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Working Parties

Work Parties take place twice a month on the middle Wednesday and over the last weekend.

For more information, please email workpartyorganiser@stovercanal.co.uk
 
After  several  years  of  scrub  clearance  and  maintenance, work  has  progressed  onto  restoration  and  public  access  to the whole length of the canal. Over  the  summer  2013,  we  were  involved  in  the  surfacing of   the   towpath   on   the   southern   half   of   the   canal,   and building   three   footbridges   along   the   path.   Other   tasks include   erecting   signs,   bricklaying,   keeping   vegetation under   control   and   continuing   clearance   work   along   the canal.We  are  always  grateful  for  any  assistance  from  members, and  non-members  by  arrangement.  From  just  an  hour  with a  pair  of  secateurs  to  a  couple  of  hours  with  a  shovel  there is  something  that  can  be  done  by  anyone  aged  16  and  over of  any  aptitude.  Young  people  up  to  age  16  are  welcome subject   to   legal   and   insurance   formalities.   We   operate between  9am  to  approximately  4.30pm  each  day.    You  will need  old  clothes,  stout  footwear  and  gardening  gloves  or similar.

Working  on  the  canal  can  be  a  great  team-building  experience.  For  example,  in  the  Summer  of  2019,  the  employees  of Sainbury’s    Newton Abbot  took  time  away  from  their  corporate  jobs  to  get  down  and  dirty  in  the  open  air.  They  eagerly  got  to work  ‘puddling’  clay  in  the  Basin  at  Ventiford.  You  can  see  how  they  got  on  here.  They  had  a  great  day  and  really  helped  us out.  If  your  company  would  like  to  take  part  in  a  similar  exercise  to  promote  team  building  and  help  the  environment,  do  get  in touch. Organisations  can  get  valuable  free  publicity  by  getting  involved.  In  the  summer  of  2013,  members  of  the  Church  of Jesus  Christ  of  Latter  Day  Saints  ‘Lent  a  Hand’  and  an  item  was  featured  in  the  Western  Morning  News,  both  in  the  newspaper and on-line.