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River Action
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River Action is a UK-based environmental campaigning body committed to rescuing Britain's rivers.

http://www.riveractionuk.com/
🏄 London Surf Film Festival 🏄

At this year’s London Surf Film Festival, film lovers experienced premieres of inspiring films about our waterways.

The River Action team had fun with attendees by using Water Company recipes to make fake toxic sludge. 💩

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November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
💻 ‘Hack the River’: Code for Clean Water 💻

@thames21.bsky.social's 'Hack the River' event brought together coders, designers and data experts to explore real river data from the Oxford Rivers Portal with the aim of developing creative, data-driven solutions for healthier waterways.

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November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
💩Pollution in Windermere: community action 💩

@leighday-enviro.bsky.social hosted a public meeting in Windermere, gathering residents and businesses to explore how potential legal action could support the community’s call for urgent change for Enland’s largest lake. 🧑‍⚖️

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November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🧪 Community testing in Corby 🧪

@earthwatcheurope.bsky.social led a community water-testing event in Corby with local MP, Lee Barron.

They investigated potential metal pollution in local waterways and gathered independent data to assess the impact of a former steelworks in Corby.

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November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📽️Jo in the Water Premiere 📽️

The premiere of 'Jo in the Water' celebrated sea-swimmer Jo Bateman’s courageous fight against sewage pollution.

The film shared her legal challenge against South West Water and inspired communities to take local action for cleaner, healthier waterways. 🌊

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November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🥳 Avon Fest 🥳

We are Avon hosted Avon Fest 2025, bringing together neighbours, activists and nature lovers to celebrate bioregional regeneration, share updates, and plan future river protection work for the River Avon. 💚

Find more about their work here 👉 weareavon.com

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November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🪧 Citizen UK SAR Demonstration🪧

London citizens held a powerful demonstration outside DEFRA, calling for Thames Water to be placed into a Special Administration Regime.

Protesters presented a giant cheque for £24 billion to represent the money that has been taken into private pockets since 1989. 🤑
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🥤 Mayors for a drinkable Thames 🥤

Drinkable Rivers brought together mayors, councillors and river guardians across the Thames watershed.

The event united community passion and local political influence to advance the shared goal of a future drinkable Thames. 😊

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November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🗞️ Community News – November 🗞️

Thank you to all our river heroes for November! 🦸

A huge thank you to everyone driving change for our rivers this month. 🙌

Here are some of the highlights 👇

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November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“I’m shocked. I feel like I’ve been lied to!”

Shoppers are speaking up about Red Tractor's greenwashing - but supermarkets aren’t listening.

✉️ We’ve sent 9,000 letters. 🚫They’ve sent zero replies

🔊💥 We need YOUR voice to turn up the volume.

👉 bit.ly/42G6YQV
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🆘 PETITION CALL: SAVE THE RIVER CHERWELL

@friendsofthethames.bsky.social have launched a petition calling on the government to take urgent action to contain & remove this hazardous waste before irreparable damage is done.

✍️ Sign the petition & demand action TODAY:
www.change.org/p/action-aga...
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
An absolute joy to join @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social for the launch of 'Is a River Alive?'

He shared the story of his signing pen — filled with water from 108 waterways, including 102 collected during our March for Clean Water.

A powerful reminder of why rivers matter & why they need all of us. 💙
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🤯3.5 MILLION tonnes of #toxicsludge are being dumped on UK farmland

This isn’t recycling. It’s pollution, and water companies are cashing in again.

They created this toxic sludge. Now they must pay to clean up their mess. 👇

✍️Sign the petition, TODAY act.gp/4nHfsAc
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Is your pet’s flea treatment harming your local river?

Shocking new research shows that many popular flea products are contaminating rivers across the UK.

It’s time for the industry to clean up its act, &you can help make it happen.. 🧵

riveractionuk.com/news/flea-tr...
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚫 For years, wet wipes have clogged sewers, fuelled fatbergs & choked our rivers.

Removing plastic wipes from shelves is progress — but a partial ban won’t fix the problem.

Plastic or not, wet wipes don’t belong in our waterways.

🗑️Bin the wipes; protect our rivers!

#RescueBritainsRivers
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🚨 SHOCKING 🚨

A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.

Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.

We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.

Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Are supermarkets listening? 👀

We exposed Red Tractor's greenwashing & urged supermarkets to demand REAL environmental standards on their products.

6,000+ shoppers have spoken. Still no response.

📢 Add your voice - tell them to #UpYourStandards!

upyourstandards.riveractionuk.com?utm_source=E...
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🪧 Last night, communities from across London came together outside @defrauk to share the real impact of Thames Water’s pollution crisis. 💷 💩

👇 We asked what they wanted the government to remember, remember this 5th of November…

#RescueBritainsRivers @compassoffice.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🚨 BREAKING: We’re in court TODAY challenging Ofwat!

Ofwat promised customers wouldn’t pay twice for infrastructure improvements, but its approach risks customers paying AGAIN for failures that should never have happened.

READ MORE: riveractionuk.com/news/river-a...
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🌊Water Company accountability 🌊

A big win for water company transparency!

@exetercouncil.bsky.social adopted Friends of the Dart’s Transparency Template, holding South West Water accountable and championing cleaner rivers across Devon.

🔗- cornworthyparishcouncil.gov.uk/friends-of-t...

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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🛡️ River Guardianship 🛡️

At Sheepdrove Organic Farm, @lawyersfornature.bsky.social brought together over 50 river guardians, lawyers, and ecologists for an inspiring summit celebrating community action, shared wisdom, and the growing movement for the Rights of Rivers.

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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🚶‍♀️ VoW Pilgrimage 🚶‍♀️

Emmeline, the founder of The Voices of Water Foundation, completed a 900-mile pilgrimage across the UK finishing her journey on the River Thames. 😲

Her journey champions her petition to grant rivers legal personhood.

You can sign her petition here 👉http://bit.ly/4ojNKcK

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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🧪 Communities and Contamination 🧪

@leighday.bsky.social's ‘Communities and Contamination’ panel united scientists, lawyers, and activists to confront the threat of forever chemicals, share research and lived experiences, and inspire collective action against chemical pollution. 🙏

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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🗞️ Community News - October 🗞️

October's highlights include:

🚶‍♀️ A 900-mile pilgrimage for river rights
⚖️ Lawyers and activists uniting to take on the threats of chemical pollution to our rivers
🏘️Towns partnering together aiming to turn the tide on river pollution

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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A great article in The Times this morning, putting the spotlight on the recently banned Red Tractor ad & proving that even “trusted” food labels aren’t immune to greenwash.

TAKE ACTION: Contact your supermarket TODAY & tell them to to call out Red Tractor: 👉 bit.ly/4nPC3Ko

#UpYourStandards
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM