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Vicky Martin,
Waterway Manager
Bugbrooke - Tuesday 20th October 2015
Aylesbury – Thursday 22nd October 2015
• What to expect from the evening?
• Meet the waterway management team!
• CRT highlights
• Our Waterway
• Customer Service Standards – Signage
• Updates
• Winter Stoppages & open days
• Q&A
Lee King Amy
McEleney
John
HighmoreSarah Brown
Waterway
Manager
Vicky Martin
Customer
Operations
Manager
Customer
Support
Co-ordinator
Development
&
Engagement
Manager
Volunteer
Development
Co-ordinator
Stoke
Bruerne
Canal
Museum
Louise Stockwin
Stephanie Furniss
• Financial performance strong :
• Year end income at over £180m
• £15m better than original 14/15 plan
• Surplus of £5m+ generated rather than planned £6m
deficit
• Even allowing for additional waterway spend
(c.£3m)
• Good progress on other measures
• Longer Term strategy in place
Over £46m of income
generated last year
£26.1m income
Income up by 4% to
£33.8m
Income up 7.5% to £7.1m
(operating profit achieved)
• xxxxxx
• £1.6m raised
• c.10,000 active Friends at 31 March
(now c.14,500)
• Success with major donors, trusts &
companies
• Waterway repairs/
project spend up 10%
• Asset condition
improving – 14.1% in
D/E category, all
Government targets met
• Fewer unplanned
closure days
• xxxxxx
c. £10m third party
money last year
c. £10m third party
money last year
Major Heritage Lottery
Fund backed investment
• c.19m individuals visited our
waterways during the year
• 1 in 3 people now aware of
the Trust
By 2025:
• 75% public awareness
• 50% of public willing to support us
• 85% of customers satisfied
• 1m volunteer hours each year
• 500 miles of community adoptions
• 100,000 active Friends
• 500m visits each year
• 1m children & young people involved
• 21 Local Authorities, including six County Councils; 135 Parish and Town
Councils
• 410km of historic canals & rivers plus 15 reservoirs
• 6,500 licensed boats locally on South East waters, out of a national total of
35,000 (more than at the height of the Industrial Revolution)
• 307 Listed Buildings & Structures & 4 Scheduled Ancient Monuments
• 30 Conservation Areas, including three linear lengths of canal totaling 151km;
4 SSSIs (Sites of Specific Scientific Interest)
• 100+ local canal societies, angling groups, conservation and wildlife organizations actively involved in projects on the waterway
• Four significant new and restoration projects:
• Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (new)
• Daventry Canal Arm (new)
• Wendover Canal Arm (restoration)
• Buckingham Canal Arm (restoration)
• Volunteers
• 150 Volunteer Lock Keepers
• 20 Volunteer Helmsmen
• 7 Lead Volunteers
• 14 Community adoptions and 1 corporate adoption
• Audit & gap analysis of
customer facilities in the
South East
• Boating Sub group
• Pilot new standards next year
Mystery Shopper programme for staff
• Customer journey: pre arrival,
facilities, signage clear and helpful,
cleanliness etc
• Phase 1: 8 destinations across the
country including Foxton and Stoke
Bruerne
Welcome Stations
• Stoke Bruerne, Braunston,
Hillmorton and Banbury
National pilot to develop framework for DMPs
1. Agreeing the vision
- where do we want to be?
2. Gathering the Evidence
- where are we now?
3. Setting the direction
- how do we get there?
4. Identify the Action
- who will do what, and by when?
5. How they will measure progress
- what will success look like?
• Signage
• New national signage standards
• Signage audits
− 14 of Top 100 destinations in the South East
• Brand portal to ensure consistent design
• Combine and declutter
• Temporary and permanent signs
• Tone of voice
• Lock 71: lock side coping replacements completed and uneven block
sets lifted and levelled, also missing stone capping on lower steps
completed.
Towpath bank repairs undertaken. The existing concrete piles had failed along
a 12 metre section. A new solution was to install bag work to prevent further
erosion of the path and bank, installed approx. 4 ton of bag work topped with
soil and seeded.
Fencing
replacement
carried out
Lock 71 quadrant repairs: We collapsed the
damaged area and exposed a large hole with
water flowing through a crack in the paddle
chamber brick work. Repairs to the cracked brick
work were carried out and backfilled with puddle
clay and Type1 then replaced block sets along
with a number of other depressions.
