Following the Government putting Erewash in Tier 2 restrictions, the Trust has reviewed the way our volunteers are working. Our route from Sandiacre to the Borrowash / Spondon boundary is in the Erewash Tier 2 restrictions area. Meetings of the various groups within the Trust, and the Development and Society Committee meetings have been [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust/Society, Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter. Keeping up to Date It seems to be going along for some extended time, talking of the lock-down and the restrictions that this imposes. However, you can keep in touch via many different methods; Email, [...]
Notice of the Trust AGM to be held on 16th September 2020 We live in difficult times and in the light of Government advice not to meet in groups we will need to undertake the AGM for the Trust for 2020 online. Last year the AGM took place on 8th July 2019 and we [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust/Society, Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter. This month's update is being ably covered by Society Vice Chairman, and Trust Director, David Savidge. Working Parties Gary has already sent out his email about what is happening at the cottages to the jolly [...]
Following the Government's relaxation of the 'lock down' rules, the DSCT have decided to reinstate our Gardening Working Parties on the canal route. During lock down 'mother nature' has been hard at work, and the parts that didn't get tidied 12 weeks ago are now looking neglected. Working in line with the relaxed restrictions, we are [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust/Society, Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter. At last for some, the end of the lock down is in sight! Subject to official guidance, everyone behaving correctly, following rules and common sense. This means that after a lot of hard work, thank [...]
Derby Canal - One step closer! Planning Permission has now been granted for the restoration of 1100m of canal line at Draycott. This follows the recent permission granted to change use of the adjacent Canal Cottages to allow conversion of three cottages for use as a café, museum and office space. It opens the [...]
DSCT - Return of Working Parties at the Cottages - Covid-19 To enable the Canal Cottages project to continue and to allow contractors on site, the Directors of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust have agreed, on the 20/05/2020 for volunteers to to work at the cottages. This is all in line with the [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust/Society, Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter. We find ourselves in strange times, Linda and myself hope that you are all keeping well and safe. A picture taken last month of our back garden showing that there is still some [...]
Boat Naming Competition - "And the winning name is..." We are pleased to announce that the first boat in the Derby Riverboat fleet will be called “Outram”. This name was put forward by Mr David Savidge who will receive free tickets to cruise on the boat once it is launched. The name Outram was selected as [...]