A display board at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port places Fund Britain’s Waterways within the long story of Britain’s canal revival.
The campaign, on display
Kev Maslin shared a photograph of an information board in the Island Warehouse at Ellesmere Port. Titled “Canal Revivalism: Saving Britain’s Inland Waterways”, it recounts how, from the 1940s onwards, writers, boaters and local volunteers changed public opinion and saved canals that had been written off as obsolete — and it names Fund Britain’s Waterways as the latest chapter in that effort. The post is on the Fund Britain’s Waterways Facebook group.
The campaign today
Fund Britain’s Waterways is a coalition of organisations speaking up for the hundreds of thousands of people who use and love Britain’s canals and rivers. It makes the case that keeping these waterways open takes sustainable, long-term government funding — the same public support that pulled them back from dereliction in the first place. Without it, the network that earlier generations fought to save is again at risk.
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.
