Grant to buy a boat:
Oxfordshire city council has awarded 50K for a local voluntary run organisation, Dovecote, to buy a narrow boat in order to teach kids about the waterways, nature and their environment. What a wonderful project! Read about it here
posted by MortimerBones at
9:23 AM
4 Comments:
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!
The waterways are strewn with boats such as these all started with the best of intentions but they all sadly seem to find it difficult to sustain their enthusiasm. If you are in touch with this group please point them towards Keith Ball at Stretton who has one such boat for sale very cheap and with only about a months use in the last 4 years.
Anon: do you have any contact details? I am not in touch with the group, but I expect they can be found on the internet or via the news page? It might be worth contacting them if you have the details?
Bones
Why oh Why do they think that can make full use of a boat themselves ?
What is wrong with a hire boat / hotel boat - as noted it will stand unused for months at a time.
Not a good use of Oxon CC funds or Lotto money - I'm all for good educational holiday boat trips and going down the rental route must be the best use of public funds.
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