Good news for the volunteers bringing the Lichfield Canal back to life: M6toll has confirmed it’s continuing its “Drive for Charity” partnership with the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust for a second year.
It’s a partnership with real roots — the Lichfield Canal Aqueduct that spans the motorway was installed back in 2003, before the road even opened, a quiet promise of the canal’s future that’s still waiting to be connected as restoration moves forward.
Over the coming year, M6toll will keep providing the tools, equipment and safety kit that let the volunteer teams work safely, and it supports the Trust’s education work with local schools, Scout groups and young people earning their Duke of Edinburgh Award out on the towpath. As the Trust’s Christine Howles put it, that continued backing “makes a real difference.”
Read the full story: lhcrt.org.uk
