Funded by the Greggs Foundation, The Rivers Trust is managing a newly established Community Urban River Regeneration Fund. Under the Fund four individual Rivers Trusts (Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust, Trent Rivers Trust, Severn Rivers Trust and Thames21) are running educational and community-based environmental projects, focused upon urban rivers. Each project…
Carbon Connects is a €4.5 million, 4-year project funded by Interreg North West Europe that aims to reduce the carbon emissions and enhance carbon sequestration of degraded and mismanaged peatlands across North Western Europe. The project has 16 partners from Government, business, research and landowners’ groups spread across the Netherlands,…
Salmon are at risk from environmental change and human activities across the Northern Hemisphere. The epic migrations of salmon through rivers and oceans take them across borders, languages, cultures and economies. Saving these beautiful and influential creatures requires a uniquely large-scale solution. The International Year of the Salmon sets out…
We have set up a new Water Stewardship Service to help businesses work together to deliver sustainable solutions for water. The Water Stewardship Service enables businesses to work effectively with the 108 catchment partnerships to implement on the ground activities that contribute to the sustainability of both the water environment…
The Community Challenge Fund 2017-18 was set up by The Rivers Trust and the Greggs Foundation to support the delivery of environmental education projects for local communities based in and around rivers. The Community Challenge Fund was established by The Rivers Trust and the Greggs Foundation, in 2016, to support the…
Source to Tap is an innovative and exciting, cross-border partnership project and aims to develop sustainable catchment-scale solutions for the protection of rivers and lakes. Source to Tap will focus on the River Erne and the River Derg Catchments which cross the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. The project…
The Rivers Trust, WWF and Coca-Cola Foundation are working together with Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) partners to deliver three water management projects, between now and September 2018, to replenish water in the Thames and South East River Basins, for the benefit of both people and wildlife. Funded as part of…
Your Fisheries will provide a common web-based planning system that brings together evidence and knowledge from a range of different sources, to inform catchment specific fisheries reports. The project is a catchment initiative that we developed with support from the Environment Agency and Angling Trust. The programme has now entered…
78% of rivers in North West England are not considered healthy, and many solutions are found to be too expensive to implement. We are working with the Environment Agency, United Utilities, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Natural England to build capacity to protect and improve our water environment, now…
The Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) embeds collaborative working at a river catchment scale, to deliver cross-cutting improvements to our water environment. Community partnerships, bringing local knowledge and expertise, are active in each of the 100+ Water Framework Directive catchments across England, including cross-border catchments in Wales and Scotland. More than…
Working in partnership with the National Flood Forum, we’re helping to lead a 3-year project to help increase the resilience of communities and infrastructure, against flood risk in the UK. FRAMES (Flood Resilient Areas by Multi-layEr Safety Approach) is a €8 million project with 50% co-finance from the European Regional…
Working with farmers and land managers to reduce diffuse pollution from agriculture. PINPOINT is a partnership initiative between The Rivers Trust and Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF). Pinpoint provides training and support to rivers trusts, CSF staff and other relevant organisations so that they, in turn, can provide good advice and…
Working with partners in the EU to develop sustainable solutions to soil and water related management challenges. The Topsoil project brings together partners from Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and the UK to explore and develop management solutions to a number of shared challenges across the North Sea Region. Challenges that…
Working with partners in the EU to enable effective stakeholder and community participation in water management. The WaterCoG project brings together partners from Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands and the UK to determine the benefits of a more collaborative (Co-Governance) approach to water management. Project partners will share knowledge on existing…
The Community Challenge Fund 2016-17 was set up by The Rivers Trust and the Greggs Foundation to support the delivery of environmental education projects for local communities based in and around rivers. Funded by the Greggs Foundation, through proceeds from the plastic carrier bag charge, funding has been awarded to…
Across Europe, our rivers are under threat from many pressures including pollution, taking too much water for homes and business and human modification. To tackle these threats and ensure our freshwater environment is healthy, it needs to be managed in a co-ordinated way that makes sense for the environment. WaterLIFE…
The Sustainable Eel Group partners undertook the Habitat Improvement Strategy for the European Eel, to help identify priority works in each River Basin District (RBD) that would benefit eel and offer the most potential for improvement of eel escapement in England and Wales. The study was intended to inform the…
Rivers, lakes and coastal waters are vital natural resources: they provide drinking water, crucial habitats for many different types of wildlife, and are an important resource for industry and recreation. Protecting and improving the environment is an important part of achieving sustainable development and is vital for the long-term health,…