Last chance approaching…
📸The London Rivers Week Photography Comp 2026 is open for entries.
🪴Showcase London’s rivers: nature, wildlife, and people enjoying blue spaces.
📷 Deadline: 1 May
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Thanks so much for your brilliant help. You guys rock. Please come again. ☺️
We will continue monitoring the Thames foreshore for sewage-related wet wipes and push for change.
Water firms must speed up their investment in sewage infrastructure, plastic firms must turn the tables on the system and the gov't need to introduce laws to help the environment. Consumers must also be mindful of their choices.⬇️
Of course, prevention is better than cure and the work isn’t over. We still want to see broader systemic change to tackle the problem of plastics entering the environment through sewage-based wet wipes and other sanitary waste.⬇️
This ban, set to come into force in spring 2027, is a crucial step in protecting the health of our rivers by reducing the introduction of microplastics into the environment.⬇️
Last year, the government officially passed legislation banning the sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastic in England - a huge victory for our volunteers, partners, and team.⬇️
Special thanks to @westlondonwelcome.bsky.social sky.social and @londonportauth.bsky.social.⬇️
Thank you to all the volunteers that showed up to our Big Wet Wipe Count today. You all did a fantastic job sprucing up the Thames foreshore by Hammersmith Bridge today. Plenty of sewage-based wet wipes here. 🧵
London Rivers Week Photography Competition 2026 is OPEN 📸
Capture the beauty of London’s rivers - from quiet natural moments to urban wildlife and community scenes.
⏰ Entry closes 1 May
🏆 Prizes include a FUJIFILM X half camera + other prizes.
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Think you’ve got an eye for a great shot? 📸 You don’t need to be James Balfour to enter...
The London Rivers Week Photography Competition 2026 is OPEN.
⏰ Deadline: 1 May
🌿 Capture riverside moments, wildlife or community life
🏆 Win camera
➡️https://ow.ly/rJGo50YLhM4
Find out more about how we work with communities to protect and restore our local rivers for the benefit of both wildlife and people here: www.thames21.org.uk/.../london-r...
🫱🏿🫲🏻Thames21 works with local communities to transform London and the Thames Basin into a healthier, more climate-resilient region, with rivers that everyone can enjoy. ⬇️
🌊Clean, healthy rivers are essential for biodiversity and for the wellbeing of our wider environment. That’s why it is so important to prevent pollution from entering our waterways and to strengthen the resilience of our rivers in the face of climate change.
🪿Hello April!🪿
🦭The River Thames and its tributaries support a remarkable diversity of wildlife, as shown in the video below. This includes geese, swans, cormorants, seals, and flounder - each of which depends on a healthy, functioning river ecosystem to survive and thrive.🦭🧵⬇️
Celebrate London Rivers Week and Mama Osun with us on the 31st May at St. Mary's Church in Battersea. 🎊
🚮🌻We’ll carry out a litter pick in the foreshore, put together a communal offering of the dainties she adores.
🔗https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/zeRTjrbPrLl5o4AbxJGv
#thames21 #londonriversweek2026
The Big Wet Wipe Count is back! 🌊
🗓️Join us on the north side of Hammersmith Bridge on 19th April as we continue our efforts to monitor the foreshore.
📉Help us assess the new Thames Tideway tunnel's impact!
book.plinth.org.uk/e/GGZuFXnftE...
The management team at #ThamesRdWetland @thames21.bsky.social do not have fires at this important Metropolitan Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. If you're passing by on Thames Rd/River Cray By-way 105 and see a fire, it's ARSON. Please ring Police / Fire Brigade. THANKS.
Join us for the online launch event on 22 April, 10:00 am–12:00 pm, to see the tool in action and learn more.
Reserve a spot here: shorturl.at/ahDvk
We are launching our collaborative Source to Stream web tool on 22 April. This tool integrates assessments of agricultural and road runoff pollution risks to rivers across the upper Thames catchment, helping to identify pollution sources and guide effective interventions.⬇️
If you’re interested in understanding where agricultural pollution originates from in specific catchments and how to prioritise solutions, we have exciting news!⬇️
Agriculture is a major contributor to river pollution in the UK, alongside sewage discharges from water firms and chemical runoff from roads and other urban sources. Protecting river health requires tackling all of these pressures. The first step is to stop pollution at source.🧵⬇️
London Rivers Week is back this May half term (Saturday 23rd May to Sunday 31st May 2026) and we’re inviting the local community to get involved! Celebrate LRW with a FREE fun, creative family day by the River Wandle!
🎪 Sun 31st May. 10am-12pm.
Please book here: book.plinth.org.uk/e/2FqmJctSXa...
Looking for a film that will inspire you to take action and protect our rivers? Look no further. Jo in the Water is a powerful new documentary following one woman’s fight to save our rivers, lakes, and seas.⬇️
Join us for the online launch event on 22 April, 10:00 am–12:00 pm, to see the tool in action and learn more.
Reserve a spot here: shorturl.at/ahDvk
We are launching our collaborative Source to Stream web tool on 22 April. This tool integrates assessments of agricultural and road runoff pollution risks to rivers across the upper Thames catchment, helping to identify pollution sources and guide effective interventions.⬇️
If you’re interested in understanding where agricultural pollution originates from in specific catchments and how to prioritise solutions, we have exciting news!⬇️
Agriculture is a major contributor to river pollution in the UK, alongside sewage discharges from water companies and chemical runoff from roads and other urban sources. Protecting river health requires tackling all of these pressures. The first step is to stop pollution at source.🧵⬇️
💙 Photographers, this is your moment! The London Rivers Week Photo Comp 2026 is now open, and it’s your opportunity to showcase your creativity.
🌿 Show the importance of your blue/green spaces through your lens.
🏆 Win prizes Enter here: shorturl.at/qGNs1
📷Sylvie Belbouab
💙 Are you the next James Balfour? The London Rivers Week Photography Competition 2026 is now open, and it’s your opportunity to showcase your creativity.
🌿 Showcase the beauty and importance of your local environment through your lens.
🏆 Win prizes
Enter here: shorturl.at/qGNs1
📷Sylvie Belbouab
