Company days out - Many local firms have visited us for a fun day away from the office/workplace volunteering on canal restoration. We have a variety of jobs always on offer depending upon the time of year and the physical abilities and numbers of visitors.

It's not easy restoring 70 miles of Canal... As well as the obvious physical requirements, we have a fair amount of red tape to navigate too. Thankfully, our Head of Comms, Chris Barry, is leading our Performance Improvement Group (yes, a PIG) into new, positive relationships between WBCT and local MPs.

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded almost £14,000 from the Inland Waterways Association's Waterways in Progress fund. It will build on the biodiversity work already undertaken by our volunteers at Canal Park, just outside Shrivenham. This will include building wildlife trails and habitats, installing bird and bat boxes - and putting water back in the canal there, using an eco-friendly solar pump.

The work will take place this year and next, and should be completed by December 2021.