Phase 1 Moorings

The Urban Moorings team landed in the beginning of November 2016. Ronni joined us at Christmas 2018. Our first days were interesting but being boaters who are generally self-reliant, we just got stuck in and before long the site was getting tidier, shed spaces and a garden area began to appear.

Achievements

• Cleared the land of overgrowth
• Laid paths using materials recycled from site
• Established a community garden, including a Greenhouse made from recycled materials
• Engaged in recycling and composting – moving towards goal of making site zero waste
• Designed and constructed a wooden walkway/mooring using sustainable materials and using no heavy machinery.
• Cleared derelict building and removed 60 Tonnes of rubbish from site
• We have 7 moorings that are now let. There is now a waiting list for mooring vacancies.
• Engaged in networking with local community projects
• Fundraising by attending the Bentley Bridge Boat festival. We had a very positive response from the locals who attended, and we raised £250 which we put towards the wooden piling needed for the visitor mooring. 
• We also ran a fundraising campaign following the passing away of our friend and Company Director Paul Howland. In total £850 was raised to pay for a memorial bench, a rose arch and roses. This money was raised from a combination of boaters and locals donating. The remainder has been allocated to coir matting seeded with native wildflowers which is being used to stabilise the canal bank.
• Fundraised to insulate Community shed. Go Fund me
• Electricity Supply to all mooring births.
• Raised beds established for growing food.
• Composting facility established
• Diesel Sales approved.
• Calor Gas supply established
• Water and Esan facilities on site
• Volunteer Events every Monday (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Craft Club runs every Thursday.