An outdoors project designed to get young people into work has inspired one successful trainee to pursue a career in archaeology. Ian McGregor (17) from...
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John Muir Way & the Year of Young People 2018
The Year of Young People has now come to an end, so what better time to look back at some of the work we did...

St Augustine’s Primary 6 Pupils Share Story of Monkland Canal
Over the past 2 months pupils from St Augustine’s Primary School in Coatbridge have been working with our Cultural Heritage Officer Lisa and animator Wilma...

Falkirk Woodland Explorers Return this October Week
If you’re looking for fun activities to keep the little ones busy over the October holidays then come along to our Woodland Explorers events at...

Scotland’s National Waterways Charity Recruiting For Trustees
Scottish Waterways Trust inspires people of all ages and abilities to make life enriching, and often life transforming, changes to their lives by learning about,...

A New Moth for Scotland!
Our recent Nature Discovery event with the BHive at Bowling Harbour resulted in a very exciting discovery! As part of the event we conducted a mini...

canal college® volunteers make bottle discovery!
Recently our canal college Falkirk volunteers headed to Edinburgh to spend a day working on the Lowland Canals Volunteer Group work boat Lochrin. They were busy cutting...

LifeScan in the Highlands help keeping the Caledonian Canal tidy
We have been having a great deal of help from the good folk at LifeScan recently. The other week one group took out about 30...

Volunteer Guest Blog
Lesley Anne shares her experiences of volunteering with different organisations including Scottish Waterways Trust, Queens Cross Housing Association and Scottish Canals and reveals, in her own words, that “I have...

Claypits Nature Discovery Day!
Join us for a fun FREE afternoon of nature discovery at the Claypits Local Nature Reserve on Saturday 2nd June from 12-3pm! As part of...

Volunteers Needed in Falkirk this Sunday!
This Sunday, join us for a fun day of canal-side volunteering in Falkirk! We will be planting wildflower meadow areas and hedgerows beside the canal...

Wildlife & Landscape Photography Workshops
Calling all budding photographers! Our upcoming workshops could be perfect for you. Join experienced wildlife photographer David Palmar (www.photoscot.co.uk) for a hands-on workshop offering hints...