Volunteering

Volunteers help make the canals what they are - great places for exploring, relaxing, learning and working.

Let us know if you have your own volunteering idea?

Latest opportunities

Boost your CV, meet new people and discover your local canal!

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Want to make a difference?  Let us know what you're interested in, and we'll match you up with the right activities!

Canal Work Days

Help protect and enhance the Union, Forth & Clyde and Monkland canals with the Lowland Canal Volunteer Group


Adopt a canal or greenspace

Find out about Adoptions in Falkirk, Edinburgh and West Lothian.

Be a cycle or walk leader

Help us lead community bike rides and walks, and to develop new trails.

Help gather oral history

Have fun capturing the wonderful stories behind our two hundred year old canals.  Training is provided!


Help with a schools project

Encourage schoolchildren to explore the canals and achieve their John Muir Award Discovery Level.

Cleaner Canals

Help keep the Forth & Clyde canal clean in Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire.

Mentor a young person

Share your own skills or boost your CV whilst supporting young people get on the path to work.