This week the Canal Societies working party group met at the Draycott stretch of the canal to continue the hedge cutting along the area that was previously laid over the last two years. We had three teams working on site, one team at the Hopwell Road end, clearing the scrub that has been threatening [...]
It has been brought to the attention of the Trust that the new owners of the Moon Hotel site have felled a number of trees along their boundary with the Derby Canal line and the Spondon Winding Hole in particular. This work was done without the prior knowledge of the Trust or, it appears, Derby [...]
The Society have launched an additional range of mugs for sale, priced at only £4.50 each, there are two different designs on sale. To purchase these new mugs, please contact Eddy at, eddycase69@hotmail.co.uk
The last working party of the Summer was held at Draycott on Sunday 27th July to clear the canal bed of Japanese Balsam that was beginning to block the flow of water that runs through this stretch. A 45 meter stretch had been badly affected by this invasive plant and had to be cleared before [...]
The Development Committee has now had the opportunity to meet with Heritage Lottery Fund Officers to receive the feedback on our recent funding application to restore a section of the Derby Canal at Sandiacre. Our application was in this instance unsuccessful, although it does seem that it is very rare for a first time applicant [...]
On Sunday 6th July members of the Derby and Sandicacre Canal Society responded to a public request to attend a footpath along the Canal path in Draycott that had become seriously overgrown over the fine summer months with various items. The pictures show a before and after situation – showing just how much scrub that had [...]
A cracking Sunday morning saw the team this week at Sandiacre , a cold start, but the sun soon came out and warmed us up us as we started work clearing the grass sides to both sides of the canal path, clearing the litter that had been dropped over the winter also cutting back any [...]
The Trust are pleased to announce that at the end of February 2014 the Trust formally applied for Heritage Lottery Funding to commence the restoration of the Derby Canal at Sandiacre. The bid covers all the work we need to undertake to open approximately 750 metres of the Derby Canal from its junction with the [...]
It is wonderful to see a recent work party featured in the Derby Telegraph complete with a photograph of Scott examining his handiwork on a stretch of hedge that he has just layered. In the background more volunteers are seen attempting, with little success, to burn the off-cuts. [button color="green" size="medium" link="http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Derby-Sandiacre-Canal-Trust-volunteers-beaver/story-20791650-detail/story.html" target="blank" ]Click to [...]
The Trust has recently received a donation from the DHL UK Foundation; to whom we express our thanks. Our regular volunteer Eddy Case, who works for DHL, was able to submit an application under the DHL "Match It! programme" to request a donation based on the number of hours he had volunteered during 2013. This [...]
