The Butty - Autumn 2014, is now online

 The latest edition of our magazine for members is available to read online.

The Butty has a new look and feel courtesy of our new editors, Jane & David Inight.  The magazine is packed with news of a busy season along the canal and shows just how active our volunteers have been.

You can read the magazine online by clicking HERE.

To read it easily on screen, we recommend you look for the black box on the right, and click the diagonal arrows to make it full page.  Then you can scroll back and forward with the arrows.  If you are viewing it a tablet or phone, Issuu has a nice app you can download.

 
For those who would rather download a version, this is available HERE

We hope you enjoy our magazine.

Trust Council Minutes for October 2014

The Trust Council met on 7th October 2014.  Trustees reviewed and approved  a draft of the new look Butty produced by the editorial team of Jane & David Inight.

Crofton Chairman Peter Turvey reported on the response of the Heritage Lottery Fund to the pre-application the project team had submitted.  It was becoming clear that we would need a more diverse fund raising strategy to realise the Trust's ambitions for Crofton.  There was certainly scope for an HLF bid but it would not cover the entire project.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE

Trust Council Minutes for September 2014

Trust Council met on Tuesday 9th September.  It considered the future of land at Claverton that had been bought in 2009 with the intention of creating a car park.   Council agreed to offer the land and associated restricted funds as a gift to the Canal & River Trust which now directly managed Claverton.

Trust Council also reviewed progress of the Crofton Project.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE

Trust Council
16 October 2014

Trust Council Minutes July 2014

The Trust Council met on Tuesday 8th July.  It discussed arrangements for production of the Butty under the editorial leadership of David and Jane Inight.  It also noted, with pleasure, that Mike Rodd had taken over as Chairman of Hungerford branch after many years sterling service by Andrew Sawyer.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE.

Trust Council Minutes for June 2014

The Trust Council met on 3rd June 2014.  As well as reviewing the Trust's finances and future commitments, the Council considered plans for the future of the Butty and progress on the Crofton Project.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE.  We apologise for the delay in publication.

TC subsequently met on 8th July.  The minutes of that meeting will be published after they have been approved at the meeting sue on 9th September.  There was no meeting in August.

Trust Council minutes for May 2014

The Trust Council met on 13 May 2014.  The meeting focussed on our work to preserve and present the heritage of the Kennet & Avon.  This included:

• new PCs had been installed to enable our archive team to continue their work of cataloging, preserving and using Britain's most complete canal archive
• Following winter works at the Trust museum, the Council agreed to improve access to the museum by moving to a 'entry by donation' basis as is common in many other museums.
• Work on the HLF bid for the Crofton project had got off to a good start with CRT demonstrating its willingness to partner us in this important project.  The big challenge was (and remains) finding enough volunteer effort to drive the project forward.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE.

Trust Council minutes for April 2014

Trust Council met on 22 April.  It reviewed financial performance and the annual budget as well as the near final draft of the accounts for 2013.

Trust Council noted the successful royal visit on 7th April when HRH the Princess Royal had met more than 70 volunteers.

It noted excellent progress on the Crofton project and agreed to change admission procedures at the Trust museum to a suggested donation basis in order to increase opening hours.

Trust Council agreed to replace the obsolete PCs in the Trust archives.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE