Chris Bird

What a great start to the week, over 40 metres of hedgerow layed by #Volunteers along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal West. Hedge laying creates an improved boundary & ideal habitat for #Wildlife. What a team, well done & thank you! 👏👏 #VolunteerByWater #Volunteering

An incredible difference made by our volunteers last Friday in #Manchester keeping our canals looking clean & tidy 😌 If you fancy getting involved, come along to our welcome session this Friday in Manchester to find out more 👉 canalrivertrust.org.uk/volunteer/oppo… #volunteerbywater

We are looking for #volunteers to support our team in enhancing the #RochdaleCanal in #MilesPlatting & the Greater Manchester area. Meet with us on Friday, 3 November, to find out more: ow.ly/13TT50PYsIX #VolunteerByWater

What a fantastic turnout on our #Littleborough Towpath Taskforce! The team have been busy giving one of our access points a little make over & several #Volunteers celebrating for giving over 500 volunteer hours to @CanalRiverTrust Well Done & Thank you! 👏 #KeepCanalsAlive

The Government has made an announcement about the funding of the nation's canals that puts the future of our much-loved network at risk ❗ We hope you'll share our disappointment at this decision & want to help to #KeepCanalsAlive 💙 Find out more: 👉 ow.ly/TLX750P7xJu twitter.com/CanalRiverTrus…

@MCRMetrolink hey 👋 just making you aware, the glass pane on the board at the Burton road stop has been smashed

We returned with lots of plants, stain & even some tree stumps from fallen trees that have been cut & removed from the canal. #Littleborough towpath taskforce volunteers have done an amazing job transforming this space - thanks everyone! 👏 #volunteerbywater #lifesbetterbywater

Join us next Thursday to fill and plant ☺️🌱

On Wednesday we ended #VolunteerWeek with our #Littleborough towpath taskforce and got loads done! New raised beds installed, bench repositioned and titivated, and Lock 37 painted 😎 thanks everyone 🤗 #volunteerbywater #rochdalecanal #lifesbetterbywater

We have a fantastic group of volunteers who help better our waterways in the #Manchester & surrounding areas. This small team helps keep our waterways running. If you would like to join us, find out how here: ow.ly/zs7750OI0Nb #VolunteerByWater @CanalRiverTrust

What a way to celebrate #VolunteersWeek, staff, VLK'S/volunteers all working together in the sunshine making a difference. Before finishing the day with coffee and cake for our fabulous #Volunteers 😊🙏 #VolunteerByWater #VolunteersWeek2023 #ShoutAboutVolunteering #ThankYou

Great to attend the Manchester Volunteering Fair with @chrsbird and @TommyHigson1 at Manchester central library 😀 Lots of interest from numerous visitors looking to volunteer with us in the near future 🙌 #VolunteersWeek2023 #ShoutAboutVolunteering #VolunteerByWater

@CrtPonting a little later than I said it would be, but as promised... 🫣

Last week volunteers were busy planting up our new raised bed in #Manchester City Centre! We've been hard at work recently creating this new green space along our urban canal and I think it's safe to say it's paid off 🌱🌞 #volunteerweek #volunteerbywater #lifesbetterbywater

Great start to #VolunteersWeek with the Lock 50 Gardening Group in #Rochdale. As a thank you for all their support, we treated the team to cake & biscuits 😊 Huge THANK YOU to all our fantastic volunteers 👏 #VolunteerByWater #ShoutAboutVolunteering #volunteering

Another fantastic week with volunteers and staff undertaking various tasks and activities across #Manchester 🤩 Many thanks to all of our amazing #volunteers involved 👏 #VolunteerByWater #Volunteering #GetInvolved

Great turnout for our Manchester Activity Day last Friday at Lock 82 on the #RochdaleCanal with lots of good work done by all. Just a small taste of what we got up to in the photos 😁 Thanks everyone 👏 #volunteerbywater

Good afternoon everyone #Manchester #Spring 🐝🐝

The weird and wonderful rubbish found in Manchester canal as it gets a much-needed clean-up manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

@nickahenry Well I was hoping three, but it doesn't seem to be the case 💔 continuing our little project... Your spraying is going to come in handy in a month or two!

@chrsbird Congrats on the anniversary….how many till the gold watch? 😀

Today marked three years as a member of staff at the Trust and what better way to spend it than at a light show at #piccadillyundercroft ✨