The Waterways Trust - Annual Review 2007/2008

The Waterways Trust Annual Review 2007/2008

Enriching lives through waterways

Introduction Contents

The work of The Waterways Trust spans education

Together with our partners we are working to

Introduction

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and learning, community activity, the natural

unlock the benefits that they offer for present

Inspiring learning

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environment, conservation of our heritage,

and future generations and to secure their

Encouraging community activity

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restoration and regeneration. Through our

continuing renaissance.

A new life for our waterway heritage

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projects on the waterways and at the National

Enhancing the natural environment

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Waterways Museum we are enabling people of all

The National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port,

Regeneration through restoration

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ages, abilities and backgrounds to learn new skills,

Gloucester Docks and Stoke Bruerne interprets the

Opening up the story of our waterways

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to understand, value and care for their local

story of our canals, providing centres for education

Financial

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waterway, and to get involved in healthy activity.

and learning and destinations for visitors to the

Funders and supporters

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People

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waterways. They each make an important As a partner in waterway regeneration schemes,

contribution to the local visitor economy and, at

we are helping to use waterway restoration as a

Ellesmere Port and Gloucester Docks, are central

catalyst for social, economic and environmental

to the regeneration of these locations.

renewal in urban and rural areas.

Inspiring learning

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Passing through villages, towns, and cities, waterways have huge potential to bring communities together and to provide new opportunities for all. Through our projects and initiatives we are helping to draw people to their local waterway to realise the benefits that they offer.

Bankshead Primary School – Designing mosaic tiles to brighten up the Glasgow Branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal

Cotswold Canals Renewing heritage skills - With funding secured from the Big Lottery People’s Millions, the Trust has been able to provide free stone masonry and archaeology courses for people wishing to get involved with the restoration of the Cotswold Canals. Droitwich Canals Capturing waterway memories - The Trust raised £10,000 on behalf of the Droitwich Spa Heritage Group to collate and record the memories of people who lived, worked and grew up alongside the two historic canals. Helping young people develop new skills - We raised £50,000 to enable 50 young people from the local high school and youth group to work with professional artists to create a lighting installation to illuminate the Netherwich Tunnel.

800 children from eight primary schools in Edinburgh are learning how to visit and explore canals and rivers safely. Montgomery Canal

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Using waterways to engage with young people - The Trust has developed a range of projects along the Lowland Canals to involve and engage groups of young people with their local waterway.

New learning and training opportunities - As part of the Montgomery Canal Partnership we are developing learning and training projects for communities living along the waterway and are working with the Shropshire Union Canal Society on the restoration of Crickheath Wharf.

• In Glasgow, 550 children from 9 schools designed and created mosaic tiles to improve stair access, footpaths and bollards alongside the Glasgow Branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Rochdale Canal Bugtastic walks along the Rochdale Canal - 69 children took part in our environmental walking programme at the beginning of the year, learning about the different insects that can be found along the canal.

• 24 pupils learnt wood carving techniques and their sculptures are used to interpret the nature trail at Auchinstarry Basin. • In Glasgow, 10 young people worked with professional artists and musicians to create lighting projections and an original music composition to highlight the Whitehouse Bar at Maryhill on the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Scotland Encouraging safety by the water - 800 children from eight primary schools in Edinburgh are learning how to visit and explore canals and rivers safely through an arts and drama programme developed by the Trust. Falkirk – Families take part in the Trust’s free guided waterway walks

• Young people in Twechar are learning the finer points of scriptwriting, film production, directing and editing through a Trust-led project to tell the story of the town and its future. • 8 trainees from the Coach House Trust developed their wood carving skills by creating wooden seats and picnic tables for Bowling Harbour. Interpreting the heritage of our waterways - The Trust is a partner in the Dalriada Project – a £3 million scheme centred on the Crinan Canal – and is leading the community history element. During the last 12 months a team of volunteers have been trained to record the memories of people who have lived, worked and raised their families in the region for use in publications and local heritage interpretation. Ardrishaig Primary School has worked with two local artists to create a mural interpreting the history of the Crinan Canal.

Encouraging community activity

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We secured £12,000 to improve access to the towpath on the Montgomery Canal, so more people will be able to visit and use the waterway.

