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LOCAL BOAT FESTIVAL SUPPORTED BY CHEMICAL COMPANIESLocal chemical companies INEOS Chlor and INEOS Vinyls helped celebrate the Inland Waterways National Festival & Boat Show at Preston Brook, Runcorn over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Festival marked the climax to the Inland Waterways year. Over 20,000 visitors joined over 1000 canal boats at the three-day Festival to enjoy the atmosphere, the colour and the entertainment. INEOS Chlor and INEOS Vinyls donated £1250 to sponsor the Food Exhibition Hall, in which mouthwatering cookery demonstrations took place. These proved very successful and were a complete sell out. The demonstrations formed part of the Craft Workshop Initiative that provides courses covering all aspects of canal life. Other activities included boat trips along the historic Bridgewater Canal, a craft and antiques fair and a full programme of activities for children. A spokesperson for INEOS Vinyls said: "We were delighted to be able to support the Inland Waterways Association. It was a thoroughly enjoyable three days and it gave everybody the opportunity to see first hand the important work the Association does in maintaining and developing the Bridgewater Canal." John Fletcher, the Inland Waterways Association National Chairman, said: "The Association is very grateful for the support of INEOS Chlor and INEOS Vinyls by way of their sponsorship for the Festival. The support of local companies makes a real difference to an event such as this. The waterways in the Halton area have so much potential in the future for the local community, and this event has done much to help focus on the benefits that investment in the waterways can bring." ENDS NOTES TO EDITORS For nearly sixty years, the Inland Waterways
Association (IWA) and its thousands of members have campaigned for
the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development
of Britain's canals and river navigations. The IWA works closely with navigation authorities, other waterway bodies, a wide range of national and local authorities, voluntary, private and public sector organisations to raise funds, lobby for support and encourage public participation. The Association also supplies voluntary labour through its subsidiary Waterway Recovery Group. More than 500 miles of canals and river navigations have been re-opened to public use since the Association was founded in 1946. More than 500 miles of further derelict inland waterways are currently the subject of restoration plans.
For further information please contact the INEOS Chlor Press Office: Janet Ward
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