• Brickwork repairs were
completed in the Blisworth area
where water was holding in a
rear garden. We had to install a
15m clay trench repair to
prevent this from happening.
• A high priority notification was
recently carried out (Leicester
Line) which included a parapet
wall rebuild on the towpath side
and brickwork repairs and
repointing to the culvert
headwall on the offside.
Removal of old LB Brickwork at
Somerton Common
Softbank Protection
x 4 at Somerton Mill
• Access Steps at Somerton Mill
• Bank repair below Pigeons Lock
• Leak stopping Opposite Kirtlington Stud
• Bank Repair Immediately S Br 207
• Failed Bank and exposed tie rods at
Lower Lock approach Lock 15, Marston Doles
National 4.7%
SE region 2.4
• Increase in number of
boats registered without
a home mooring
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
Mar-10 Mar-11 Mar-12 Mar-13 Mar-14 Mar-15
Licensed boats registered without a home mooring
• Increase pressure from Stakeholders to address the issue
of perceived non compliance
• Review sightings to see if there is concern
• Where there is concern – licence renewal restricted to 3 or 6 months (provide a further opportunity to show a compliant movement pattern)
• If they don’t renew, enforcement action continues (boat is unlicensed).
• If they renew – movement monitored and further reminders sent half way through licence.
• Final decision at end of restricted licence- renew for further period to maintain pattern- no further licence offered on the basis that the boat
will continuously cruise
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
May June July Aug Sept Oct
Number of Restricted Licenses Issued- as at mid Sept 15
3 mth 6 mth
Central East, 6%
London, 45%
North, 11%
NW & Mids, 5%
South East, 21%
South West, 13%
Distribution of Restricted Licences Issued- as at mid Sept 2015
Volunteering update
James Clifton
Enterprise Manager
October 2015
• Grand Union Canal
• Soulbury pumping station
− Grade II, restore for rental. £107k.
• Stoke Bruerne interpretation
− Interpretation panels being installed now
• Tringford pumping station interpretation
− “keeping boats afloat from 1817 til today”
• Kings Langley 2.4km ?
• Wendover Arm
− c£2m joint Heritage Lottery bid
• Buckingham Arm
• Daventry Arm
• Towcester Arm
• Aylesbury Arm - towpath
• Arla
− c£400k.
• Aylesbury East
− £200k
• Aylesbury Woodland
− ?
• Oxford Canal
• Frenchay Road
− 300m £115k.
• Oxford Cycleway
− 3km, OxLEP
• Other projects
• Mental Health Benefits of Waterways
• Sport England – Two Arms on Two Legs 11/09/16
• B&MK – Campbell Park / Bedford Head of Navigation
Sport Development Manager
The Sports Development Manager is tasked with raising sports participation on
the Trust’s estate, drawing resources across the wider CRT central and regional
teams including fundraising, marketing, PR and communications, consumer
insights, volunteering and community engagement. The role also facilitates the
Trust’s wider national strategy around sports participation. The Post is jointly
funded by Sport England and the People’s Postcode Lottery. Recent Events:
Since March a number of initiatives have been delivered:
6 week canoeing project for Young
Carers at Bulbourne:
Two Canal & Park Activity Days (below)
in Aylesbury & Banbury (canoeing,
angling, cycling and fun run):
Paddleboarding on the Weston
Turville Reservoir:
• Regular ‘Canal Runs’ (similar format to Park Run) in Aylesbury, Milton Keynes and Birmingham
• Regular Paddle boarding and Canoeing Sessions in Aylesbury and Banbury
• Northampton Canal & Park Activity Day
• Inclusive Angling Days in Aylesbury & Northampton
One for the diary…
Half Marathon:
Sarah Brown
• Adoptions and Canal Partnerships
• Volunteering
• Youth Engagement
• Taster days and events
• Parish Councils and Local
Authorities
• Customer groups and corporates
40,000 hours contributed by volunteers. (Thankyou to everyone who has
contributed!)
150 Volunteer Lock Keepers assisting our local Customer Operations teams
to provide effective customer service
15 Community Adoption Agreements – communities undertaking a range of
maintenance and restoration projects on a regular basis
11 Lead Volunteers have supported the Waterway team to deliver a range of
projects
3 ‘Towpath Taskforce’ - Aylesbury, Hawkesbury Junction and Oxford. These
are regular volunteering days which take place each month which anyone is
welcome to attend (more details on the Canal & River Trust website).
