Coronavirus Plastic Pollution: what we can do about it
By Jo Pike – Communications Volunteer at Thames21 Jo Pike is our newest Thames21 volunteer, supporting the ever-busy comms department. She works part-time in a…
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Precious Thames saltmarsh bearing brunt of capital’s plastic tide, latest pollution data finds
Thames21 calls for tougher action on five key plastic items to tackle two-thirds of entire Thames plastic pollution An analysis of citizen science surveys conducted…
Heritage Emergency Fund grant to help us reconnect Londoners with rivers
Thames21 has received a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help it to continue its work throughout and after London’s lockdown. The Heritage Emergency…
Thames21 receives vital COVID-19 funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation
Thames21 has received a grant for core funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation to enable it to continue its work during and after the COVID-19…
Lockdown River Resources
We know how much you love your rivers, and how much you’re missing them during lockdown. We’ve been regularly sharing inspiring river-related resources on Facebook, Twitter…
Thriving during lockdown: we’ll bring river inspiration to you
We know how much you love your rivers, and how much you’re missing them during this lockdown. Suddenly everyone is appreciating our blue-green spaces like…
Coronavirus update: Thames21 statement
Thames21 statement 26 March 2020 The safety, health and wellbeing of the public, our volunteers and our staff are of paramount importance to…
More than 27 000 single-use plastic bottles removed from the Thames in past 12 months
Environmental groups call for action following Thames21’s Big Bottle Count Date of release: 28 October 2019 London’s largest mass census of river plastic, the annual…
Regatta London cancellation highlights pressures facing the river Thames
Adverse weather conditions forced Regatta London organisers last week to cancel the UK’s first mass paddlesports event, meant to take place last Sunday 29 September….
Call to rewild 100km of London’s rivers to help the city adapt to climate change
Press Release LONDON RIVERS WEEK 2019: Saturday 25 May – Sunday 2 June London, UK – 15 May 2019: London is the most vulnerable city in western…