@Thames21

💧Thames21 works to transform London and the Thames Basin into a healthier, more climate-resilient region with rivers that everyone can enjoy.💧

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What do we want? Clean rivers. When do we want it now? @MarchforWater
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🏡 Earlier this week, World Habitat Day was marked, reminding us that everyone deserves a healthy place to call home. Healthy rivers are part of that. The Thames and its tributaries support wildlife and give communities space to connect with nature. 🌿🧵⬇️
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There are solutions, but we need action. 💧 Water companies must invest more in infrastructure. ⚖️ Regulators must hold them to account. 🏛️ Government must introduce stronger laws to improve water quality and protect the health of our rivers.⬇️
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Communities can also play a vital role by joining our volunteers and helping to protect and restore their local rivers for people and wildlife. Join Thames21's army of volunteers and take part in one of our community events here: thames21.org.uk/events/
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📍Bexley community, volunteer with us at Thames Road Wetland! 🌾Thames Road Wetland sits within the Green Belt and is a designated Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. Join us on the 16th Oct and help care for this unique site! 🔗book.plinth.org.uk/e/0WCJmk9…
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Want to get hands-on and help protect the Thames? Join us on the foreshore by Hammersmith Bridge for our Autumn Big Wet Wipe Count, where we’ll be counting sewage-based wet wipes and gathering important evidence about pollution in our river. 🧵⬇️
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But there’s still plenty of work to do. 🧤 Manufacturers need to provide genuinely plastic-free alternatives. 💧 Water companies must keep investing in sewage infrastructure, reduce reliance on sewage overflows and install more screens to stop wet wipes entering our rivers.⬇️
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🚮 Consumers need to dispose of non-plastic wet wipes properly — bin it, don’t flush it!
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➡️Don't miss out, come along on Sunday, 11th October to Hammersmith and help us monitor wet wipes accumulating on the Thames foreshore. 🔎We're looking for volunteers to continue these surveys to help assess the Tideway tunnel's impact. 🔗book.plinth.org.uk/e/6acz6Ov… #thames21
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UK Black History Month starts today. This Black History Month, we want to highlight the often-unexplored relationship between Black people and the River Thames, while updating our 2025 article. thames21.org.uk/2026/10/blac…
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Look and you will find. 👀 It’s amazing what wildlife can be spotted in urban river environments. Can you spot the moorhen here? 🧵⬇️
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None of the city’s rivers are in good health, and the region faces increasing challenges from climate change, nature loss and rising social inequality. But solutions exist, and together we can make a difference. ⬇️
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Come and join us in helping to protect your local river. Part of the local community? Please check out our community volunteering events via our events page on our website here: thames21.org.uk/events/
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Get active and connect with nature at Thames Road Wetland!🌾 ➡️Join our next volunteering day on the 16th Oct. We’ll be carrying out vegetation management tasks to improve habitat for the unique species that call the wetland home. 🔗book.plinth.org.uk/e/0WCJmk9… #thames21
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📣We have few spaces left for our volunteer sessions on the River Beck next week! 🗓️Join us on the 7th and 8th of Oct and get stuck in activities such as dead hedging, installing in-channel deflectors and removing invasive vegetation. 🔗book.plinth.org.uk/e/QecMzFy…
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📣It’s almost time for our second Big Wet Wipe Count of 2026! 🗓️Join us on Sunday, 11th October in Hammersmith to help us monitor wet wipes accumulating on the Thames foreshore. 🔗book.plinth.org.uk/e/6acz6Ov…
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🍂Our volunteer events at Oxleas Woods, in Greenwich, are back for the new season. 🗓️There will be three sessions next week: on 29th & 30th Sep, and on 1st Oct. Get active, meet new people and help us boost local biodiversity! book.plinth.org.uk/e/9TPs7t5…
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