Support for Fund Britain’s Waterways keeps turning up in the places that keep the network running.
A thank-you at Harecastle Tunnel
Shirley Sefton posted her thanks to Steve, a Canal & River Trust worker with a van at Harecastle Tunnel, for supporting the Fund Britain’s Waterways campaign. The post shows supporters holding the campaign banner at the tunnel. Harecastle Tunnel carries the Trent and Mersey Canal for nearly two miles beneath Kidsgrove, and it relies on Canal & River Trust staff to keep it open and safe. Support from the people who maintain the waterways carries weight, because they see the funding gap first-hand.
The original post is in the Fund Britain’s Waterways Facebook group.
Why the campaign matters
Fund Britain’s Waterways is a coalition of more than 160 organisations speaking up for the hundreds of thousands of people who use and love Britain’s canals and rivers. It is calling for sustainable, long-term government funding so the network is properly maintained rather than left to decline. Without it, more locks, tunnels and towpaths are at risk of closure.
If you would like to help, sign the petition at change.org and share it using #FundBritainsWaterways. You can also read more about the campaign here.
