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2007 News
LOCAL PEOPLE TO CREATE BREATHING PLACE IN HACKNEY
Posted Monday 22 Oct People living in Hackney have the chance
to transform their local stretch of canal this week. Volunteers will be
working with waterways charity Thames21 to clean-up the Regent's Canal
around Broadway Market Bridge.
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DISCOVER THE VILLAGE POND AT THE THAMES FESTIVAL
Posted Thursday 30 August- Join Thames21 at the Village Pond
complete with Pond Doctor Surgery, and Litter Metamorphosis Workshop at
the Mayor's Thames Festival on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September.
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO TRANSFORM BLOT ON RIVERSCAPE
Posted Thursday 22 August- Thames21 is marking World Rivers
Day on Sunday 30 September with a four day clean up of one of the River
Thames's dirtiest beaches, and is urging Londoner's to help.
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BEACHWATCH 2007 - HELP TURN THE TIDE ON LITTER
Posted Thursday 22 August - The Marine Conservation
Society (MCS) annual Beachwatch litter survey and clean-up takes place
over the weekend of 15th – 16th September 2007, on beaches all over
the UK. YOU can help MCS protect our seas, shores and wildlife from damaging
and unsightly litter by taking part in Beachwatch 2007 at a beach near
you! read more>>
EVENT CANCELLED - WILL BE RESCHEDULED NOVEMBER
- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CLEAN UP AT ST SAVIOUR DOCK
Posted Thursday 30 August - Volunteers needed to join Thames21
and local residents at a clean up of St Saviours Dock.
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FREE ANGLING COACHING SESSIONS CAST OFF
Posted Monday 30 July - Young people across will have the chance
to have a go at angling at a programme of free events in August led by
Thames21 read more>>
NEW AND UNIQUE CANAL ANGLING CLUB UP AND FISHING
Posted Wednesday 30 May - The only angling club on inner London's
canals - the Ladbroke Rovers Angling Club - will be up and fishing from
June 1st read more>>
MINISTER FOR LONDON SUPPORTS THAMES21 FOR THIRD
YEAR RUNNING
Posted Wednesday 23 May - Minister for London Jim Fitzpatrick
MP and volunteers from the Government Office for London and Communities
and Local Government will be cleaning up the Thames foreshore with Thames21
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NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM HELPING TO IMPROVE
LONDON'S MOST LITTERED BEACH
Posted Wednesday 23 May - Join staff from the National Martime
Museum to help in the bid to reduce levels of litter on one of London's
most littered beaches read
more>>
120 VOLUNTEER TAKE PART IN FULHAM CLEAN UP
Posted Wednesday 23 May - Over 120 volunteers joined forces
with Thames21, Fulham Football Club and Palace Riverside Safer Neighbourhoods
Team on Sunday 20 May read more>>
THE FEELING'S MUTUAL
Posted Thursday 10 May - Old Mutual plc donate £10,000
to Thames21 read more>>
THE RIVER YAMUNA, A RIVER IN CRISIS
Posted Thursday 10 May - Thames21's River Programmes Coordinator
Matthew Loveday travels to the River Yamuna in India, and finds a river
in crisis read more>>
CLEAN UP ON THE RIVER QUAGGY, SUTCLIFFE PARK
Posted Thursday 10 May - Thames21 and the Friends of Sutcliffe
Park partner up to clean up read more>>
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CLEAN UP ON LEWISHAM RIVER
Posted Wednesday 25 April - Thames21 and the Ladywell Fields
Users Group need all hands on deck for a local river clean up read
more>>
MARRIOTT GENERAL MANAGERS MUCK IN
Posted Thursday 19 April - Marriott Hotel General Managers
from across London joined forces with Thames21 to clean the Thame foreshore
at County Hall read more>>
SPRING INTO ACTION ON RIVER CRAY
Posted Wednesday 18 April - We need volunteers to help clean
up the River Cray in Footscray Meadows on Saturday 28 April
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TIDEWAY TUNNEL ANNOUNCED
Posted Thursday 22 March- Thames21 is pleased that an interceptor
tunnel will be built to prevent sewage discharges in the River Thames
and impacting on the environment, wildlife and river users
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SLOUGH CANAL SPRING CLEAN
Posted Thursday 22 March- Thames21 is joining forces with the
Friends of Slough Canal and calling for volunteers to help clean up this
picturesque, but littered waterway on Saturday 31 March.
