Community river action UK
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| Location | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 54° 42' 8.48" N, 3° 16' 35.67" W |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of UK community agency networks (CANs) and community groups activism to restore and enhance the health of our rivers.
News
‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers, theguardian.com (Feb 09, 2026) - Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade, theguardian.com (Dec 30, 2025)
- The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye, theconversation.com (Oct 22, 2025)
- Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 12, 2026)
- World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy” UN Scientists Formally Define New Post-Crisis Reality for Billions, unu.edu (Jan 20, 2026)
- South Sudanese community fights to save land from relentless flooding worsened by climate change, apnews.com (Dec 14, 2025)
Networks, river groups and support organisations
- Friends of the Upper Wye, "Our long-term goal is to restore the ecological health of the river for local communities, for visitors to the region and for all the invertebrates, fish, mammals and birds that also call it home. We will pursue all means to make the Wye a clean river, properly protected, so that it can be enjoyed for generations to come."
- Citizen Science Groups, Wye Catchment Partnership, wyeuskfoundation.org
- Windrush Against Sewage Pollution
- Eden Rivers Trust, environmental charity dedicated to improving and protecting the River Eden, its tributaries and lakes in the Eden Valley, Cumbria making it a better place for people and wildlife.
- Ilkley Clean River Group, campaigning to protect the River Wharfe from pollution
- Unlocking The Severn, conservation and river engagement project led by Canal & River Trust, and partners: the Severn Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency and Natural England. It is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the European Union LIFE Nature Programme...Press release, Jul 28, 2021, unlockingthesevern.co.uk, added 14:47, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
Organisations working with communities
The Rivers Trust (RT) is an environmental charity No. 1107144, and an umbrella organisation for 60 member trusts concerned with rivers in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. The Trust's headquarters are in Callington, Cornwall. The Rivers Trust along with its members work to protect, promote and enhance freshwater ecosystems for both people and wildlife.
- The Rivers Trust, "The Rivers Trust bring together the people, knowledge, data and intelligence to empower communities to take action and be part of the solution; ensuring rivers thrive."...Our core values at The Rivers Trust, theriverstrust.org.
- State of Our Rivers, theriverstrust.org
Video
Events
Apr 24 - 30, 2026 (Fri - Thu) — The Big River Watch, theriverstrust.org
Visions
- "France has 1,300 bathing lakes and rivers, proving that clean, swimmable rivers is an achievable goal."...positive.news, August 23, 2022
Community Action Projects
- River clean ups
- River Keepers, information from bioregion.org.uk (South Devon / Plymouth)
- Citizen Science
Citizen science refers to the involvement, participation and engagement of citizens in local or online (cosmolocal) scientific work relevant to the citizens' interests, usually as a hobby, often as a passion.
Resources
How to's
- River rescue kit by River Action, How to make the most impact, kit.riveractionuk.com added 17:50, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
Advice
- River Restoration Centre, "national expert advice centre for best practice river restoration, habitat enhancement and catchment management."
Information from gov.uk
Campaigns
- River Action UK, campaigning body committed to addressing the severe problem of river pollution, added 12:40, 18 February 2021 (UTC),
- Nature Based Solutions from riveractionuk.com
- River Action newsroom, riveractionuk.com
- Video: River Action UK on youtube.com
See also: Climate action UK, Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle UK, Urban sustainability UK
local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
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| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2023–2026). "Community river action UK". Appropedia. Retrieved February 26, 2026. |