Upcoming Events

 

Soil Health Workshop

Loveland Community Field 2 Church Hill, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Join the Farm Net Zero team for an evening of education and citizen science, focused on improving soil health. Come on down to the thriving Loveland Commuinity Field for their second FNZ climate-friendly gardening workshop of the year. At this session you'll have the opportunity to try out simple techniques to assess a range of […]

Free

Community Climate Resilience Drop-In

East Budleigh Village Hall East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, Devon ​, United Kingdom

Would you like to help create local solutions to the impacts of climate change and improve flood resilience? Rapidly Responding Catchments, or RRCs, are quick draining catchment areas (under 10km²) where surface run-off during high rainfall events can overwhelm small communities. We have identified East Budleigh as an RRC and would like to work with you to build […]

Free

Community Climate Resilience Drop-In

Thelma Hulbert Gallery Elmfield House, Dowell St, Honiton, United Kingdom

Are you part of the Honiton Community? Worried about flooding? If so, drop into our community event to find out more about the different resilience actions that could help build your community's resilience to flooding. Have a go at our slow the flow card game, interact with your catchment in our sand box and chat […]

Free

Could you be a RIVERFLY MONITOR?

Wadebridge Town Hall The Platt, Wadebridge, United Kingdom

Come along to this FREE introductory event to learn about our CSI scheme, and how you could help protect the river Camel from pollution. This is a free café - style event for anyone interested in water quality and wildlife in the Camel Valley catchment area; it's hosted by Dr Mike Kent, co-author of Exploring […]

Free

Bampton Town Charter Fair

Bampton Town Devon, United Kingdom

Join the Rapid Response Catchments team at the one of the oldest Charter Fairs in the country. We’re working with local communities to help them to bolster their resilience to climate change and flooding, come along to our stall to learn more about the project. Bampton Town Charter Fair is a traditional fair that continues […]

Free

Cornwall Community Flood Forum Annual Conference

Pavilion Centre Royal Cornwall Showground, Whitecross, Wadebridge, United Kingdom

Join our River Ops and Land Programme Managers at this conference which explores natural flood management and nature based solutions. This event will feature a series of morning presentations, followed by an afternoon of workshops. One of which will be led by Ben Gallant and Giles Rickard, from the Westcountry Rivers Trust, and will focus […]

Free

Dartmoor’s Temperate Rainforests

Fingle Bridge Inn Drewsteignton, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Come along to hear our Chief Executive Officer, Dr Laurence Couldrick, talk about the role of temperate forests and other nature-based solutions in delivering integrated catchment management. Dartmoor’s temperate woodlands with their understory of lichens, mosses and shrubs are one of the wonders of Dartmoor. Join us at the Fingle Bridge Inn, located in a […]

£21

Let’s Talk Water – Stakeholder Webinar

Online

An online webinar and workshop to update you on South West Water's (SWW) business plan and to discuss some of the key issues they are working to address. The 7th ‘Let's Talk Water’ event will begin with a presentation by Laura Flowerdew (Chief Customer and Digital Officer) on the upcoming launch of WaterFit Live 3 […]

Free

Roots so Deep (you can see the devil down there)

Holbeton Village Hall Brent Hill, Holbeton, Devon, United Kingdom

Can an underutilized way to graze cattle, that mimics the way bison once roamed the land, help get farmers out of debt, restore our depleted soils, rebuild wildlife habitat and draw down huge amounts of carbon? Cattle have been seen as eco-villains for a long time. What if they can help save us from catastrophic […]

£5

Understanding and conserving salmonid populations

Online

Understanding and conserving salmonid populations in a changing world, theoretical underpinnings and implementation. Speakers: Dr Bruce Stockley, Westcountry Rivers Trust & Professor Jamie Stevens, University of Exeter. Date and location: January 16 2024, 2pm-3pm. Online at:  https://www.youtube.com/@instituteforenvironmentalf4963 and Lecture Theatre 5, Bennett Building, University of Leicester Speakers Bio: Bruce Stockley is an applied river scientist who […]

Tamar Talk Series: Fisheries, Dams and Barriers

The Tamar Valley Centre Cemetery Road, Drakewalls, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Join our Director of Operations, Bruce Stockley, in the beautiful Tamar Valley for a series of nature talks. Bruce will be talking all things fisheries, dams and barriers, for his contribution to the talk series. Come along to learn about: Our river restoration projects across the Westcountry What fishereies are, what we need to do […]

Free

IUCN Red Listing of the Atlantic Salmon by Dr Will Darwall

The Tamar Valley Centre Cemetery Road, Drakewalls, Cornwall, United Kingdom

In December 2023, the Atlantic salmon was classified by the IUCN as 'Near Threatened' globally and as 'Endangered' within Great Britain. Join our trustee, Dr Will Darwall, the lead author on this assessment, as he explains everything you ever wanted to know about: what it means if a species is on the IUCN Red List […]