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BOAT RACE FEVER HITS DUKES MEADOWS!
Posted Tuesday 20 March - Thames21 and local conservation charity
THE Dukes Meadows Trust have teamed up to organise riverside activities
for all the family to celebrate The Boat Race 2007 and mark the unveiling
of the recently restored bandstand at Dukes Meadows.
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YOUNG PEOPLE HELP RID RIVER OF RUBBISH
Posted Tuesday 20 March - Up to 100 pupils, staff and parents
from St Paul's School and the Barnes Safer Neighbourhoods Team will be
joining forces with London's leading waterways charity Thames21 for a
big clean up of the Thames foreshore in Barnes. read
more>>
JOHN AUSTIN MP BACKS THAMES21 WORK IN THAMESMEAD
Posted Friday 9 March - MP for Erith and Thamesmead John Austin
will join Thames21 to clean up the Butts Canal in Thamesmead on Saturday
24 March .read more>>
THAMES21 KICKS OFF 100 DAY CLEAN UP
Posted Wednesday 7 March - Thames21 needs volunteers to help
clean up the Thames on the South Bank at the launch of the 100 Day Clean
Up on March 8. read more>>
WALK THE COURSE WITH THAMES21 AND GUEST SPEAKERS
Posted Tuesday 6 March - Join Thames21 and partners for a guided
walk along the historic route of The Boat Race between Putney and Mortlake
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THAMES21 TACKLES THAMES GROT SPOT
Thames21 is appealing for volunteers to help clean up a River
Thames grot spot in the London Borough of Newham. read
more>>
CARRY ON CLEANING
Thames21 will carry on cleaning one of the River Thames's
worst beaches with volunteers from Kings College London... read
more>>
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CANAL CLEAN UP IN THAMESMEAD
Environmental charity Thames21 needs volunteers to help clear
litter from a section of the canal at the Moorings in Thamesmead on Saturday
24 February. read more>>
NATIONAL INDOOR JUNIOR ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS
BORN
Posted Monday 12 Feb- London Youth Rowing ("LYR")
and The Boat Race Company Ltd announce the creation of the National Junior
Indoor Rowing Championships ("NJIRC"), hosted by the London
Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The Championships will be held on 28
March 2007 at the Hammersmith Town Hall in London.
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THURROCKLY GOOD!
Posted Monday 12 Feb - More than 30 volunteers helped to clear
litter from a grot spot in Thurrock on the Thames. read
more>>
THAMES CLEAN UP AT LIMEKILN DOCK
Posted Monday 15 January - Volunteers needed for Thames clean
up at Limekiln Dock on Sunday 21st January. read
more>>
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THURROCK THAMES TIDY
Posted Tuesday 9 January - Thames21 needs local volunteers
to help litter blitz a section of the River Thames in Thurrock on Saturday
February 10th at low tide. read more>>
2006 News
THAMES21 WINS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD IN BEXLEY
Posted Wednesday 20 December- Thames21 won an environmental
award for its work on the River Cray in Bexley..read
more>>
WINTER CLEAN UP ON RIVER CRAY
Posted Tuesday 21 November- Leading waterways charity Thames21
is looking for local people to volunteer at a clean up event on the River
Cray in Bexley on Saturday November 25 ..read
more>>
THAMES21 SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR CLEAN UP IN CATFORD
Posted Friday 13 October- Leading waterways charity Thames21
is urging local people to volunteer at a clean up event on the River Pool
in Catford on Sunday October 29th..read more>>
THAMES21 TO BOOST BIODIVERSITY ON TIDAL THAMES
Posted Friday 13 October- Thames21 has received £92,137
from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to increase wildlife habitats
on the River Thames in London....read more>>
THAMES21 TO CREATE 'BREATHING PLACE' IN HACKNEY
Posted Wednesday 11 October - Thames21 is delighted to announce
receipt of £10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to create a 'breathing