Ellesmere Port – Shad left the museum for a month, taking the history of our canals out into communities

Droitwich Canals Funding raised for playspace - We raised £60,000 for a canal-themed interactive play area for children at Hanbury Locks, ensuring the restoration has something for everyone, no matter what their age. Montgomery Canal Improving access - Working with Shropshire County Council, we secured £12,000 to upgrade and improve access to the towpath on the Montgomery Canal, so more people will be able to visit and use the waterway. Promoting and opening up the canal - Working with Shropshire County Council, we are developing funding bids to improve signage and interpretation along the Shropshire Union Canal. We have also secured funds to start marketing the canal as a cross-border entity to raise awareness and use of the waterway in England and Wales.

We arranged a week long canal festival with canal-side activities aimed at encouraging greater, safe use of the canal by young people. Rochdale Canal

Scotland

Festival fun - Working with Oldham and Rochdale Councils, we arranged a week long canal festival with over 25 free canal-side activities aimed at encouraging greater, safe use of the canal by young people. Activities included angling taster sessions, canal-side walks and bike rides.

Guided walks promote waterways - Through our free guided walking programme, Feet First, 184 people, including school children and a cross-party group of Scottish politicians, spent 12 weeks exploring the Water of Leith and Union Canal in Edinburgh, and six weeks exploring the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals in Falkirk, learning about the waterway environment and the importance of developing a healthy lifestyle.

Taking positive steps - Working with Positive Steps Oldham, we provided volunteer work for a young offenders programme including litter picking and removing graffiti along the Rochdale Canal. Walking back to happiness - In partnership with Happy Feet, we developed a walking programme along the Rochdale Canal for obese young people to encourage physical activity and to raise awareness of the restored canal.

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Harnessing volunteer support - During the year, 995 volunteers, including staff from the Royal Bank of Scotland, Paige Personnel, schools, youth groups and community groups helped to improve the waterside environment: • At Auchinstarry Basin, 100 volunteers helped lay turf and plant 1,200 trees and shrubs to create a sensory garden and nature trail. • 120 children also helped clear litter from around the Basin and along the towpath on the Monklands Canal.

Outdoor activities draw young people to canals - As part of the Trust’s Action Outdoors initiative, 984 young people in Falkirk took part in a range of outdoor activities during the summer holidays. Construction of the Trust’s activity centre on the bank of the Union Canal also got underway. While in Clydebank, 60 young people took part in a six-week long outdoor activity programme and as part of the Quarry Park opening at Wester Hailes, the Trust organised canoe taster sessions and free boat trips.

• Teams of 60 volunteers from the Royal Bank of Scotland improved the environment at Bowling Harbour, Auchinstarry Basin and Wester Hailes. • Community groups and school children worked with a professional artist to create mosaic tiles for the new picnic tables at Bowling Harbour. Scotland – An angling taster session, part of Action Outdoors

Falkirk – Children take part in an Action Outdoors canoeing session on the Union Canal

A new life for our waterway heritage

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We raised £100,000 to restore the Barge Lock, part of the restoration of Droitwich Canals.

Cotswold Canals Historic bridge re-built - We raised £50,000 to re-build Oil Mills bridge in Stroud. Working closely with community interest groups, the Cotswold Canals Partnership created a modern design that successfully incorporated as much of the original bridge as possible whilst providing access for all across the canal. £80,000 raised to restore port walls - The Trust raised £80,000 through the People’s Millions programme to restore the historic walls at Brimscombe Port. The local community will be helping to restore the walls and create the interpretation for the site. Droitwich Canals £100,000 raised for historic lock - With the support of the Inland Waterways Association, we raised £100,000 to restore the Barge Lock, an integral part of the restoration of the Droitwich Canals. Droitwich Canals – Waterway Recovery Group volunteers restore the historic Barge Lock using funds from our appeal

Barge Lock – Restoring our waterway heritage

The Waterways Trust aims to realise the potential of the area’s natural and cultural heritage assets for the long-term benefit of residents and visitors. Montgomery Canal

Scotland

Raising the profile of historic waterway - Working with local authorities and stakeholders, we are developing the fundraising strategy for the restoration of the Montgomery Canal and the historic structures along its length.

Helping to realise an ancient kingdom’s cultural heritage The Waterways Trust is leading the Community History element of the £3 million Dalraida Project which aims to maximise and realise the potential of the area’s natural and cultural heritage assets for the long-term benefit of residents and visitors.

