• Black History Month: A journey through history along the River Thames

    Black History Month is an occasion to recognise and celebrate the invaluable contributions of Black people to British society. The first Black History Month in…

  • Five-year action plan launched to improve the River Thames and its tributaries from Maidenhead to Te …

    Environmental charity Thames21 and its partners have launched the Maidenhead to Teddington Catchment Action Plan 2026–2031 – a collaborative plan setting out an ambitious vision…

  • Thames21’s Annual Volunteer Celebration

    Over the weekend, Thames21 brought together trustees, staff and volunteers at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith for our annual Volunteer Celebration – an afternoon of stories,…

  • Welcome to Thames21

    We reconnect people to nature by helping them enjoy, protect and enhance their local rivers.

    Whether it’s the Thames or one of its many tributaries, we offer inspiring ways for communities to get down to their local riverbank.

    Rivers, canals and stretches of open water are the perfect antidote to urban living – which is one of the reasons thousands of volunteers help us rewild and protect them every year.

    Our aim is to rebuild the relationship between communities and their rivers; restoring river health and boosting wellbeing and community cohesion in the process.

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