Volunteers get Ed McKeever Fever
Last Friday, Big Waterways Clean Up 2012 volunteers took to the water in a canoe clean-up of the Lea Navigation at Bow Lock. The volunteers…
Big Waterways Clean Up 2012
A volunteer’s journey
When I first joined the Thames21 as an intern on the Big Waterways Clean Up 2012 campaign, I was unaware of the variety and magnitude…
A Cleaner Thames after the Challenge
The River Thames is now lighter by 8 tonnes of litter following the immense effort of volunteers over the weekend. Despite wet and misty conditions,…
Take the Cleaner Thames Challenge this October
As the summer draws to a close, Thames21 is again gearing up for an annual mass clean up effort on the Thames. Each Autumn, we…
Six months to remember – the journey so far.
Ben Fenton Big Waterways Clean Up 2012 Coordinator What a fantastic six months, I have met so many great people. It has been by far…
Let the Games begin
All eyes will be on East London tonight when the world tunes in to watch the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony. With the Torch at…
Photography Competition winner announced!
As part of the Big Waterways Clean Up 2012, we put out a call for ‘the best images of the waterways of the Olympic host boroughs’,…
3 weeks until London 2012, 21 days left to take part in the Big Waterways Clean Up 2012!
Launched by British Olympic squad rower Mark Hunter in February, the Big Waterways Clean Up 2012 has already seen volunteers donate over 2000 hours of…
Capture the Olympic waterways
Annual photography competition, win a £50 Amazon voucher ‘The waterways of the Olympic Host Boroughs’ Have your photo featured in an East London Exhibition Closing…
Litterfree Jubilee: News from the foreshore
Despite the distinctly un-summer-like weather, nearly 100 volunteers gathered on the Thames foreshore for our first June event, to help prepare the Thames for the…