Stourport Basins Garden restored to glory - Working with British Waterways, the Trust raised £45,000 towards the £120,000 needed to restore the Georgian garden at The Tontine hotel, which is now a public space next to the basins.

Montgomery Canal – The Trust is developing funding plans to restore and regenerate the waterway

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The Trust’s annual grant scheme provided financial support for a range of waterway projects.

Enhancing the natural environment Droitwich Canals – Volunteers create a new reed bed alongside the Barge Canal

England New fund launched to invest in ‘green’ waterside projects Supported by UK Boat Hire, the Trust launched the Green Fund to raise money to support low carbon technologies and other environmental improvement projects along our waterways. Support for waterway improvement projects - The Trust’s annual grant scheme provided financial support for 14 environmental projects on our waterways. Working with the Environment Agency we are also helping to increase usage of the non-tidal stretch of the River Thames. Thanks to donations from our supporters, we have been able to fund 19 community-driven environmental, access and activity projects on this river. Over £20,000 raised for waterside ponds - The Trust’s annual environmental appeal raised over £20,000 to fund crucial conservation work on a number of ponds lying adjacent to the inland waterway network.

The Trust secured funding from Welcome to our Future to create a 2.4 hectare reedbed at Salwarpe. Cotswold Canals Involving young people in restoration - As part of the Cotswold Canals restoration scheme, we raised £10,000 to enable 100 young people aged 16-25 to learn conservation skills including coppicing and hazel faggoting. They have now put these new skills into practice creating soft bank protection and new habitats along the canal bank. Droitwich Canals £30,000 raised to create new reedbed - The Trust secured funding to create a 2.4 hectare reedbed adjacent to the Barge Canal at Salwarpe as part of the restoration of the Droitwich Canals.

Cotswold Canals – Volunteers practice their new coppicing skills

Droitwich Canals – Planting reeds at the new reedbed at Salwarpe

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Rochdale Canal

Scotland

Green space for Failsworth - We secured £8,000 for the Waterside Greenspace project which will transform a disused allotment site into a community greenspace alongside the Rochdale Canal in Failsworth.

£123,000 environmental improvement project completed As part of Scents and Sensitivities, our environmental improvement project at Auchinstarry Basin, over 200 volunteers helped to create a nature trail and sensory garden, planting 2,500 shrubs and trees. A new footpath provides access for all around the trail and garden, to a stone sculpture. A wild flower meadow has also been created and hedgerow species planted.

Wildflowers for waterway - Through a Trust-led project, a group of young offenders planted wildflowers along the Rochdale Canal in Failsworth. Cleaning up the canal - We held canal clean-up days along the Rochdale Canal. Children from Lowerplace Primary School spent two days collecting litter from the canal towpath and learning about the danger rubbish poses to wildlife.

Auchinstarry Basin – The new nature trail and sensory garden is completed

Over 200 volunteers helped to create a nature trail and sensory garden, planting 2,500 shrubs and trees.

Improvements benefit canalside environment - Our £163,000 project to improve the towpath in West Dunbartonshire is helping to attract visitors to the Forth & Clyde Canal. New litter bins at Bowling help keep the harbour litter free, interpretation panels tell people about the wildlife that can be found in the area and the heritage of the canal. Towpath improvements, new cycle racks, seating and signage are also encouraging people to use the towpath instead the car to get to town.

Droitwich Canals – The Trust raised £30,000 to create a 2.4 hectare reedbed as part of the canal restoration project

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We celebrated the achievements of different projects at the 2008 Waterways Renaissance Awards.

Waterways Renaissance Awards Through the 2008 Waterways Renaissance Awards, 28 different regeneration and restoration projects were recognised and celebrated. Led by The Waterways Trust and BURA (British Urban Regeneration Association) the awards were supported by Arup, Crosby Lend Lease, Defra, Halcrow, ISIS Waterside Regeneration, Morrison Construction, Natural England, Royal Haskoning, St George plc and Wood Wharf Ltd Partnership. Cotswold Canals Committed to Cotswold Canals restoration - The Trust continued to chair the Cotswold Canals Partnership Board and helped to determine a way forward for the restoration project. We have continued to raise funds for projects connected with the restoration including Brimscombe Port, Oil Mills Bridge and conservation skills courses.

