East Riding & North Yorkshire Waterways Partnership
“Without a doubt, this is a group of people who are demonstrating that things can be achieved when everyone pulls in one direction. This is a refreshing bottom-up approach, facilitated by the local authority but passionately driven by local people.”
Waterways Renaissance Awards Assessment Panel, May 2011.
Introduction
The rivers, canals, streams and lakes of the LEADER CWWW area add greatly to its attractiveness and prosperity, and to the quality of life of its inhabitants. They are important for a multitude of reasons, including navigation, biodiversity, heritage, flood management, trade and recreation.
This diversity brings challenges about how these linear features are managed, and the different interests that must be balanced for mutual benefit.
The East Riding and North Yorkshire Waterways Partnership was established to encourage public, private, community and voluntary organisations involved with our waterways to work together and use them as a tool to deliver economic, environmental and social regeneration.
The Partnership aims to:
‘Broadly represent the interests and issues of the waterways of the LEADER CWWW area, and bring economic, environmental and social benefit to the region as a whole’.
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The Waterways Partnership is currently in the process of developing its strategy. This will:
- Set forth the Partnership's aims, objects and vision;
- Establish a crucial local, regional and national strategic context;
- Present a key set of ‘cross cutting’ Partnership themes;
- Identify individual projects, priorities and approaches;
- Define a thematic delivery plan; and
- Outline options for future Partnership and project funding.
To discuss the strategy, or to be consulted on its development, please contact the Waterways Partnership Coordinator at the details below.
Partnership area
The LEADER CWWW area includes canals, rivers, lakes and streams. Some of these are still important navigations and all are crucial for biodiversity, drainage, flood defence and recreation.
Partnership structure
The Waterways Partnership is governed by an agreed constitution that formalises its structure and working processes.
Central to the Partnership’s approach are the Technical and Community Forums, which provide arenas to discuss, debate and agree key issues pertinent to the Partnership. An elected Executive Committee sets the Partnership’s strategic objectives and monitors its work.
Waterways Partnership Constitution
Technical Forum # 1 minutes
Technical Forum # 2 minutes
Community Forum # 1 minutes
Community Forum # 2 minutes
Membership
Membership to the Waterways Partnership is open to all individuals and organisations, whether public, private or voluntary who share the aims of the Partnership and operate within the CWWW area of East Riding and North Yorkshire (please see map above).
If you would like to find out more, discuss a waterways project or join the Waterways Partnership, please contact James Cokeham at the details below.
Contact details
James Cokeham (Waterways Partnership Coordinator)
Email: james.cokeham@eastriding.gov.uk
Tel: 01482 391752
Address: East Riding & North Yorkshire Waterways
Partnership, Room JF106, County Hall, Beverley, East Riding of
Yorkshire, HU17 9BA.
