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Arlin Rickard

Founder of Rivers Trust movement honoured by the Queen

  • Rebecca Duncan
Arlin Rickard, who founded the Westcountry Rivers Trust in 1994, and then went on to lead the Association of Rivers Trusts (now The Rivers Trust) for 15 years, has been awarded a richly deserved OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. 

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COVID pandemic fails to slow the flow of the Rivers Trust movement

  • Rebecca Duncan
2020 proved an outstanding year for the Rivers Trust movement, as we publish our review of the year this week. Despite some setbacks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many environmental improvements were still undertaken on a large scale.

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Press release: Peers add weight to campaign for healthy rivers, The Rivers Trust responds

  • Rebecca Duncan
Yesterday saw unprecedented levels of support in the House of Lords for the building campaign for clean and healthy rivers with the first reading of the Duke of Wellington’s Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill and the second reading of the Environment Bill.

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Water Saving Week: New Water for Tomorrow project to increase resilience of water stressed areas of England and France

  • Rebecca Duncan
This week we’ve launched Water for Tomorrow, a new €4m cross-border project that will help to improve how local areas mitigate and adapt to the threats of increased future water scarcity and drought in England and France.

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Protecting peat

  • Emily Cooper
The Source to Tap team was enthused to see the UK government making a serious commitment to peatland restoration as part of its amendment to the Environment Bill. As the world slowly wakes up to the importance of preserving and restoring peatland, the island of Ireland will be firmly in the spotlight.

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New Development Manager appointed to grow the Rivers Trust Movement and open up new opportunities in Ireland

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Rivers Trust has recently welcomed Constanze O’Toole to the team as Ireland Development Manager, a new centrally funded role dedicated to supporting existing and emerging local rivers Trusts in Ireland and the border counties in Northern Ireland. This is the first direct appointment to The Rivers Trust in Ireland.

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Mental Health Awareness Week: People and nature can heal each other

  • Rebecca Duncan
It’s no surprise that, at The Rivers Trust, we are big believers in the power of nature to reduce stress or anxiety and improve mental wellbeing. Getting outside and being in green and blue spaces has been a lifeline for many of us, particularly over the past year or so. 

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The Wild Dart Swim: Just Breathe

  • Emily Cooper
Michelle Walker, our Deputy Technical Director, is currently in the midst of training for the Wild Dart swim. Follow Michelle’s journey in this new blog series, written by her as she braves the cold water in preparation for this mammoth wild swim.

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Unlocking the Severn

Rambling about Rivers Ep 11: Unlocking the Severn

  • Emily Cooper
The latest episode of Rambling About Rivers is all about the return of an iconic species to the River Severn.

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Press release: The Rivers Trust responds to amendments proposed to the Environment Bill, announced by Defra today

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Rivers Trust welcomes the proposed amendments to the Environment Bill announced by Defra today, which focus on tackling storm overflows and sewage pollution.

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