Regeneration through restoration Cotswold Canals – Volunteers restore Brimscombe Port walls

Mersey Vale Nature Park – Waterways Renaissance Awards winner

We have helped raise £360,000 towards the £1 million funding target. Droitwich Canals

River Soar & Grand Union Canal

£360,000 raised for Droitwich restoration - Major work started on restoring the Droitwich Canals and the Trust continues to lead the fundraising campaign to secure our target of £467,000. To date, we have helped raise £360,000 towards the £1 million match funding needed.

Prioritising the potential - Working with British Waterways, we secured £72,000 to produce a development strategy and plan for the River Soar and Grand Union Canal between Loughborough and Leicester. The plan is being developed with a new partnership drawn from the five local authorities, the tourism partnership LeicesterShire Promotions and other key stakeholders. It will set out policies and priorities for improving the waterway as an entity and as a focus for social, economic and environmental regeneration.

Montgomery Canal Development Manager appointed - Our new Development Manager is working on behalf of the Montgomery Canal Partnership with a range of partners to raise funds for the restoration of this waterway which will bring economic, social and environmental benefits to the 44km long canal corridor.

Rochdale Canal Development Manager appointed - Working with the four local authorities, British Waterways and a range of partners, our Development Manager is helping to continue the transformation of the Rochdale Canal into a regionally important regeneration corridor which is used and valued by local people to the area.

Montgomery Canal – The Trust’s Development Manager views restoration work

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300 school children used arts, crafts and multimedia to put forward their thoughts on the regeneration of Firhill Basin.

Scotland Involving the community in regeneration - By co-ordinating consultation projects we are encouraging and enabling local residents to be part of the regeneration of their area. • 300 school children used arts, crafts and multimedia to put forward their thoughts on the regeneration of Firhill Basin and 1,556 children, young people and their families were consulted throughout the project. 4,000 people attended Illuminating Links – A Forth & Clyde Canal Celebration, which marked the completion of the consultation programme. • A Trust-led community arts programme at Speirs Wharf enabled 480 young people and school children to develop and put forward their ideas and hopes for the regeneration of the area. Using film and creative arts, the children explored how they live, the environment, sustainability, people in the community and the future.

Firhill Basin – 4,000 people attended Illuminating Links, a Forth & Clyde Canal celebration

• We raised £10,000 to undertake a lighting design study to illuminate the Maryhill lock flight on the Forth & Clyde Canal. A group of disadvantaged young people have already helped to create the first of four lighting installations.

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This change to how we work will continue as we sharpen the focus on the visitor experience.

The waterways have a big story to tell – with engineering and technological innovation never seen before, the construction of a national inland waterway network enabled the industrial revolution to happen. Their introduction shaped the modern pattern of towns and villages and industrial centres and created a force for social change and unprecedented economic success. Today, these canals and rivers continue to drive social and economic renewal with waterside regeneration evident in almost every waterway community.

Opening up the story of our waterways Ellesmere Port – Crewed by members of the Boat Museum Society, Shad & Gifford spend a month out on the canal network

The National Waterways Museum brings to life the history, technology, economic, environmental and social value of these inland waterways and is an outstanding resource for leisure and learning.

Over the last year we have reshaped our strategy for the museum, centring operations on Ellesmere Port with supporting centres at Gloucester Docks and Stoke Bruerne. This change to how we work will continue as we sharpen the focus on the visitor experience and modernise our collections to enhance their long term sustainability. During the past 12 months we have also explored new ways of working – with partners and activities – to encourage and enable more people to make use of the nationally important inland waterway collection, within the museum walls and out on the waterways.

Designing postcards, creating art from rubbish and a giant mural were just a few of the activities used to encourage people to visit the museum. New galleries in Gloucester - With support from South West Regional Development Agency, Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company, British Waterways and Friends of the Museum, we refurbished the National Waterways Museum Gloucester Docks. The revitalised museum re-opened to the public in May with two new galleries and new exhibitions firmly aimed at the family market. Using stories and tales from former canal and dock workers, there is a clear narrative flowing through the museum. A new cartoon character, Waterway Will, guides younger visitors around the site, highlighting important or unusual facts.

Working in partnership with universities - Students from the University of Gloucestershire assisted with the redevelopment of the Gloucester Docks museum by collating memories from people who worked or lived on our waterways. We used these stories to bring the new exhibitions and displays to life. As part of an experiential learning programme, students from the University of Chester have used the Waterways Archives to explore different research methods. Building Surveying students from Liverpool John Moore’s University will be utilising the Waterways Archives and museum buildings at Ellesmere Port as the basis for their re-development project.

