{"id":598,"date":"2016-01-24T21:24:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T21:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=598"},"modified":"2017-12-06T23:55:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T23:55:11","slug":"organizations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Canal &amp; River Trust<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_54706\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lXn47JYXs44?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/canalrivertrust.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canal &amp; River Trust<\/a>\u00a0is a charitable organization that owns and manages 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales (where it\u2019s called Glandwr Cymru). The trust is the successor to British Waterways, the quasi-governmental organization that previously owned and managed the waterways (you\u2019ll still see a lot of BW signs along the canals). The trust received the assets of British Waterways (and presumably debts), with the intent that as a charitable organization, it could better manage government grants, donations and help from volunteers. Most but not all of the still navigable canals in England and Wales are administered by the CRT.<\/p>\n<p>The CRT website is an invaluable aid to boaters, from\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/canalrivertrust.org.uk\/enjoy-the-waterways\/boating\/navigating-the-waterways-boating\/boaters-handbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Boater\u2019s Handbook<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to the stoppages page to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterscape.com\/things-to-do\/boating\/guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guides for individual canals<\/a>. The latter is very useful because it will be compiled as an up-to-date lock-by-lock, bridge-by-bridge guide. Remember to\u00a0<b>generate a guide immediately before your trip.<\/b>\u00a0You can also view\u00a0the CRT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/canalrivertrust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canalrivertrust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Inland Waterways Association<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_33761\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2iQyKKK0D4?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterways.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inland Waterways Association<\/a> is a UK-wide charity that works with (and sometimes argues against) the Canal &amp; River Trust.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of World War II, Lionel Thomas Caswall (LTC or Tom) Rolt and his wife Angela had decided to live on board a narrowboat they had turned into a home. His account of their life aboard the Cressy, <i>Narrow Boat<\/i>, became an unlikely best seller. Their four-month voyage on the Oxford, Grand Union and Trent &amp; Mersey canals inspired another author, Robert Aickman, to contact Rolt and together the men became the nucleus of the Inland Waterways Association, which in 1946 became a charitable trust that would promote, conserve and restore the canals.<\/p>\n<p>One of the great benefits of joining the IWA is to receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterways.org.uk\/iwa_publications\/waterways_magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Waterways<\/em><\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n<h2>Inland Waterways Association of Ireland<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwai.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inland Waterways Association of Ireland<\/a>\u00a0is a volunteer organization that will also prove invaluable, with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwai.ie\/framed.map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online charts<\/a>\u00a0of the waterways,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwai.ie\/news\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">navigation notices<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwai.ie\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous books, guides and maps<\/a>\u00a0to buy. By joining the organization, you\u2019ll also receive their quarterly publication\u00a0<i>Inland Waterways News.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Waterways Ireland<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_83621\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ldmAvMbEajk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterwaysireland.org\/Pages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterways Ireland<\/a> is the \u201cimplementation body\u201d responsible for the canals in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as created in the 1999 Belfast Agreement. You can download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterwaysireland.org\/SiteAssets\/Publications\/Guide%20to%20Ireland's%20Inland%20Waterways%20(revised).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide to Ireland\u2019s Inland Waterways Navigation<\/a> and recreation information.<\/p>\n<h2>Scottish Canals<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Great Glen Ways and Caledonian Canal\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m_pq0fnIzvk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The five canals in Scotland (only four of which are still navigable) were also part of British Waterways, but when the Canal &amp; River Trust was created, the Scottish government decided to retain ownership of those canals and created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishcanals.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Canals<\/a>. You can also download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishcanals.co.uk\/activities\/boating\/skippers-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skipper\u2019s guides<\/a> and find about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishcanals.co.uk\/news\/category\/canal-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stoppages or other notices<\/a> at the website. You can also visit the Scottish Canals\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/scottishcanals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canal &amp; River Trust The\u00a0Canal &amp; River Trust\u00a0is a charitable organization that owns and manages 2,000 miles of waterways in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P74kO9-9E","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2153,"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598\/revisions\/2153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}