Dear Members, Stepping Aside Firstly, Eddy has, for personal reasons and the upcoming merger of the Trust and Society, decided to step back from any organizational role within the Society and Trust, hence the task of this update has fallen to me. I know he will be greatly missed and I would like to [...]
Tree Management along the Canal route The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust now owns, or is responsible for the maintenance of, large tracks of the route of the Derby Canal. There are large numbers of trees along the route, and as trees become diseased or reach the end of their life span they must [...]
The story so far at Draycott After some delays, the work at Draycott got underway in the middle of November on digging out the section of canal that runs parallel to Derby Road in Draycott. Due to finding water voles along the central section of the canal at Draycott, during [...]
Covid-19 Update The Governments restrictions, regarding the new Tier5 Lockdown that has now gone nationwide. This means that we are all restricted to staying at home and going out to shop for food only. Our working parties are therefore cancelled on all sites, and at the cottages, until further notice. We will review this in line [...]
Hello, All. As you will have seen on the news, the Government has moved our region into Tier 4 restrictions, to try to control the spread of the new Covid-19 variant. The rules for Tier 4 state that we should stay at home, except for work or volunteering, only travel to do essential food [...]
DSCT - Gardening Working Parties Return Hi, All. Hope you are all keeping well and safe in these funny times. I know that quite a few of you are eager to return to our Gardening Working Parties. At a recent Trust Board meeting, we discussed if we could allow our volunteers to return back [...]
Below is a copy of the press release that went out in support of the restoration work along the Draycott "Golden Mile". Read more about the developments at Draycott as the work progresses here. Network Rail teams up with Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust to reduce flooding and restore historic waterway Network Rail is [...]
Autumn 2020 Packet is out now! A quick note that the Autumn 2020 Packet has now been made available on the website, via the link here. We hope you enjoy it; there has been plenty of progress although slowed by the current pandemic. There are various ways to follow us - all listed at the bottom [...]
Well, it has happened. The Government have decided that we need a second full lockdown to try and slow down the spread of the Covid virus. The Trust Directors have taken the following decisions: As, when we went into Tier 2 restrictions, all our Gardening working parties will continue to be cancelled, until [...]
Progress continues at the Draycott Cottages Despite the additional restrictions and limitations imposed due to Covid-19; the working parties have found ways and means to maintain social distancing and get a huge amount of work done over the last few months! Nowhere are these efforts more evident than at Draycott; both along the "Golden [...]