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Numbers dwindling

Numbers dwindling

Numbers reducing due to Covid19 As many of you will have experienced money has become a little tighter over the last few months. The trust has suffered too. Many of you have already chosen...

Mary De Saulles

Mary De Saulles

Dear friends and contacts of Mary de Saulles, sadly, as her sons, it falls to us to tell you that Mary passed away in the early hours of 17th June. She died peacefully at...

From the canals of Shropshire to Mars

From the canals of Shropshire to Mars

As you may have heard on Radio Shropshire earlier today, Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust is heading from the canals of Shropshire to the canals of Mars. Last year Nasa announced that they were...

Ecclesiastical gives £1000 Award

Ecclesiastical gives £1000 Award

SNCT has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public. SNCT is one of 500 winners in specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million to...

LISTEN TO OUR OWN RADIO STATION!

LISTEN TO OUR OWN RADIO STATION!

https://www.waterwavesmedia.org/ is the place to listen to great music, request your favourite tracks and listen to interesting interviews about our local canal system, including the Shrewsbury & Newport. This is the Trust’s very own...

SPONSOR NEEDED TO RESTORE OUR BOATS

SPONSOR NEEDED TO RESTORE OUR BOATS

Our historic pair of 1936 Woolwich Class boats are in need of restoration. The estimated cost is £100,000. Bainton and Berkhamstead are on their way to Norbury Wharf where they will be restored. The...

CAN YOU HELP KEEP US AFLOAT?

CAN YOU HELP KEEP US AFLOAT?

Thank you to all members of the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust for supporting us as we navigate our way through these uncertain times. COVID-19 has forced a cessation of SNCT’s operations including the...

Shopping online?

Shopping online?

ARE YOU SHOPPING ONLINE? If you are, you could be gaining free money for the trust……read about it below……sign up using the link at the bottom of the page. Fixing up the garden or...

C-Fest Cancelled

C-Fest Cancelled

Some disappointing news from organiser, Barry Witts: I am sorry to have to say that this year’s C-fest has had to be called off. We have pencilled in a date for next year. We...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH               £25,000.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH £25,000.

TWINCL TWINCL LITTLE STAR GIVE ME THE MONEY AND I’LL GO FAR What would you do or where would you go if you had £25,000 to spare. Hire a canal boat for a long...