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 19th – Saturday 25th March 2023
Tuesday 21st March: 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. Tasks will include finishing the wall around the extended garden and pulling invasive weed from the cut. Cake and hot drinks will be provided but please…
Read More Work Party: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Today the weather was very kind – sunny and bright yet chilly enough to encourage the volunteers to get stuck in to another shift. The bulk of us assembled in Pontardawe and were soon hard at work. Unfortunately, Martin set off on the wrong foot by planting a welly in doggy-doo, necessitating some deep cleaning.…
Read More New Look To Our Website
Our website has been given a completely new look by our chums at “97team”. We are so grateful to everyone who worked on this much-needed revamp, particularly as it was done completely free of charge. The new site may need some tuning so please take a look around and let us know by email to…
Read More The Week Ahead: Sunday 12th – Saturday 18th March 2023
Tuesday 14th March: Work Party: Those wishing to eat breakfast should meet at the Roadhouse Cafe in Clydach at 8am. Volunteers should assemble at 9am between Herbert Street and Holly Street bridges in Pontardawe. We will be clearing the cut between the bridges. Cake and hot drinks will be provided but please bring your own…
Read More Work Party: Tuesday 7th March 2023
On a chilly but bright morning we had a change of venue to the canal between Herbert and Holly Street bridges In Pontardawe. We were joined by Ieuan Johns who is on a 70 hour placement with us, kindly sponsored by Swansea University History and Humanities Department. The first task of the day was to…
Read More Work Party: Sunday 5th March 2023
With the canoe hire season on the Swansea canal just around the corner, final preparations are being made to ensure a smooth ‘launch’ (no pun intended!). The main focus of our work this Sunday was to extend the racking in the Coed Gwilym Park canoe store to enable our large and heavy Canadian canoes to…
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