: environment & heritage, improved health, stronger communities, improved learning and regeneration.
The Trust also cares for the nationally important inland waterways collection and the National Waterways Museum
at Ellesmere Port, the Waterways Museum Gloucester and the Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne, are an integral part of its work. By building partnerships with volunteers and the local community, the Trust is re-invigorating the Museums, opening up the story of our waterways to new audiences, creating new opportunities for activity and learning, enhancing the visitor experience and supporting wider regeneration.
The Trust also operates a Small Grants Scheme, and administers the annual Waterways Renaissance Awards jointly with the British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA).
The Trust's principal funder is British Waterways
, Great Britain
's largest navigation authority
. Its Patron is HRH The Prince of Wales, and its Vice Presidents are Paul Atterbury, John Craven OBE, John Fletcher
, Sonia Rolt, David Suchet
OBE and Timothy West
CBE.
The Waterways Trust is a registered charity in England
and Wales
(Charities Commission no.1074541) and in Scotland
(Scottish Charity SCO39264).
The Trust's vision is to see the UK waterway network supported, valued and enjoyed by everyone.
To achieve this, the Trust identifies need, builds partnerships, raises funds and delivers projects focused on realising benefits for people in five core areas: environment & heritage, improved health, stronger communities, improved learning and regeneration.
The Trust also cares for the nationally important inland waterways collection and the National Waterways Museum
National Waterways Museum
The National Waterways Museum holds the inland waterways collection at three museum sites in England: Gloucester, Ellesmere Port, and Stoke Bruerne....
at Ellesmere Port, the Waterways Museum Gloucester and the Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne, are an integral part of its work. By building partnerships with volunteers and the local community, the Trust is re-invigorating the Museums, opening up the story of our waterways to new audiences, creating new opportunities for activity and learning, enhancing the visitor experience and supporting wider regeneration.
The Trust also operates a Small Grants Scheme, and administers the annual Waterways Renaissance Awards jointly with the British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA).
The Trust's principal funder is British Waterways
British Waterways
British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
's largest navigation authority
Navigation authority
A navigation authority is a company or statutory body which is concerned with the management of a navigable canal or river.-Rights of a navigation authority:...
. Its Patron is HRH The Prince of Wales, and its Vice Presidents are Paul Atterbury, John Craven OBE, John Fletcher
John Fletcher
John Fletcher may refer to:*Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet , British soldier and cricketer*John Gould Fletcher , Pulitzer Prize winner*John Fletcher Hurst , Methodist bishop...
, Sonia Rolt, David Suchet
David Suchet
David Suchet, CBE, is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recognised for his RTS- and BPG award-winning performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 British TV mini-drama The Way We Live Now, alongside Matthew Macfadyen and Paloma Baeza, and a 1991 British Academy...
OBE and Timothy West
Timothy West
Timothy Lancaster West, CBE is an English film, stage and television actor.-Career:West's craggy looks ensured a career as a character actor rather than a leading man. He began his career as an Assistant Stage Manager at the Wimbledon Theatre in 1956, and followed this with several seasons of...
CBE.
The Waterways Trust is a registered charity in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
(Charities Commission no.1074541) and in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
(Scottish Charity SCO39264).