Living River Foundation
Stockbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Living River Foundation is a charity based in Stockbury, United Kingdom working on environment & climate, nature & wildlife conservation, water & sanitation.
Living River Foundation is a local not-for-profit charity based in Kent, England. It monitors and raises awareness of the health of the Thames and Medway rivers and the estuaries and tidal rivers around the UK coast. Its work covers microplastic and water quality sampling, fish surveys, litter picks, and talks and workshops for local communities and children. Its projects include the Thames Manta Project, the Slice of Medway Litterama and Litter Free Maritime. The charity is run largely by volunteers, who carry out surveys, clean-ups and events, mainly in the Medway and Chatham area.
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Thames Manta Project
ViewWater & Sanitation · United Kingdom
Samples and monitors water quality and microplastics in the Thames and Medway rivers, with results analysed with Brunel University.
Slice of Medway Litterama
ViewEnvironment & Climate · United Kingdom
Public art and storytelling project that turns litter found in the Medway Estuary into art installations and workshops for local communities and schoolchildren.
Litter Free Maritime
ViewEnvironment & Climate · United Kingdom
Litter clean-ups and community engagement to eliminate litter in waterways and the local environment across Chatham Maritime.
Fish of the Medway
ViewNature & Wildlife conservation · United Kingdom
Fish surveying on the Medway estuary to support protection of local fish populations.
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Hooks National Environment Prize
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Medway Council, Brunel University, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Medway Intra Poetry Walk
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