Our look back and updates this month include the launch of our fundraiser Homing in on Rivers, the publication of our 2021 Annual Review and as well as job openings, upcoming events and our latest Confluence podcast. We hope you enjoy.
Homing in on Rivers fundraiser.
Homes represent many different things. For humans they can be places of safety, places to return to, places of food, places of community and much more. For many species, our rivers are their only home.
This April we will be taking part in the Big Give's Green Match Fund to help raise funds that will help us to continue protecting the Westcountry's rivers.
With our Homing in on Rivers campaign, we are hoping to raise £5,000 to give nature a place to call home.
The campaign will be live from 12pm on 22 April until 12pm on 29 April.
Find out how we adapted and evolved our working practices throughout 2021 to continue doing our best for the region’s rivers and freshwater environments.
Visit our Annual Reviews page to discover some of the things we achieved such as the fabulous increase in active river monitoring volunteers, the generous donations to our first public fundraiser with The Big Give, and the planting of 13,000 trees to help improve river health.
Thank you to all who support our work.
Improving fish migration at Parke Weir.
We are working with the National Trust and Environment Agency to improve fish migration at the weir situated in the National Trust's Parke estate on the River Bovey.
The River Bovey is an important tributary of the Teign catchment, and is a stronghold for Atlantic salmon and Sea trout in the southwest. The Teign catchment also hosts the iconic and protected European eel.
You can find out more about the work that we are doing here: Parke Weir
Volunteers sought for events in the Tamar Valley.
Over 250 volunteers are sought by the Tamara Landscape Partnership Scheme, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to support a host of innovative events and create a brighter future for the Tamar Valley and its communities.
For more information visit contact Sammy Fraser, Community and Volunteering Officer Tel: 07522 709 428 /Email: samantha.fraser@cornwall.gov.uk
Join the Connecting The Culm team at the Cullompton Spring Festival on 9 April and find out about volunteering opportunities and how you can help #CareForTheCulm
As part of the Preventing Plastic Pollution project, we are working hard to help minimise plastic entering the River Tamar. We believe that by adopting plastic-free practices, businesses can play a key role in helping us achieve this.
We are offering FREE plastic waste audits to businesses in the Tamar catchment (possibly wider so do still enquire) to help make any plastic-free transition as easy as possible.
Our free plastic waste audits, valued at around £500, will give you a clear view of how much waste your organisation is producing. We offer advice and solutions to help you reduce waste and make your practices more sustainable.
Please note: Timebank Members only for the first hour.
Confluence Podcast
Listen to our chat with environmentalist and author Brigit Strawbridge Howard as she tells us about her passion for the natural world and her new found joy river monitoring as one of our WestcountryCSI citizen scientists.
We'll be bringing you inspiring, intriguing and informative river stories from a diverse group of people throughout the year.
If you, or your group, would like to share your passion for our freshwater environments too, simply email josie@wrt.org.uk to take part.
We're Hiring
We're looking for an Operations Team Programme Supervisor to join our Operations Team and a Junior Natural Capital Officer to join our Land Team.
The Supervisor role will contribute to the effective delivery of the broad programme of work undertaken by our Operational Team across a range of projects.
The Junior role will support on-the-ground and admin needs within our Tamar catchment element of the Upstream Thinking project.
