Congratulations to the Canal and River Trust

The Canal and River Trust has scooped the ‘Charity of the Year’ award!  Just over eighteen months after launching, the CRT has been named as ‘Charity of the Year’ by the People’s Postcode Lottery.  The award was made this week at Lottery’s annual Charity Gala.

 

The Award was given in recognition of the way the Trust, through support from players of  People’s Postcode Lottery, had raised public awareness and support of a project to help save the nation’s historic hedgerows which, although so important for biodiversity, have declined by 50% since the Second World War.
In making the award, players of People’s Postcode Lottery gave a special one-off £50,000 cheque to support the Trust’s work.  It also committed to increase the Trust’s annual grant by 25% to £125,000.

For more information visit the Canal and River Trust website.