The Thames21 Plasticblitz!

Letcombe Brook Project

We are a small charity that works with local community volunteers to look after out Oxfordshire chalk stream, it’s in the Ock Catchment (River Ock is a tributary of the Thames). Based in Wantage we regularly do litter picks to keep our river beautiful for wildlife and people.

Cycle Confident

We are Cycle Confident, London’s largest cycle training provider. We believe passionately in the power of cycling to improve peoples’ lives and promote the clean up of the planet as a whole. We are very invested in London’s environment - the air, the green spaces, the waterways - and we’re massively up for getting our hands dirty in the service of getting the rivers clean!

The Wetland Warriors

The Phoenix Project is a community group that runs youth activities for young people. Within the project a group of young people have come together and created their own sub group... the Wetland Warriors. This group, supported by adults, will support this project.

Marlow Wombles

Marlow Wombles is a local Volunteer group that not only picks up litter but seeks to work with other groups locally to educate others (especially children) to the dangers of litter. We are active with other local groups collaborating on local events.

Metis NRP

Metis Consultants are based in Richmond and are an environmental engineering consultancy that delivers multiple civil and environmental engineering projects across London and beyond to time and budget. NRP are based in southeast London and offer a multi-disciplinary service across building, highways and infrastructure and transportation sectors.

Rivers & People Project

The Rivers & People volunteer group, is a regular river volunteering group within the London Borough of Lewisham. The volunteers meet every Tuesday and do a variety of volunteering activities, including guided walks and wades along the Ravensbourne, Pool and Quaggy rivers, natural history workshops, practical conservation sessions for biodiversity and amenity benefit, and occasional river clean-ups to remove unwanted debris and invasive species.

Dagenham Brook Action Group

The Action Group is a loose grouping of four groups who wish to improve the Dagenham Brook which runs through the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The brook runs through two parks and behind a number of gardens along its route. We have been undertaking litter picks along the Brook for about four years and our aim is this year to start making some physical improvements to the environment. We have over the past four years removed hundreds of bags of litter as well as flytipping and it is noticeable how much is plastic waste ranging from bottles to wet wipes. We hope that our participation will bring to the notice of more people the issue that is plastic waste.

The Pymmes Brookers

We are a community group committed to improving the health of the Pymmes and Salmons Brooks in North London. We lobby for wetlands and run RAG clean ups and participate in Riverfly monitoring. Reducing the amount of plastics in all the UK's rivers is important to us.

Rotary Club of Henley on Thames

The Rotary Club of Henley on Thames have run river litter clean-up before togther with local green Groups and Youth Groups like the Sea Cdaets and Rowing Clubs.

The Sydney Russell School

Within The Sydney Russell School we run an Environment Group. It is made up of students from every year group, from EYFS to Year 13. These students are passionate about trying to improve our environment and push issues such as plastic pollution, recycling and making our world a more sustainable place to live.

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) is a local government organisation. The Natural Environment Team within RBWM would like to coordinate a Plasticblitz in the Borough, calling on individuals and community groups to run their own smaller litter picks. We are taking part in the Plasticblitz to improve the quality of our waterbodies and surrounding areas, to engage more members of the community with ecological conservation and to complete part of our Biodiversity Action Plan.

Slough Anti-Litter Society & Jubilee Riverside Centre

More than two million pieces of litter are dropped in the UK every day, causing harm to nature and wildlife. Slough is no exception so in March this year two Slough residents said “Enough is enough” and took the matter into their own hands by creating the Slough Anti-Litter Society. With a clear mission to ‘be the change they want to see in Slough' they organise and attend litter-picking events.

Wild Eton Wick

Formed in August 2019 with the aspiration of protecting our natural environment and representing environmentally concerned residents of the Parish in Borough-wide conservations and empowering action at home to enhance biodiversity.  The team of Wild Eton Wick are guardians of many of the open spaces within the village, encouraging a biodiverse positive approach to green and blue infrastructure and looking to build more awareness of the battles we need to face to reduce the effect of Climate Change.

