Well that's been an amazing 5 weeks! We've had 84 15-18 year olds all spend a week volunteering at the trust. We've had some cracking young people come to see us and they've all got soooo much out of being by and on the water. We've even managed to get some to stay with us on the crew. #youngpeoplematter Read more
The Trust celebrates after receiving £223,261 from the National Lottery to develop an innovative and exciting Young People’s Project. Read more
We are excited to be able to offer a new 2 day 'Introduction To Crewing' course at our base for 14-16 year olds. It will be held during half term on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 22nd October from 10-3. The course will include understanding our boats, using the canals and welcoming our customers as well as learning how to be a perfect crew member on our boats. Read more
Meet Kayley! She's one of our newest recruits who recently completed our week long Young Peoples Crew Training Week to become a fully trained crew member for our trust. Kayley has already been out on a couple of trips and loves to steer the boat too. Welcome to the trust Kayley! Read more
☠ The pirates have now left the Trust! But don't worry - they'll be back again next year! ☠ ⚓We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our passengers and visitors for joining in with the fun this week. We look forward to welcoming you back on board again soon.⚓ Read more
⚓Day 3 of our pirate trips - another great day with lots of passengers. The NCS were also busy with their stalls and car washing to help make the day special for everyone. We look forward to another sold out day tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for supporting our work. ☠️🐦 Read more
☠️ Day 2 of our pirate trips and another fun day had by all. Many thanks for all those who visited and took part. ☠️⚓ Read more
☠️ We had a brilliant start to our pirate trips today! ☠️ Both trips were sold out and everyone entered into the spirit of the event! Thank you to all who attended and thanks also to the NCS for their help setting everything up. We look forward to welcoming more pirate passengers aboard throughout the week. ⚓️ Read more
Young Peoples Project Update: We are delighted to say that we have had our first week with the National Citizen Service (NCS) young people at the trust and they have created a fantastic mental health and sensory garden. Read more
As restrictions lift today, we would like to let our passengers and visitors know we will continue to adhere to Covid safe restrictions. For the remainder of this season, our Trust will be limiting our day trip passenger numbers to 20 and will be running with a reduced crew; whilst also maintaining social distancing in order to protect everyone. Read more
Our new lottery funded Young People's Project welcomed its new youth hub last week. Our next task is to decorate and equip it ready for our new programme of events. Read more
We are back! We are delighted to be running family/support bubble trips on specific dates throughout May 2021. Setting off from the Peter Le Marchant Trust base in Loughborough; bring your own picnic lunch and take some time out, enjoying the spring countryside along the waterways with our special 4 hour canal boat trip. ONLY £70 FOR THE WHOLE BOAT! Read more