Maintaining canal and river navigation is a key objective of the Canal & River Trust. The advisory group is made up of skilled and expert practitioners with high credibility who help ensure that the Trust’s management fully understands the implications of proposed policy changes or issues relevant to boaters. The group meets every three months to advise the Trust’s management on navigation and boating issues of significance, especially those that may be innovative or potentially controversial. Members act in the best interests of the Trust and are not representatives of any particular boating interest group.
Appointment to the group is for the purpose of providing expert advice based on experience of using the waterways, ideally coupled with relevant professional or technical experience in other fields. Time commitment varies but is not more than one day per month on average over a year. The...