Anyone seen Dave?

摘要

With Dave the most common name among canal volunteers, it makes sense to call the latest recruitment campaign Join The Daves. With the Canal & River Trust reporting that our canals are more popular than ever before - with more boats using them than at the height of the Industrial Revolution - the charity is appealing for men and women from all backgrounds to join the army of Daves performing this important task on the nation's waterways. The Canal & River Trust has launched a campaign to recruit more volunteers to take on the role of lock keeper across 2,000 miles of canals and rivers. Last year over 1,000 people volunteered to be lock keepers, a task which involves helping boaters on their journeys and providing information and advice to visitors on the towpath. Edd Moss, national volunteering development manager at Canal & River Trust, said: "The nation's canal and rivers go through such a diversity of cities, towns and villages and this is reflected in our volunteers. We've people from an amazing array of communities and backgrounds, so it was quite interesting to see such an abundance of 'Daves volunteering with us.