In 2010 The Baldwin Trust celebrated being awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service because of its work with the local community.

Since then, the Trust has grown and expanded its activity in the local community.

We are very proud to display the Queen's Award emblem on the side of our boats and we shall remember Her Majesty at this very sad time.

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There are no catches or hidden charges and The Baldwin Trust will be really grateful for your donations.

Thank you for your support.

The Trustees are delighted to announce that Richard Jayes will be the Acting Chairperson for the Trust, with immediate effect, following the retirement of Mick Mcloughlin as Chairman in May this year.

Richard has been a very active volunteer with the Trust for around 10 years, a Trustee for the last 4 years and was paramount in the organisation and management of the build of Halseyon Days.

We thank Richard for taking on this important position in continuing to lead the Trust forward.

The Trustees are delighted to announce that Dave Kemble has recently accepted to become a Trustee of The Baldwin Trust.

Dave has been volunteering with the Trust for a few years now and took over the role of co-ordinating all maintenance tasks and agreed improvements with the help of the volunteer maintenance team for both of the Trust boats in April 2021.  This has been invaluable to the Trust ensuring that the 2 boats are very well maintained and repaired.

We wish Dave every success and value his input to the Trust going forward.

In a statement released today, The Baldwin Trust, a local volunteer run charity which provides adapted narrowboat cruises for the community in Leicestershire, has announced the launch of its new initiative, “Project Waterside”.  This is a new way of linking commercial and other organisations to community groups in Charnwood and Leicestershire via sponsoring a narrowboat cruise with The Baldwin Trust, which offers a free of charge narrowboat cruise to community groups in the local area.

The Baldwin Trust has been providing community canal narrowboat trips for nearly 40 years. In the last 3 years the Trust has been successful in fund raising to replace and improve its two 70-foot narrow boats, which are adapted and specially equipped with lifts, ramps and disability amenities. This has now been completed, and the Trust wishes to take a new direction.

Mick Mcloughlin, Chairman of The Baldwin Trust said, “We are delighted to be working on a completely new initiative with local businesses, charitable organisations and individuals, to provide direct community support and reach a wider range of people within our local community. 

More people than ever are needing help in these difficult times and through this initiative, community groups, nominated local families affected by the pandemic and local Covid-19 heroes, can enjoy and benefit from a FREE, 4 hour relaxing and memorable narrowboat cruise on the local waterways, including community transport.

This, we hope will help, not only to enhance their well-being but also help them forget their daily struggles for a few hours and create some happy, lasting memories.

Organisations and individuals can choose how many trips to sponsor.  This will support the local community and also meet some of their social commitment obligations.

We are pleased to be partnering with local community transport organisations and community neighbourhood organisations for this project.

We have an amazing group of wonderful volunteers who skipper, crew, and run the Trust behind the scenes to make these cruises possible. We are always interested in new volunteers joining to help us run our trips and we look forward to hearing from anyone who would like to join us – full training, uniform and refreshments are provided.”

The Trust has two adapted and well-equipped narrowboats, Dandelion, moored at Barrow Boating, Mill Lane, Barrow upon Soar, LE12 8QL and Halseyon Days moored at Leicester Marina, Thurmaston LE4 8AS.

Both boats are insured to carry up to 12 passengers and are wheelchair and mobility friendly, having ramps, hydraulic lifts, spacious cabins and toilets, galley kitchens with a fridge and hot water and radiators for heating on cooler days.

Only one group booking per boat per day is taken, so there is no sharing with other people or groups.

For further information about sponsoring cruises for local community groups, families referred by community organisations or Covid-19 heroes - contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For further information about receiving a sponsored cruise – if you are a local community group, a referral organisation for local families affected by the pandemic or a referral organisation for local Covid-19 heroes contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For further information about volunteering with us – please complete a Volunteer Application Form on our website – www.baldwintrust.co.uk or contact: Andrew Reed, Volunteer Coordinator

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.    Tel: 07763 736 906

Website: www.baldwintrust.co.uk

	Lift for easy boarding
Spacious cabin inside – chairs stack and tables fold for even more space. There’s heating too!
	Galley kitchen with hot water for drinks and a fridge to keep picnics cool.
Modern toilet and sink

Wishing all our volunteers and customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you all in 2022.