place' on the Regents Canal in Hackney.foreshore....read
more>>
GREENWICH MP BACKS THAMES21'S CLEANER WATERWAYS
CHALLENGE
Posted Monday 9 October MP for Greenwich and Woolwich Nick
Raynsford will join Thames21 and local volunteers to clear litter from
the Thames foreshore....read more>>
COMPANIES SET TO RACE FOR THAMES21 IN GREAT
RIVER RACE 06
Posted Monday 21 August -- The Legal & General Company PLC,
McGraw Hill and The Savoy - A Fairmont Hotel are preparing to race for
Thames21 in the Great River Race 2006, Europe's most prestigious traditional
boat race. ...read more>>
CLEANER THAMES CHALLENGE- VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY
NEEDED
Posted Thursday 17 August -- Thames21 is looking for volunteers
to join a major clean up of the Isle of Dogs over 5 days in September....read
more>>
JOIN THAMES21 RIVERKEEPERS FOR THAMESMEAD CANAL
CLEAN
Posted Thursday 17 August -- Volunteers needed for a canal clean
up in Thamesmead on Saturday 16 August....read
more>>
FANTASTIC FUNDRAISERS TO CYCLE THE THAMES
Posted Thursday 17 August -- A London couple will cycle the Thames
from source to sea to raise money for Thames21....read
more>>
FREE ANGLING TO MARK NATIONAL FISHING WEEK
Posted Monday 7 August-- Thames21 offer free angling across London
during National Fishing Week....read
more>>
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THAMESMEAD CANAL CLEAN
UP
Posted Tuesday 25 July-- Environmental charity Thames21 is calling
on local people to take action to reduce litter on Saturday 29 July. ....read
more>>
TOWER HAMLET'S YOUTH TEAM WIN SILVER MEDAL
Posted Friday 14 July -- The Tower Hamlet's team took the London
Youth Games by storm when they won silver in a tense contest at Crystal
Palace Lake on July 9.. ....read more>>
CITYSLICKERS SWAP SPREADSHEETS FOR LITTER PICKERS
Posted Thursday 13 July-- Mellon Financial Corporation will be
taking part in a clean up on the Thames in central London for the fourth
year as part of their activities as a Thames21 Adopt-A-River Group. ....read
more>>
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SLOUGH CANAL CLEAN UP
Posted Thursday 13 July-- Environmental charity Thames21 is calling
on local people to help clean and green the Slough Arm of the Grand Union
Canal with community partner Friends of Slough Canal on Saturday July
15. ....read more>>
GSK TO HELP SPRUCE UP HOUNSLOW CANAL
Posted Thursday 13 July-- Up to 30 volunteers from GlaxoSmithKline
will join forces with environmental charity Thames21 to clean up the Grand
Union Canal in Hounslow, West London on Thursday 20th July. ....read
more>>
UNEARTH THE SECRETS OF TOWER BEACH
Posted Monday 3 July -- Explore Tower Beach when the Tower of London
celebrates National Archaeology Weekend on Saturday July 15 and Sunday
July 16 with environmental charity Thames21.....read
more>>
TIGHTLINES EVENTS CAST OFF
Posted Monday 3 July-- Environmental charity Thames21 casts off
an extensive programme of free angling coaching sessions in Hackney at
the East Lake in Victoria Park on Thursday 13 April from 10am until 3pm.....read
more>>
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CANAL CLEAN IN THAMESMEAD
Posted Wednesday 14 June -- London based charity Thames21 is inviting
residents, anglers and community groups to help clean a section of the
Butts Canal in Thamesmead on Saturday 24 June, 11am - 3pm....read
more>>
MARK FIELD MP JOINS SAVOY GREEN TEAM AT CLEAN
UP
Posted Wednesday June 14 - The Savoy's second clean a big success.....read
more
VALIANT VOLUNTEERS TO CLEAN AND GREEN THAMES
Posted Wednesday 14 June - Minister for London Jim Fitzpatrick
MP and 100 volunteers from the Department for Communities and Local Government
(DCLG) and Government Office for London (GOL), will join forces with environmental
charity Thames21 and facilities management provider MITIE to clean a stretch
of the Thames foreshore on Thursday June 15th...read
more>>
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