The Rivers Trust

Cycling 54miles up and down hills might not be the most idyllic way to spend your Sunday but knowing you’re doing it for a good cause and seeing benefits of your support whilst at this year's London to Brighton cycle ride, might ease the pain a little. That’s why we’ve…

Four out of five rivers in England and Wales are not considered healthy. The UK Government has committed to transfer all environmental protections from the EU. We want to make sure that these protections are not weakened in this process and that urgent action is taken so that we can…

Healthy Rivers Trust and Mersey Basin Rivers Trust are given green light for a merger to form Mersey Rivers Trust. Two well-known local river charities, Healthy Rivers Trust and the Mersey Basin Rivers Trust, have been given the green light to launch a new rivers trust, to be formally known as…

Salmon are spawning along the River Burn in North Yorkshire for the first time in 100 years thanks to the UK’s largest port operator, ABP. In March 2016, ABP funded a project to remove a weir which had become a significant barrier to the upstream passage of migrating fish. The…

South Cumbria Rivers Trust and Coniston & Crake Catchment Partnership awarded National Lottery support South Cumbria Rivers Trust has received confirmation of a grant of £763,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to manage the Conserving Coniston & Crake project for the local community’s Coniston & Crake Catchment Partnership. Thanks…