Two of our Society, Phil Handscomb and Daniel Cocker, were recently invited to an evening with Tameside Rotary Club, where their president, Andy Williams, presented them with a £200 cheque. This generous donation will help fund a trip for those with poor mental health who will benefit from the well-being
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Hazel Update
Posted on the Hazel Wellbeing Boat facebook Page
Continue readingHistoric Narrowboat Skipper & Crew – Volunteers Wanted
This is an opportunity to work with the Hazel project, which uses a 100-year old wooden boat as a resource, to promote wellbeing in general and provide respite and short escapes for people experiencing mental health difficulties. Learning boating skills and boatcraft opens up a whole friendly world of other
Continue readingCanal Boat Bookings Co-ordinator
For Hazel, the wellbeing boat. Manage Hazel’s bookings, arranging cleaning between trips, meeting the customers, being a contact point for them during their stay, etc. We are looking for someone who can manage the bookings for our canal boat, Hazel. We need some one who with a polite and friendly
Continue readingShowing off Hazel and promoting her and the Society
To promote the Society and show off Hazel she has been taken to a couple of fairly local festivals this summer, with fare-paying customers on board where-ever possible to defer costs and boost the coffers for trips for folk who have the need but not the cash. Here she is,
Continue readingNew opportunities with us
We are now well into the first year of Hazel being in service as a well-being boat around Tameside. This has brought us lots more work and, therefore, some opportunities. We shall soon be needing a part-time, paid, Community Boat Co-ordinator and we also need volunteer help with all the
Continue readingHOW WE STARTED: a potted history of the society
In 1974 Chris Leah was a student at Chester College, living on boats to save money. He bought a full length wooden narrow boat called “Lilith” for one hundred pounds. The boat needed repairs and Chris set about doing them. Before long Chris had acquired a second boat “Sarah”, later renamed “Forget
Continue readingNEXT STEPS
Now that Hazel is in action as Tameside’s Well-Being boat we have to think about the next steps. Every visit to Portland Basin smacks us in the eye of course as there are 5 more historic wooden canal boats sitting there all needing more attention ! Currently the trustees are
Continue readingAGM REMINDER
Please don’t forget our Annual General Meeting this coming Sunday, April 24th in the shop at 173 Stamford Street, Ashton under Lyne OL6 7PS. We need more members to support our work going forward with Hazel now fully operative as Tameside’s only wooden Well-Being boat. Especially a treasurer to work
Continue readingHazel’s Service Launch
Another proud moment for the Society and all her volunteers, past and present. Hazel is now well and truly Tameside’s Well-Being boat after being launched on her way by the Mayor of Tameside – seen below cutting the ribbon, with Ashton Boatman (aka Chris Leah) and the Mayor’s wife and
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