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 [...]
Draycott Cottages progress continues A brief update from Derek Troughton about the continuing progress at the Draycott Cottages in November 2020, with pictures! "Chris Madge and Gary have made good progress with the roof insulation. Cottages 1 and 2 have been completed and Chris has now started on cottage 3. Nick, with an occasional [...]
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 [...]
Dear Members of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; Hello again, we hope we find you all in good spirits and are not missing the sunshine now that autumn has well and truly arrived. Society AGM At this time of year we normally start [...]
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 Welcome to the latest edition of the newsletter; not too sure that all of you received the last one, so apologies if we missed you! I hope that all is well - it feels like “here we go again” with the lock-down, however keep safe [...]