Thames Landscape Strategy

The Thames Landscape Strategy (TLS) is a 100 year plan to conserve, promote and enhance the remarkable River Thames between Weybridge and Kew. Formed in 1994, the TLS is a document and a partnership organisation of 12 local and statutory landowners and authorities as well as over 100 local community groups. The TLS designs and delivers projects along the banks of the Arcadian Thames (as this area is otherwise known as), including habitat management, parks restoration, historical and environmental projects, community engagement, volunteer events, and rewilding schemes. The Arcadian Thames is home to nationally important habitats and historic parks and gardens. This concentration of beautiful green spaces is thanks to the rich history of this part of the world, this “Arcadia”, and the dynamic River Thames that runs through it. For more information about the Thames Landscape Strategy and the Arcadia Thames please visit our website or find us on Facebook.

 https://thames-landscape-strategy.org.uk/ 

Newbury Rotary Club

We are 8 members of Newbury Rotary Club who have decided to do a litter clean near to the River Lambourne and the Kennet and Avon as described below. It is something of a pilot project for us. Based on our experience we may do future cleanup projects perhaps including Youth or other groups. I have liaised with ARK (Action River Kennet) to pick the location and we are seeking help from West Berkshire Council for loan of litter picking equipment.

Wantage and Grove Rotary Club

The Rotary Club of Wantage and Grove

Abingdon Cuts Plastic

Abingdon Cuts Plastic is part of the wider Community Group, Carbon Cutters. We are committed to reducing single-use plastic in our town and plastic pollution in the River Thames which runs through the town. Twice a year we team up with the local litter-picking group AbiBinit, and Kingfisher Canoe Club, for a river and riverbank clean-up. We have been granted "Plastic-free Community" status by Surfers Against Sewage. We're excited to be part of the Plasticblitz; we will have our clean-up on Saturday 24th September.

Chiltern Rangers CIC

We are a Community Interest Company based in High Wycombe who are all about getting the local community involved in looking after our natural spaces for wildlife and for people. Our depot is right next to the River Wye, a globally rare chalk-stream, and we are passionate about keeping it, along with many other habitats, as healthy an ecosystem as possible. One way is to get rid of as much litter as possible from this urban waterway, and we all know how bad plastic is for the environment so what better way than to get involved with the Thames and Tributaries Plasticblitz 2022!

Thames River Watch

Thames River Watch has set up clean ups and litter surveys to monitor the categories of litter collecting and to monitor the impact of plastics on the River Thames. We want to further determine the litter that is ending up on our river and work towards creating change. We welcome those from the age of 10 (with an adult) to come and join us at any of our events.

Watlington Climate Action & Environment Group

The Watlington Climate Action Group is a voluntary group which aims to help Watlington address the climate and ecological emergency. We raise awareness, create engagement and take action. We are taking part in the Plasticblitz jointly with the Watlington Environment Group (WEG). WEG have undertaken work parties to improve the chalk stream for many years.

Rotary Club of Windsor St. George

We are a Rotary Club based in Windsor. we were formed nearly 40 years ago and community projects are at the heart of what we do. This year, Rotary International created a seventh area of Focus, The Environment and pushing to tackle the Plastic Soup problem. In May this year, Rotary clubs in the Thames Valley launched a program to start clearing the Thames and its tributaries of plastic debris and hence reduce the possibility of it entering our oceans. Our club, combined with the Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton, carried out a reconnaissance exercise along the Windsor stretch of the Thames to establish how much of a problem, plastic waste is in our area, and what we need to plan for to be involved in the Plasticblitz project.

Rotary Club of Winnersh and Binfield

Rotary Club of Burnham Beaches

Rotary Club of Brentwood

Rotary Club of Loddon Vale

The Rotary Club of Loddon Vale comprises 30 male & female members and also has 2 Interact Clubs at The Piggott School in Wargrave and Waingels College in Woodley and we envisage members from these groups getting involved in this project. It is our intention to also work with Winnersh & Binfield Rotary Club and possibly with Reading Maiden Erlegh Rotary Club. We have already conducted events in our community to raise awareness pf the Thames Cleanup and have obtained contact names and contact details from people who've expressed an interest in getting involved in the Thames Cleanup. We're keen to know the process envisaged by the Plasticblitz team so that we can play our full part in the project.

Rotary Club of Wokingham

Linking with friends of the Emm brook, to organise via social media a clean up of the verges of the brook. Anticipate 6 groups of 6, directed & supervised by a Rotarian.

Rotary Clubs of Marlow & the Sea Cadets

Marlow Sea Cadets, along with 400 other units in the UK, is affiliated to our national organisation the Marine Society and the Sea Cadets and is a stand alone registered charity. The aims of the Sea Cadets are to develop young boys and girls in an inclusive environment to achieve their full potential, to have respect for themselves and other, the community and the environment they live in. All our training is based on the traditions of the Royal Navy. The plastic waste collection is important as it will also contribute to the Cadets achieving their Sea Cadet Community Awards.

