Press Releases – Lapal Canal Trust

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1	2-23-23 Press release Benchs -_	New benches for Whitehouse Wharf	25 February 2023 4:35 PM	524
2	Press Release Andy Street starts work (2)		12 March 2022 2:34 PM	1547
3	(Updated) - 21-6-14 Press Release Land and water contract	Lapal Canal Trust signs contract with Land & Water Services Ltd to construct the first part of the restoration of the Dudley No 2 Canal in Selly Oak.	14 June 2021 11:36 AM	835
4	14-6-21 Press Release Land and water contract	Lapal Canal Trust signs contract with Land & Water Services Ltd to construct the first part of the restoration of the Dudley No 2 Canal in Selly Oak.	13 June 2021 5:13 PM	1145
5	4-1-21 Veolia Grant Press Release	Veolia confirms a £75,000 contribution towards building the Winding Hole to start the restoration of the Dudley No2 canal	6 January 2021 6:22 PM	1088
6	Lapal trust launches £2m appeal to restore historic canal (February 19)	LAPAL Canal Trust has launched a campaign to raise £2 million for canal restoration in Birmingham’s Selly Oak.	3 February 2019 9:02 AM	2321
7	29-3-18 Battery Site progress review	Latest progress report on the Dudley the No 2 Canal across the former Battery Site in Selly Oak Birmingham. Newly released photos by Interserve /Landsec showing progress on the infrastructure works for the Dudley No 2 Canal restoration. Since appointing Interserve as the main contractor ...	27 April 2018 9:19 AM	1642
8	28-2-18 Battery Site progress	Since appointing Interserve as the main contractor in the summer of 2017 the Harvest Partnership of Sainsbury’s and Landsec is making very good progress in developing the Battery Site. They have just started work on ...	27 April 2018 9:19 AM	1516
9	28-1-18 Sense Press Release	The Lapal Canal Trust is superbly supported by the local community and organisations. The Lapal Trust has a wonderful opportunity to work together with SENSE to give disabled people and their carers a new ...	27 April 2018 9:19 AM	1669
10	19-1-18 HLF Grant	Terry Stanton, Chairman of the Lapal Canal Trust commentated “We are very pleased that the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded ...	27 April 2018 9:19 AM	1568
11	1-10-17 G J W Turner Award	In April we wrote to G J W Turner Trust asking for support and we were delighted to receive a cheque for £...	27 April 2018 9:19 AM	1557
12	26-11-14 Headly Trust Grant	We are very pleased to confirm the award of a grant of £5,000 from the Headley Trust. This will be used to fund ...	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1797
13	22-3-16 Canoe in Harborn Wharf	Following the removal of 2000 cubic meter of soil (equivalent of 100 lorry loads) from Harborne Wharf by Careys the Lapal Trust was delighted to see the winter rain filling up the basin with water. Attracting geese, ducks and canoeists.	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1767
14	22-1-16 Gowling agree to assist the trust	The Lapal Canal Trust (LCT) is pleased to announce that it has secured the services of Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co as its legal advisor. Headquartered in Birmingham, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co is an ...	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1702
15	20-11-15 Careys summary of Facebook v2	Big day today, the council planning committee considered our application to clear away materials from Harborne Wharf. Our application was	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1805
16	20-11-15 Careys restore Harborne Wharf	On the 15th of October Birmingham City Council Planning Committee unanimously approved the planning application by the Lapal Canal Trust to remove spoil and to repair ...	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1874
17	19-10-16 LCT AGM	Chairman Peter Best reported on a good year for the trust with notable achievements in our goal of restoring the canal.	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1795
18	19-8-17 WRG Week activity	For the 2nd year we were very pleased that the Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) of the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) had accepted our request to help with our restoration project. The volunteers arrived on Saturday the 29th of July and ...	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1944
19	11-6-17 Selly Oak Festival	“It was a wonderful Selly Oak Festival, big thanks to Friends of Selly Oak Park for the excellent arrangements and crowds of people. We would like to thank our own Trust Committee and in particular ...	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1687
20	9-12-15 Lapal Trust engage local communities	The group was arranged by Legacy WM, a Birmingham charity which works to, amongst other things, engage and improve the health and well-being of local communities. The women were from ...	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1918
21	8-8-16 WRG Week Activity	In a significant step forward a group of canal enthusiasts from the Inland Waterways’ Waterways Recovery Group descended on Selly Oak for one week of intensive canal restoration work. While mainly focussed on ...	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1758
22	5-11-15 Careys support for the Lapal Canal Trust	On the 4th of November work started to restore the Harborne Wharf in Selly Oak Park. Birmingham City Council Planning Committee unanimously approved this important stage of the Lapal Canal restoration from Selly Oak to Halesowen.	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1681
23	3-1-14 Lapal Student Competition	University Post Graduate Students in the West Midlands were asked to use their 21st century media and business skills to help restore an historic waterway.	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1827
24	2-7-13 Warwick Students	They are also running a competition to encourage business students to come up with innovative ways of fund-raising for the project.	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1800
25	1-3-16 Laser Mapping Article	The Trust has embarked on a restoration project to restore 5.5 miles of canal over the coming years, and being a trust, gains it's support through many avenues, one being ...	25 September 2017 10:17 AM	1841