Ellesmere Port visitors get creative as part of The Big Draw In October visitors to Ellesmere Port tried their hand at a range of art activities as part of the national Big Draw initiative. Designing postcards, creating art from rubbish and a giant mural were just a few of the activities used to encourage people to visit the museum. Gloucester Docks – The refreshed museum appeals to people of all ages

Over the past 12 months, over 7,000 people have visited one of our museums on an educational trip to explore the story of our waterways.

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Telford’s 250th birthday celebrated - Telford is one of the great civil engineers of the 18th century. To mark the 250th anniversary of his birth we created a new exhibition exploring his life, work, achievements and legacy. The exhibition is now touring to different sites, promoting the origins of our waterways.

• With the support of the Boat Museum Society we were able to take the history of our canals out onto the waterways. Crewed by society members, Shad and Gifford spent a month visiting communities along the Shropshire Union Canal as part of the Cheshire Year of Gardens festival.

Education for all - The Trust continues in its ambition to make the inland waterways collection and archives relevant and accessible to all. Over the past 12 months, over 7,000 people have visited one of our museums on an educational trip to explore the story of our waterways.

• In Gloucester, in addition to working on the steam dredger, narrowboat Northwich and the tug Kennet, the Friends provided a major grant and hands-on assistance with developing the new museum displays.

To expand the range of resources available online, we secured £21,000 funding to enable archive staff to catalogue the extensive image collection.

• At Stoke Bruerne the Friends organised many events throughout the year including the annual canal festival, a volunteer weekend and demonstrations of traditional crafts. We also appointed two Volunteer Curators to help care for the collection at this museum.

Heritage and waterway specialists speak at events - Through a series of specialist lectures Sonia Rolt, Paul Atterbury, John Yates and Professor Aubrey Manning gave our supporters and members of the public a greater insight into different aspects of the heritage and waterway sector.

Volunteer support - Volunteers have continued to play an important role at each of our museums, enabling us to reach out to new audiences, for example:

Improving access to the Waterway Archives - Since completion of the virtual waterways archive, which brings together material from fifteen repositories across the UK, use of this important resource has grown steadily with 31,000 people from 21 countries using the Virtual Waterways website over the past 12 months.

National Waterways Museum Gloucester

Shad is transformed into a floating garden as part of the Cheshire Year of Gardens festival

Following our first heritage appeal, we have been able to restore the cabin on Northwich, which is moored in Gloucester. As custodians of the Designated inland waterways collection, we are responsible for the stewardship of this internationally important collection. Whilst striving to make the collection relevant and accessible to all potential audiences, we are reviewing the scope and extent of the collection and its conservation, constantly looking for innovative ways to meet the challenges we face and exploring new funding avenues and partnerships. New life for old boats - At our first national boat conference, we announced the findings of a comprehensive review of the boat collection held by the National Waterways Museum, marking the completion of a two year project funded by the Designated Challenge Fund.

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Working with the National Register of Historic Vessels, we developed a classification system and assigned the 80 craft to one of five categories which will see some vessels retained by the Museum on site. Others placed with local groups and the remainder being described before disposal. A key issue is the financial sustainability of the collection and we are now exploring potential funding sources to establish the scale of funding available to enable us to take this work forward to the next stage.

Museum funding campaign - There has been considerable parliamentary activity regarding the free museum entry campaign over the past 12 months. Questions have been tabled in the House of Commons and there was a major debate in the House of Lords at the beginning of the year. Discussions have also been had with senior MPs and Ministers including David Lammy, Margaret Hodge and Secretary of State James Purnell. We were also pleased to welcome Lady Estelle Morris to Ellesmere Port.

Donations keep history alive - Following our first heritage appeal, we have been able to restore the cabin on Northwich, which is moored in Gloucester and purchase cloths for Bacup, berthed at Ellesmere Port.

While it is still our ambition to offer free entry to our museums, it is recognised that this will be difficult to achieve in the short term. It remains the case that a modest injection of new revenue funding, for example to provide free entry, would transform the prospects for the Museum. We particularly look to government to make available funding to support the National Waterways Museum through their ‘Renaissance in the Regions’ programme, which is under review.

