Thames21 writes ’m delighted to share that Thames21 are hosting a free two-day Introduction to River Restoration course. I know there are many of you who have joined our BPP volunteering sessions over the past year who would be interested in learning more about this opportunity so here are the details:
London Rivers Week’s eighth edition is happening between the 22nd to the 30th of June. This year’s theme is ‘London is a river city’, focusing on health, well-being, and culture
Join urban sociologists Dr Emma Jackson and Dr Louise Rondel to celebrate the launch of the Place-making and the Rivers of Lewisham podcasts and project report, hosted by the Centre for Urban and Community Research (Goldsmiths).
The 3 Rivers Clean Up back. The events will run between 22nd June - 13th July,
(Taken from The Rivers Trust website - For more information, please visit their website) This September, The Rivers Trust are coming together for rivers to take part in our first Big River Watch and we want you to join us. Stay tuned to download our new app soon and be part of a quick and easy survey helping to improve rivers for us and for wildlife!
Our Friends at Thames 21 write London Rivers Week, now in its seventh year, is back from 29th May to 4th June – and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever. London Rivers Week is a week-long annual campaign inspiring the public to celebrate all of London’s rivers and the many projects … Continue reading London River Week 2023
Thames21 has once again joined forces with the Environment Agency and Rotary to call on volunteering, community and environmental groups to come forward and sign up to the Plasticblitz 2023 and take part in a mass clean-up of waste from water bodies between Sat 27th May to Sun 11th June 2023. The Plasticblitz event has grown in numbers year … Continue reading Plasticblitz 2023! Sign up now
It is five years since we ran our first Outfall Safari along the Ravensbourne river catchment and it’s time to run another health check on our rivers. This is an opportunity for volunteers from Keston to Deptford, from Eltham to Sydenham, to join us and help identify pollution hotspots and raise public awareness around drainage misconnections that can harm our rivers.
London Rivers Week is a week-long annual campaign inspiring the public to celebrate London’s rivers and the projects taking place to rewild and renaturalise them and connecting them with their local communities.
For those of you who have spent time with me and other volunteer groups in activities such as The 3 Rivers Clean Up clearing himalayan balsam know what great fun it is. You may wonder, however if it is all worthwhile? Of course we know it is because in Lewisham we have seen a huge reduction … Continue reading The Tweed Invasives Project
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