New Derby Arm Mugs
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
Himalayan Balsam Bashing
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 [...]
Heritage Lottery Fund Application for Sandiacre Rejected
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 [...]
Draycott Work Party 6th July 2014
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 [...]
Sandiacre Working Party
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 [...]
Heritage Lottery Fund Application
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 [...]
Work Party Press Coverage
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 [...]
An Employer’s Donation
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 [...]
Sandiacre Lock
Last Sunday (26th January) an intrepid group of Society members took the display stall to Sandiacre to coincide with the Canal and River Trust open day where the public were invited to climb down in to the drained Sandiacre Lock on the Erewash Canal. We set up our display in atrocious conditions on the line [...]
2014 Gets off to a good start
The first working party of the new year brought us a sharp frosty start, 12 volunteers turned out to brave the weather, but as the morning progressed the sun came out and shone on us. This weeks aims where to continue the good work on hedge laying from both sides, the two teams are getting [...]