Stoke Bruerne – open weekend brings canal to life

Financial The Group returned a deficit on general funds of £64,100 in the year ended 31 March 2008. This together with the cumulative surplus of £8,600 brought forward from 2006/2007 gives rise to a carried forward deficit of £55,500. Total funds, which stood at £582,700 at 31 March 2007, increased to £624,700 at 31 March 2008, with general funds decreasing by £64,100 and restricted funds increasing by £106,000.

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On museums admissions (the costs of operating the museums) and curatorial (conservation, interpretation and educational activities), expenditure, including the allocation of central costs, exceeded income by £476,900 compared with £455,900 in 2006/2007. This deficit is covered by the contract with British waterways and special funding from SWRDA.

The Trust also assisted in the raising of £95,400 which did not pass through our accounts. This assisted income contributed to the following projects: £ Rochdale projects

36,800

The net cost of the Archives function was £71,900 compared with £30,600 in 2006/2007 as a result of less costs being funded by specific project funding.

Droitwich projects

12,000

Stourport project

46,600

Fundraising

The prospects for the future

In the year the Trust raised £286,500 of general funds and £879,700 for specific projects. The BW contract was £952,200 and further funds were raised and spent on collection development work at Ellesmere Port (£96,200) and the Gloucester Refresh Project (£127,900). In addition, £482,300 had been pledged at the end of the financial year. £680,200 of restricted funds were carried forward into 2008/2009.

2007/2008 continued to be a challenging year for the museum centres particularly with flooding at Gloucester Docks affecting visitor numbers and the closure of Gloucester Docks for 5 months to refresh the museum.

Gloucester Docks and Ellesmere Port to reduce staff costs and improve flexibility. This, together with a move to seasonal opening and measures to improve the trading performance, especially through partnerships, will maximise revenue to the Trust. All this is in line with recommendations provided by recent consultant’s reviews of museum operations. Debtors and creditors are primarily associated with low risk long term contracts leaving the balance sheet in a reasonably robust state.

Museums The trading company (NWME) incorporating all of the trading activities of the museums broke even in 2007/2008, the same result as in 2006/2007. Following continuing lower visitor numbers and the closure of Gloucester during 2007/2008 for a refresh to the museum, the value of the management charge from the Trust to NWME has continued at a lower level to enable NWME to break even.

Plans for 2008/2009 and beyond aim to recover the net deficit by the end of 2011/2012 by restructuring of operations at

The above, together with the close working relationship with our key partner, British Waterways, provides the Trust with a firm platform upon which to move its development plans forward.

The Waterways Trust (Group) Annual Review 2007/2008

2007/2008 £000's

2007/2008 £000's

2006/2007 £000's

Surplus/(Deficit)

41.9

103.5

Of which General Designated Restricted

(64.1) 106.0

(37.7) 141.2

Cumulative surplus/(deficit) on General funds Cumulative surplus on total funds

(55.5) 624.6

8.6 582.7

Opening balance Funds received ** Funds Available Project Costs

574.1 879.7 1453.8 773.7

432.9 522.7 955.6 381.5

Closing balance

680.1

574.1

2006/2007 £000's

Income Museums Trading Museums Entry and Curatorial Archives Fundraising * Headquarters Rochdale Canal Company Ribble Link O&M Ribble Link O&M (Prior Year Adjustment)

603.3 377.7 6.6 2342.5 43.6 885.4 10.0 (81.2)

605.3 365.6 59.3 2415.4 48.8 908.8 29.0 -

Total

4187.9

4432.2

* Includes the annual BW contract Expenditure Museums Trading Museums Entry and Curatorial Archives Fundraising Projects Headquarters Rochdale Canal Company Ribble Link O&M Ribble Link O&M (Prior Year Adjustment)

603.3 854.6 78.5 443.2 997.8 354.4 885.4 10.0 81.2

605.3 821.5 89.9 402.8 1109.7 361.7 908.8 29.0

Total

4146.0

4328.7

Project Funds

This statement has been extracted from the Trust's full accounts (on which the auditors have reported without qualification) and which will shortly be delivered to the registrar of companies.