A national partnership project led by the Scouts Association that the Trust is
involved in.
The Trust work alongside a number of well-established and highly regarded
partners to engage with up to half a million young people across our network.
It will help to:
• Increase community engagement across our network
• Deliver our vision: Living waterways transform places and enrich lives
A Million Hands will tackle four social issues with support from other national charity
partners:
• Improving the lives of those affected by dementia with Alzheimer’s Society
• Improving the lives of those with additional needs with Leonard Cheshire
Disability and Guide Dogs
• Improving mental wellbeing and resilience with Mind
• Ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to clean water and sanitation with
WaterAid
Share the space:Towpaths are popular
places to be enjoyed by
everyone. Please be
mindful of others, keep
dogs under control and
clean up after them.
Drop the pace:Pedestrians have priority
on our towpaths so be
ready to slow down; if
you’re in a hurry,
consider using an
alternative route for your
journey.
It’s a special place:Our waterways are living
heritage with boats, working
locks and low bridges. So
please give way to waterway
users and be extra careful
where visibility is limited.
What’s next?
• Define our local priorities
• Implement better signage – better tone of voice
• ‘Maplets’ to engage with waterway users
• Events to continue the campaign
John Ellis BSc(Hons) MIFM C Biol
MRSB
• CRT Canal Pairs
Championship Final Sat 24th
October.
Birmingham & Fazeley
• Otter Mortality
GU Leicester Line. VBS.
• Possible 2016 CRT Fish
Campaign
• Two New Funding
opportunities. Angling Trust
Fisheries Improvement Fund
plus Angling Participation
Fund
• National Angling
Development Manager.
Internal Promotion.
• Roach appeal and zander management
plan.
GU Braunston to MK
• Formation of community angling club at
Hemel Hempstead.
• Participation Programme with clubs and
at CRT events.
• Crucian carp conservation project
Wolvercote Pool.
FRED – Fish Rescue Education Day
Stoke Bruene, February 2016
CANAL PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP 2016Come along and watch some expert canal anglers.
More details at the Spring Forums
Lee King – Customer Operations
Manager
Grand Union North (GUN)
Lock 10 – 12Long Buckby
(Grand Union Canal)
Gate replacement works
2 November - 20 December
Lock 6,10 & 11, Northampton Arm
(Grand Union Canal)
Gate replacement works plus various
associated repairs
4 January - 28 February
Lock 14-17, Northampton Arm
(Grand Union Canal)
Gate replacement works and other
associated repairs
4 January - 28 February
Stoke Bruerne
(Grand Union Canal)
Repairs to be undertaken
8th February - 18 March
Grand Union South (GUS)
Lock 10, Aylesbury Arm
(Grand Union Canal)
Gate replacement works
2 November - 20 November
Lock 14,15 and Bridge 16, Aylesbury Arm
(Grand Union Canal)
Leak related lock work and bridge related
brickwork
2 November - 2 December
Lock 31, Horton Lock to Lock 34,
Seabrook Lock, Aylesbury Arm Junction
(Grand Union Canal)
Gate Relining works
11 January - 26 February
Bridge 87
(Grand Union Canal)
To carry out repairs and stabilisation works to
a brick arch bridge. Works to bridge and piling
operations lead to the requirement of a stoppage
rather than a restriction.
18 January - 26 February
Lock 82, Stockers Lock
(Grand Union Canal)
Gate replacement works
8 February - 26 February
Lock 58
(Grand Union Canal)
Gate relining works
20 February - 11 March
Lock 75, Cassiobury Park
(Grand Union Canal)
Gate relining works
7 March - 9 March
South Oxford (SOX)
Lock 42, Roundham Lock Gate refit works
2 November - 13 November
Somerton Deep Lock 34 Gate relining works
16th -27th November
Lock 30, Grants Lock Gate relining works
30 November – 7 December
Lock 29, Banbury Lock Gate reline works
30 November – 7 December
Lock 27, Little Bourton Gate relining
10 December – 18 December
Lock 12, Shop Lock Gate and Lock ladder replacement
11 January - 29th January
Radford Bottom Lock to Stockton Flight 9
Lock 23 Radford Bottom Lock-Lock 6
Cill, fenders, and reline works
11 January - 11 March
We will be holding two open lock weekends this Winter in the South East.
• Banbury Lock 29 - 5th & 6th December 2015
• Stoke Bruerne 13th-14th February 2016
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