Editing British Waterways (section)

===Abolition===
By 2009, British Waterways was looking for a means of gaining a larger and more secure supply of funding in order to plug a £30m shortfall in its budget, while utilising the potential for volunteers on the waterways, allowing the waterways community to play a greater role.<ref name="BW History"/> Its plans involved moving to become a [[charitable trust#United Kingdom|charitable trust]], in charge of the current canal systems in addition to acquiring other waterways, such as those operated by the [[Environment Agency]].<ref name="CRT timeline">{{cite web|title=Canal & River Trust Timeline|url=http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/features/introducing-the-canal-and-river-trust/canal-and-river-trust-timeline|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120305134427/http://www.waterscape.com/features%2Dand%2Darticles/features/introducing%2Dthe%2Dcanal%2Dand%2Driver%2Dtrust/canal%2Dand%2Driver%2Dtrust%2Dtimeline|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2012|publisher=Waterscape.com (British Waterways)|access-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>

In March 2010, the plans were given a boost when the government announced in the [[March 2010 United Kingdom budget|Budget]] that it intended to turn BW into a [[mutual organisation]], but no further details were released. BW welcomed the announcement, with the chairman Tony Hales stating that the plan would preserve the canals and their associated infrastructure, and "safeguard against a return to the decline and dereliction which they faced in the last century". It would also "unlock the enormous public support that there is for them."<ref name="CRT timeline"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Budget plans to give British Waterways independence|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8586148.stm|access-date=24 September 2010|publisher=BBC News|date=24 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407022651/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8586148.stm|archive-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>

By September of the same year, the proposals seemed likely to be enacted; a leaked list of [[quango]]s that were due to be abolished was acquired by the [[BBC]], including British Waterways, with the note: "Abolish as a [[non-departmental public body]] and mutualise".<ref name="CRT timeline"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Leaked list suggests 180 quangos to be abolished|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11405096|access-date=24 September 2010|publisher=BBC News|date=24 September 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925042752/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11405096|archive-date=25 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cabinet Office list dated the 26 August 2010, of quangos and other public bodies to be axed or merged by the coalition government...|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/24_09_10_bbcnewsquangos3.pdf|publisher=BBC News|access-date=24 September 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007222835/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/24_09_10_bbcnewsquangos3.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2010}}</ref> The following month saw an official announcement from British Waterways confirming the leaked list, and that a new charity would be established to tend the {{convert|2000|mi}} of canals and rivers in [[England and Wales]] cared for by British Waterways.<ref name="CRT timeline"/>

The new name, the [[Canal & River Trust]], and logo were revealed in October 2011,<ref name="CRT timeline"/><ref>{{cite web|title=New name for Britain's new waterways charity|url=http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/newsroom/all-press-releases/display/id/3200|publisher=British Waterways|access-date=3 March 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310014748/http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/newsroom/all-press-releases/display/id/3200|archive-date=10 March 2012}}</ref> and the trust was granted charitable status on 5 April 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/1126004/canal-river-trust-gets-charitable-status/|title=Canal & River Trust gets charitable status|website=thirdsector.co.uk|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref> On 2 July 2012 all of British Waterways' responsibilities for waterways in England and Wales were transferred to the [[Canal & River Trust]].<ref name="civilsociety.co.uk"/> The [[Scottish Government]], however, decided that the waterways in Scotland would not be part of the new charity, and that British Waterways Scotland would remain a state-owned entity, operating as [[Scottish Canals]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Additional Functions|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/14111932/5|work=Developing Scottish Water|publisher=The Scottish Government|access-date=3 March 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319040044/http://scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/12/14111932/5|archive-date=19 March 2012|date=2010-12-15}}</ref>