The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society is a Registered Charity and a Company.
The Society is run by a group of dedicated volunteer trustees, each elected by the Society’s members every three years.
The Society’s current trustees are listed below.
If you are interested in filling one of the vacant trustee posts then please get in touch here.
Paul Hindle
Chair, Membership, Editor
As Chair I chair meetings of the Society, meetings with C&RT and the Restoration Partnership.
I deal with new and renewing memberships, and maintain the members’ database.
I edit the Society’s quarterly journal, and send copies to members, councillors, MPs, C&RT staff and others by post or by email.
Steve Marsden
Treasurer, Company Secretary, Webmaster, Insurance
I have 7 main responsibilities:
1. To maintain an overview of the society’s financial affairs, to ensure its financial viability and to ensure that proper financial records and procedures are maintained.
2. To report to council on the financial affairs of the society.
3. To liaise with the society’s accountants to ensure annual accounts are produced.
4. To perform day to day financial duties such as supplier payments, the societies banking, financial record keeping etc.
5. To look after the society’s insurance needs.
6. To perform all duties required of the Company Secretary.
7. To manage the website
Al Franco
Planning Lead
As Planning Lead I am responsible for ensuring the society is aware and consulting on relevant planning applications across the 3 Planning Authorities and any Canal and River Trusts’ planning notices.
I also monitor the Planning Portal and read and comment on all 3 local authority (and combined authority) policies effecting the canal, including Core Strategy, Unitary Development Plan, Local Development Plan.
Matthew Clark
Publicity Lead
I work as the publicity officer for the canal society. I run the social media pages to keep everyone updated with current events. I also create regular YouTube videos on the work parties that we host along the canal, as well as the occasional informational video on our canals history. These videos can also be found on this website.
There’s lots to do so if you’d like to help out, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Jennifer Hindshaw
Treasurer Support
I support our Treasurer each year by undertaking the Gift Aid claims for the Society.
Sam Kennion
Volunteering & Working Parties, and Health & Safety Lead
I run the working parties/volunteering events and ensure that they and other events run safely.
David Barnes
Outreach and Talks
I aim to reach out to communities the length of the canal; the diversity of communities makes the work very interesting and we have worked with many organisations and groups. Part of that role is to provide Talks to interested groups. As a Green Badge Tour Guide I can provide a range of topics for talks to show how we are working to value the heritage of our canal and the canal network as well as showing how we create the opportunities for wellbeing that the restoration of the canal offers now and for the future.
Chris Nash
Fund Raising Lead
Alan Hodson
Ex-Officio
Other Officers
Daren Spann, Ex-Officio
Liz Donlan
Rik and Di Baines, Sales
Trustee vacancies
We are specifically looking for people to join our trustees who can help with any of the following:
- Recruiting new members
- Health and Safety
- Organising open meetings (contacting and booking speakers)
However if there are any topics you would like to support with, or skills you can share, please don’t hesitate to contact us for a chat.