5p plastic bag charge comes to England
Anyone who has ever joined a Thames21 river cleanup will be all too familiar with our frustration with single use carrier bags. This plastic waste…
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EXPLORER CHALLENGES LONDON: ‘DO THE RIGHT THING’ AND LOOK AFTER THE THAMES
30 September 2015 EXPLORER CHALLENGES LONDON: ‘DO THE RIGHT THING’ AND LOOK AFTER THE THAMES International explorer Paul Rose and campaign partners have joined environment…
New reed bed helping to improve water quality on the Salmons Brook
Our latest work in Grovelands Park is helping to improve the water quality of Grovelands Park Lake by naturally slowing down and treating water from…
Thames21 Tasters in Ealing, Barnet and Brent
Eight ‘taster sessions’ have taken place over the last three weeks, which have encouraged new volunteers to get involved with Thames21 and discover waterways close…
3Rivers Clean-Up 2015
The 3 Rivers clean up is an annual, 3 week long opportunity for volunteering in the Ravensbourne catchment. This year around 300 volunteers took part in…
Love the Lea Festival 2015
Celebrating the wonderful rivers of the Lea Valley The Love the Lea Festival returns for a second year with another great line up of music,…
Paul’s Thames Path National Trail
We would like to thank and congratulate Paul Howard who has successfully completed the Thames Path National Trail to raise money for Thames21. The trail is 184…
Volunteers take on the Brent Reservoir
At the beginning of the year, fed up of seeing litter and fed up of nothing been done about it, I had a veritable light…
Only Rain Down the Drain
Drain marking is a great way of spreading the word that our street drains lead straight to our local rivers. Road drains were designed to…
Thames21 celebrates the story of local commitment to the rivers of South East London
A series of practical and celebratory events mark volunteer commitment to the protection of the rivers in South East London. Leading London waterway charity Thames21…