Rotary Club of Thame and District

We are #Rotary Phoenix Thame and District, #peopleofaction, a progressive project focused Rotary Club. Our members live in Thame, Oxfordshire and neighbouring villages in Oxon and Bucks. We have worked with Thame Wombles earlier in May 2022 to clear Scotgrove Stream, a tributary of River Thame. The area by Thame Services, Travelodge and Esso petrol station was a notorious dumping ground till 1 year ago. The area has been cleared of dead wood which was causing flooding every winter. The river flows clearly now. At least one Thame Wombles volunteer clears the area of rubbish every week. By getting involved in Plasticblitz we want to measure the impact of the work Thame Wombles and Rotary Phoenix have carried out. Bookmark us on www.thame.rotary1090.org Like us on www.facebook.com/thamerotary Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thame.rotary/ 

River Roding Trust

A Trust focused on a vision for the River Roding.

Staines Rotary Club

Staines Rotary is a charity supporting the community come together in order to tackle local issues

Rotary of Reading Abbey

Hi! We are another local Rotary Club based along the Thames in Reading/Caversham. As climate change & the environment are very much at the forefront these days, we have created an Environment team to assist tackle issues and resolve in our local environment. We have the River Thames, Local meadows, Play grounds, sporting areas and some local nature reserves which with increased footfall is becoming more affected by human interference. We'd like to make an impact, small but mighty!

Crossness River Action Group

The Crossness River Action Group is a new group formed to tackle the plastic pollution on the foreshore at Crossness in Thamesmead SE28. This is our inaugural litter pick at a newly approved PLA location so join us to make history!

Langley & Iver Rotary Club

Our Rotary Club is small but wants to help clean up the environment. We enjoy volunteering and aim to have fun while doing so.

Abingdon Rotary Club and Abingdon Vesper Rotary Club

We are joining in with Team Abingdon who are comprised of AbiBinit, Plastic Free Abingdon, Abingdon Green Forum, Kingfisher Canoe Club and Surfers against Sewage. AbiBinit are taking the lead and organising the event

Bourne End & Cookham Rotary Club with LitterBlitz

Rotary Club of Bourne End and Cookham will be working closely with Bourne End's own environmental group LitterBlitz.

Burford & Kingham Rotary Club

We are a small group however our plan is to clear a section of the River Windrush through Burford oxfordshire. We are looking forward to the challenge.

Rotary Club of Pangbourne

We are a local Rotary Club passionate about the environment and we are joining with the Reading Abbey club to blitz plastic!

SPRAT London litter pick

A group of colleagues working in Westminster who try to organise semi-regular litter picks in the area.

Waterlink Way of Life and Friends of the River Pool

The WLWL is a group dedicated to building community participation in looking after the River Pool Linear Park. The Friends of the River Pool work on rewilding the River Pool . We are holding a community ity day on the 25th of September which will end with a litter pick in the park and river. We intend to include plasticblitz as part of the litter pick.

The Rotary Club of Reading

The Rotary Club of Reading environmental group and friends

Oxford North Rotary Club

Oxford North Rotary Club is one of two Rotary clubs in Oxford. Part of our ethos and purpose is to serve the local community in any way we feel appropriate. Plasticblitz is therefore a very suitable activity for us to participate in. We are based at the Cotswold Lodge Hotel in Banbury Road, Oxford, principally because that is the venue for our weekly lunch meetings.

Pinner Rotary Club

Pinner Rotary Club, in the London Borough of Harrow are keen to help cleaning up the streams around Pinner that eventually end up in The Thames.

Nature Conservation Volunteers Redbridge

The group is led by the Nature Conservation Rangers who work for Vision RCL, managing parks and open spaces on behalf of the London Borough of Redbridge. The Nature Conservation Rangers are focused on protecting and improving our natural open spaces for Wildlife.

RSPB Greener Thames

RSPB Greener Thames project is funded by the Green Recovery Challenge Fund working towards improving the estuary’s range of habitats, increasing biodiversity, engaging and inspiring local communities and creating new jobs. The project aims to connect with the community to get involved with regular litter picks alongside the RSPB Rainham Marshes nature reserve in Purfleet in Thames. We plan to upcycle some of the plastic collected into an art project that can be displayed don the nature reserve to provide education around plastic pollution.

Environment Agency Operations Field Teams

The Operations Field Teams primary function is to help reduce flood risk to communities and improve the environment.

This can be by undertaking maintenance works, responding to reported issues, aiding in habitat improvement projects or erecting temporary barriers and operating flood defences during a flood event.

In the Thames Area we cover the River Thames and several large catchments that feed into it, stretching from the Cotswolds right down to Surrey and the outskirts of London.