East London Volunteer info and links

My links.

This blog, recording volunteer activity: http://bit.ly/GilesVTR

My personal calendar of planned activity: http://bit.ly/VTRcalendar

A calendar of planned East London Towpath Ranger activity: http://bit.ly/TPR-calendar

Trust Map of the waterway system showing functional location codes: http://bit.ly/CRTFLmap

Improved Jotform for reporting London issues: http://bit.ly/CRTissue

Navigation Notices

Lee Navigation: http://bit.ly/LeeNotices

Hertford Union Notices: http://bit.ly/HUNotices

Regents Canal Notices: http://bit.ly/RegentsNotices

Canal & River Trust links.

The Trust itself: http://canalrivertrust.org.uk

The London volunteering page: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/our-regions/london-waterways/volunteering-in-london

London Enquiries - this small team of staff can answer almost any question about the London waterways, and are also the people who get your Jotform based reports. You can email reports and questions to enquiries.london@canalrivertrust.org.uk (always try to include as much helpful detail as possible, and any photos.)

Volunteering Support Page

The Trust Volunteer 'Onboarding' site: https://onboarding.hays.co.uk/canalrivertrust/
(You'll need a username and password for this - they should have been supplied to you, but if you email me I can send you them.)

Trust volunteering staff structure - I've often been asked about this, as of the end of September 2017 the structure looks like this (extracted from a briefing document for volunteer lock keepers.)

Waterbirds.

If you find an oily/injured/sick waterbird, call 01932240790 for the Swan Sanctuary or 0300-1234-999 for RSPCA emergency.

For suspected Avian Flu: "Members of the public are encouraged to report dead wild waterfowl (swans, geese or ducks), or other dead wild birds such as gulls or birds of prey, to the Defra helpline on 03459 33 55 77. Defra will then test them to help understand how the disease is distributed geographically and in different types of bird."