Swansea Canal Society receives the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
The Swansea Canal Society has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. It is the MBE for volunteer groups.
“Regenerating the Swansea Canal as a community asset for active recreation and as a heritage visitor destination.”
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The Week Ahead: Sunday 1st – Saturday 7th November 2026
Tuesday 3rd November: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am either at the Buried Lock site where we will continue to face the dividing wall or at the Swansea Canal Centre where the gardens require attention. Tea will be taken…
Read More Work Party: Tuesday 27th October 2026
Today the volunteers worked in and around Coed Gwilym Park. The weather was unseasonably warm but interspersed by a few sharp showers. We welcomed Steve Todd, a long-standing member of SCS, and two of his colleagues from CGI. They were here as part of the company’s volunteering day release scheme. In the park, Christina and…
Read More The Week Ahead: Sunday 25th – Saturday 31st October 2026
Tuesday 27th October: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am in Coed Gwilym Park. The gardens may need further attention but the main task will be to finish laying the concrete slab.
Read More Work Party: Tuesday 27th October 2026
Coed Gwilym Park was the venue for today’s volunteers’ outing, with two important jobs on the to-do list. Our trusty gardening contingent followed last week’s autumn pruning of the border opposite the Heritage Centre with a similar effort on the garden alongside the canoe store. All sorts of shrubs were chopped, trimmed or thinned, with…
Read More Christmas Market – Saturday 28th November 2026
Join us for our Christmas Market in the Swansea Canal Centre on Saturday 28th November 2026. Stock up on Christmas gifts and try your luck in the raffle. Enjoy a hot drink and a mince pie. Full details in the poster.
Read More The Week Ahead: Sunday 18th – Saturday 24th October 2026
Tuesday 20th October: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am in Coed Gwilym Park. The gardens need further attention but the main task will be to smooth the premixed concrete into the shuttering prepared last week. Tuesday 20th October: Trustees…
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