Funders and supporters The Waterways Trust would like to thank the many individuals and organisations whose support has made our work possible. Principal Sponsor British Waterways and British Waterways Scotland: Support for our development team, museums and overheads. Over £20,000 England East Midlands Development Agency Environment Agency Gloucestershire Environmental Trust Lancashire Environment Fund North West Regional Development Agency The Big Lottery People’s Millions The Pilgrim Trust/Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Welcome To Our Future

River Soar & Grand Union Canal Development Plan Face-to-Face Fundraising Oilmills Bridge Lancaster Canal Access Improvements Ellesmere Port Development Study Brimscombe Port Walls Archive Cataloguing Project Salwarpe Reedbed

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Scotland British Waterways Scotland Falkirk Council Forward Scotland – Environmental Justice Fund Glasgow Community Planning Glasgow City Council DRS Budget Glasgow City Council DRS Budget ISIS Waterside Regeneration KeyHaven North Lanarkshire Council Major Private Donor Royal Bank of Scotland The Big Lottery The Big Lottery

Illuminating Links Event 07 Action Outdoors West Dunbartonshire Access and Signage Regeneration Days 07 Maryhill Lighting Project Illuminating Links Event 07 Speirs Locks Illuminating Links Event 07 Scents and Sensitivities Various Projects RBS Event Scents and Sensitivities Action Outdoors

£10,000 - £19,999 Scotland British Waterways Scotland British Waterways Scotland Environmental Key Fund (which is supported by North Lanarkshire Council, North Lanarkshire Forward and the European Regional Development Fund, Western Scotland Object 2 2000-2006 programme) Glasgow City Council DRS Budget ISIS Waterside Regeneration Scottish Natural Heritage West Dunbartonshire Council Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd

£5,000 - £9,999 Greenscene Action Outdoors

Maryhill Lighting Project Feet First Project Action Outdoors Action Outdoors

2,000 - £4,999 Scents and Sensitivities Maryhill Lighting Consultation Illuminating Links Event 07 West Dunbartonshire Access and Signage West Dunbartonshire Community Activity Programme Allan Park Ramp Auchinstarry Wind Turbine

£5,000 - £9,999 England A Moore Godfrey Nall Private Donor The Scotbelge Charitable Trust SITA Greenprints The Robertson Trust Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd Waterway Recovery Group

Scotland British Waterways Scotland Paths to Health The Lighthouse Trust The Robertson Trust

Droitwich Barge Lock Droitwich Barge Lock Droitwich Barge Lock Droitwich Barge Lock Cotswold Canals Environmental Project Droitwich Barge Lock Porters Row Cottages Droitwich Barge Lock

England Droitwich Spa Housing D S Baird Dudley Canal Trust James Brindley Society Linley Shaw Renaissance East Midlands

Netherwich Young People’s Arts & Heritage Project Droitwich Barge Lock Droitwich Barge Lock General projects Salwarpe Reedbed Access for All

Scotland British Waterways Scotland Georgina Ducas Charitable Trust Glasgow Housing Association HBOS Community Foundation The Cruden Foundation The Tay Charitable Foundation

Floating Gallery American Friends Illuminating Links Event 07 Scents and Sensitivities Action Outdoors Action Outdoors

People Patron HRH The Prince of Wales Vice Presidents Paul Atterbury John Craven John Fletcher Sonia Rolt David Suchet Timothy West Trustees Frances Done, Chairman Helen Carey Chris Coburn Richard Combes Dr David Fletcher Judy Niner Professor John R Hume Adeeba Malik Chris Mitchell Laurence Newman Ian Valder

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Museums Management Board Dr David Fletcher Frances Done Professor John R Hume Helen Carey Alan Barton Brian Dice Ken Catford Tony Burnip Roy Sears

The Waterways Trust Roger Hanbury Chief Executive

Board of Advisors to the Trust in Scotland John Biggar Professor John R Hume David Macdonald Harold Mills Murdo Morrison

Karen Moore Director of Development (Scotland)

Alan Lutman Finance & Administration Director Stuart Gillis Director – National Waterways Museum Joanne Darlington Head of Development (England & Wales)

The Waterways Trust Llanthony Warehouse The Docks Gloucester, GL1 2EH Tel: 01452 318 220 The National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port South Pier Road Ellesmere Port Cheshire, CH65 4FW Tel: 0151 355 5017 The National Waterways Museum Stoke Bruerne Towcester Northamptonshire, NN12 7SE Tel: 01604 862 229

The National Waterways Museum Gloucester Docks Llanthony Warehouse The Docks Gloucester, GL1 2EH Tel: 01452 318 200 The Waterways Trust Scotland New Port Downie Lime Road Tamfourhill Falkirk, FK1 4RS Tel: 01324 677 822

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