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Environment Agency to check rivers

Partnership working to spruce up the canal

Clean-up of local beauty spot

Calder Future (part of Calderdale Sustainability Forum) is a partnership between the local community and agencies which have responsibility for waterways within the Calder Valley, to bring a co-ordinated approach to river and canal improvements and provide volunteering opportunities for those that live and work next to the water.

Environment Agency to check rivers

Staff from the Environment Agency have begun to clear debris from the River Calder, the Hebden Bridge Times writes.

Partnership working to spruce up the canal

Calder Future volunteers are joining with British Waterways volunteers and others to help manage the canalside

Clean-up of local beauty spot

Some willing volunteers spent a morning dragging the rubbish out of the water at Wheatley viaduct - a popular spot for young anglers in the picturesque Wheatley Valley

Joint action with the waterways

Calder Future volunteers muck in with the waterways to clean up the Halifax Arm of the canal

The corporate gardeners hit town!

Calder Future was contacted by Royal Sun Alliance Insurance to provide them with opportunities for their national volunteering week - so we blitzed the Himalayan balsam in Hebden Bridge.

Calder Future 2012 Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is now available to view

Pocket park for Bailiff Bridge

Calder Future is working with the residents of Bailiff Bridge to create a new park to complement the recently built community centre

Volunteering

Our improvement and clean-up projects are undertaken by volunteers – from the communities alongside the waterways, local companies, and others. Look at our Events Calendar for an opportunity near you this year, or contact us.

Photo Map

Take a photograph. There are wonderful waterways and wildlife in Calderdale, but also some spots that need cleaning up. Take a picture and upload it to this site.