{"id":42677,"date":"2025-04-15T16:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42677"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:50:51","slug":"wilts-berks-canal-trust-calls-for-volunteer-engineers-and-planners-to-help-on-uks-largest-canal-restoration-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42677","title":{"rendered":"Wilts &amp; Berks Canal Trust calls for volunteer engineers and planners to help on UK\u2019s largest canal restoration project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wilts__Berks_Canal_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2295160.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wilts__Berks_Canal_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2295160.png\" alt=\"canal trees and plants\" class=\"wp-image-42678\" style=\"width:329px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wilts__Berks_Canal_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2295160.png 512w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wilts__Berks_Canal_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2295160-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/b2\/Wilts_%26_Berks_Canal_-geograph.org.uk-_2295160.jpg\">Wilts &amp; Berks Canal<\/a> by\u00a0Des Blenkinsopp, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> , via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wilts &amp; Berks Canal Trust is calling on all Engineers and Planners to join the UK\u2019s largest canal restoration project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Wilts &amp; Berks Canal Trust writes on Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK\u2019s 2000-mile canal network is one of the marvels of 19th-century civil engineering. It powered the Industrial Revolution and continues to deliver enormous wellbeing and economic benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you have the chance to be part of its revival!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wilts &amp; Berks Canal Trust is undertaking one of the largest canal restoration projects in the UK, and we need experienced Engineers and Planners to help bring this vision to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major engineering projects include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Constructing a new canal route around Melksham (The Melksham Link).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building a canal access route under the M4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensuring sustainable water resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restoring 70 miles of canal, towpaths, and heritage structures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We are urgently recruiting for several volunteer roles, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engineering Director \u2013 overseeing all engineering and planning activity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Branch Lead Engineers \u2013 managing engineering projects in regional branches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Branch Engineers \u2013 working closely with volunteers on restoration and maintenance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning Engagement Volunteers &#8211; helping assist with submissions and appeals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wiltsberkscanal\/photos\/-calling-all-engineers-planners-join-the-uks-largest-canal-restoration-project-t\/1025083526315782\/?_rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more background see the Wilts &amp; Berks Canal Trust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbct.org.uk\/15-front-page\/976-volunteer-engineers-wilts-berks-canal-trust\">website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Wilts &amp; Berks Canal by\u00a0Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The Wilts &amp; Berks Canal Trust is calling on all Engineers and Planners to join the UK\u2019s largest canal restoration project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[307,17,18,306,30,23,29,31,22,293],"class_list":["post-42677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-canals","tag-climate-change","tag-conservation","tag-engineers","tag-environment","tag-expertise","tag-heritage","tag-nature","tag-skills","tag-waterways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42679,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42677\/revisions\/42679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}