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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 30th November – Saturday 6th December 2025
Tuesday 2nd December: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am at the Swansea Canal Centre in Clydach. We will complete the community garden. Tuesday 2nd December: Trustees Meeting of the Swansea Canal Society at the Swansea Canal Centre, Clydach at…
Read More Work Party: Tuesday 25th November 2025
Every week our volunteer work parties make a difference at the Swansea canal, but today’s efforts took things to a whole new level as we continued to develop the new community garden in Hebron Road. The main task was to put in the huge array of shrubs, bushes and flowers that arrived this week from…
Read More Christmas Fair 2025
Despite the poor weather, today’s Christmas Fair at the Canal Centre was a great success. The total raised came to just over £450. Almost half of this came from Jan W’s craft sales. Jan’s continued support is simply amazing. The rest came from raffle tickets (over £100) plus teas & coffee sales, used books sold…
Read More The Week Ahead: Sunday 23rd – Saturday 29th November 2025
Tuesday 25th November: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am at the Swansea Canal Centre in Clydach. We will continue to create the community garden.
Read More Work Party: Tuesday 18th November 2025
The first really cold day of the winter, plus a few light showers later on, but nothing stops our volunteers who were quickly warming up with hard graft at the Swansea Canal Centre. The main task was to complete the hard standing for the community garden. Vast quantities of concrete were mixed and then levelled…
Read More The Week Ahead: Sunday 16th – Saturday 22nd November 2025
Tuesday 11th November: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am at the Swansea Canal Centre in Clydach. We will continue to create the community garden. Saturday 22nd November: Christmas Fair in the Swansea Canal Centre. See the poster for full…
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