The Forth and Clyde Canal Society is a waterway society on the Forth & Clyde Canal in the Lowlands of Scotland, UK, and was formed in 1980 to 'campaign for the Forth and Clyde's preservation, restoration and development' According to the Forth and Clyde Canal Society's website, their current aim is "To promote the canal and to ensure its success". The Society's campaigning included a petition of over 30,000 signatures for the reopening of the canal, which was then put in place under the Millennium Link project which commenced work in 1999. which are used as trip-boats, charter vessels and for members cruises along the canal.<ref name="visiteastdunbartonshirenow.co.uk"/>