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SYSTON’S ONLY INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL.26 No 3
APRIL 2022
ISSN 2045-0974
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Project Waterside Launched
The Baldwin Trust, a local volunteer run charity which provides adapted narrowboat cruises for the community in Leicestershire, has announced the launch of its new initiative, ‘Project Waterside’. This is a new way of linking commercial and other organisations to community groups in Charnwood and Leicestershire via sponsoring a narrowboat cruise with The Baldwin Trust, which offers a free of charge narrowboat cruise to community groups in the local area. The Baldwin Trust has been providing community canal narrowboat trips for nearly 40 years. In the last three years the Trust has been successful in fund raising to replace and improve its two 70-foot
narrow boats, which are adapted and specially equipped with lifts, ramps and disability amenities. This has now been completed, and the Trust wishes to take a new direction. Mick Mcloughlin, Chairman of The Baldwin Trust said, “We are delighted to be working on a completely new initiative with local businesses, charitable organisations and individuals, to provide direct community support and reach a wider range of people within our local community. More people than ever are needing help in these difficult times and through this initiative, community groups, nominated local families affected by the pandemic and local Covid-19 heroes, can enjoy and benefit from a FREE, four hour relaxing and memorable narrowboat cruise on the local waterways, including community transport. This, we hope, will help not only to enhance their well-being but also help them forget their daily struggles for a few hours and create some happy, lasting memories. Organisations and individuals can choose how many trips to sponsor. This will support the local community and also meet some of their social
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The Trust has two adapted and wellequipped narrowboats, Dandelion, moored at Pilling’s Lock Marina, near Quorn. LE12 8FE and Halseyon Days moored at Leicester Marina, Thurmaston LE4 8AS. Both boats are insured to carry up to 12 passengers and are wheelchair and mobility friendly, having ramps,
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