First, a massive thank you to the 208 people who made pledges adding up to £14,627 in our crowd funding campaign run for 6 weeks before Christmas. The overall campaign has just about hit halfway, with the amount raised getting close to £100,000 comprising the crowd funding, a grant from the Swire Foundation, grants from local Waitrose branches, a bequest […]
The first stage of our fundraising project to replace our trip boat Kitty has finished and was a resounding success! A canal boat can only go on for so long before repairs become almost impossible to sustain. Kitty is nearing the end of her life and we plan to replace her with an all-electric boat. […]
Many thanks for your donations to date – we’re over £12,000 towards our £20,000 target with only days to go. Please donate via our crowdfunding site About the Crowdfunding SiteCrowdfunder is free to use for charities, however they do have a field on the donation page that asks for a tip. That tip goes to them, […]
Please donate via our crowdfunding site Entirely run by volunteers The Basingstoke Canal Society has over 1,000 members and is run entirely by volunteers. Kitty, our community trip boat is no exception with a whole band of people giving up their free time to keep her running. Trips on Kitty get a 5* rating on […]
Kitty is our trip boat that runs from Woking. She is 45 years old and near the end of her life. We want to replace her with an all-electric boat. Entirely run by volunteers The Basingstoke Canal Society has over 1,000 members and as you know is run entirely by volunteers. Kitty, our trip boat […]
As you may know, we’re raising funds to replace Kitty, our trip boat that operates from Woking. It’s going to cost about £200,000 to replace Kitty with an electric-powered boat and put charging infrastructure in. The new Kitty will be more environmentally friendly and better adapted to less-abled passengers. We’ve entered an application in Your […]
Firstly we had the successful completion and opening of the Holland Moorings at Farnborough Road. This project provides 200m of mooring facilities with the £60,000 cost being paid for by the BCS with monies coming from a legacy from the Holland family. Not only does it provide much needed moorings for visiting boats but the […]
The Society is busy with several ongoing projects, most of which are long term in their progress. Particular projects of interest include: Information Boards – the 15 new information boards are proposed to be installed during 2021 at locations along the length of the canal. BCA agrees to the locations and themes, and Greenhouse Graphics has […]