The River Summit & Festival

🎟 Tickets for the UK River Summit 2025 are available NOW! 🗓 It will take place at Morden Hall on the River Wandle, London, 8/7/2025. 🎉 Tickets cost £45 with lunch, a beer and a @YETIcoolers goody bag included! ℹ More info: theriversummit.com Artwork by Eleanor Pletts

You can catch up with me again on @BBCCountryfile on the 17th August 2025 with a rerun of a wonderful piece I did with the program showcasing the river Wharfe. Showcasing how important freshwater fish are. @TheRiverSummit #freshwaterfish

July 8th worked. At the UK River Summit, government ministers, water company CEOs, regulators, environmental campaigners, scientists, academics, artists and community groups actively talking to each other instead of past each other. 2025 Gallery theriversummit.com/gallery-25

My new film will be shown at the Cambridge Rivers Of Film Festival on September 28th. The short version was shown at the @TheRiverSummit. It covers the beauty of freshwater fish and the damage pollution is doing. More details to follow on venue and timings. #freshwaterfish

Today’s announcement by @stevereedMP on sewage spills isn’t new. I reported it over a week ago from @TheRiverSummit …although from my calculations the target has now been put back by a minimum of 6 months. @ClaireZambuni @AnglingTrust @WildTroutTrust @OrvisUK @bbcsoutheast

@Petex70 an extremely pertinent, pithy observation from you on working with ‘all-sorts’ at session I hosted on ‘Power of Partnerships’ at @TheRiverSummit

The River Wye leading the opening ceremony along with Old Father Thames at @TheRiverSummit this morning.

The Water Finance & Governance panel includes: ⭐ @jaowallace - River Action CEO ⭐ Emma Hardy - Minister for Water ⭐ David Black - Chief Executive of @Ofwat ⭐ Ashley Smith - Founder of @WindrushWasp ⭐ Cat Hobbs - Director of We Own It ⭐ Colin Skellet - Chief Executive, YTK UK ⭐ Professor Ewan McGaughey - Professor of Law

The Human behaviour panel includes: ⭐ Claire Zambuni - Founder of @TheRiverSummit ⭐ Mark Wiltsher - Snr Director of Communications, @Ofwat ⭐ Jane Bellard - Co-founder of Weir the Agency ⭐ Laura Reineke - Founder of @friends_thames

Join @SE_Rivers_Trust, one of our partners, for hands-on river science at the UK River Summit 🔬 They will be showcasing in-river and bankside citizen science techniques. Learn how to monitor water quality and assess river health using a range of tools and survey methods 🧪🧬🧫

We are delighted to welcome Minister for Water Emma Hardy MP to the UK River Summit as part of the Water Finance and Governance panel chaired by @jaowallace See you soon Emma! theriversummit.com

This is an excellent piece by Mike. The underwater vegetation is something I will be covering on my film presentation, filmed underwater, when I talk at the @TheRiverSummit 8th July at Morden Hall. #rivers #underwater

Let us just remind ourselves that our freshwater world, which is on our doorstep, is of the utmost importance. It needs cherishing and nurturing back to full health. #freshwaterfish @jade_liversidge @BBCLookNorth @itvcalendar @RiverActionUK @TheRiverSummit

We can't wait to show your work @UnderwaterMedia

Professor Becky Malby FRCGP will be joining us on the Power of Partnerships panel at the UK River Summit hosted by @blackgull. Becky is Chair of the Ilkley Clean River Group, securing the first river with Bathing Status.🏊‍♀️ Can't wait to see you Becky! theriversummit.com

Last year, @jaowallace pulled out all the stops to support our work. This year is no different and @RiverActionUK return as valued partners. James will chair the Water Finance and Governance and the Agriculture and Food panels this year. We can’t wait! theriversummit.com

👉🏻We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome @lakedownbrewing back as a partner for this year’s UK River Summit👈🏻 They kept the beers flowing last year and we’re delighted they’re joining us again. For more info and tickets, head to: theriversummit.com

Watermeads is a nature reserve owned by the National Trust, and found between Poulter Park and Ravensbury Park on the Wandle Trail. It is a magical place that is perfect for nature lovers. wandlenews.com/watermeads-nat…

Join Cecilia Knapp, @CityBridgeFndn poet-in-residence, and @SE_Rivers_Trust's Dr Jack Hogan for a 2-hour riverside poetry workshop event, as part of #londonriversweek2025. 📆Wed 4th June. 1pm-3pm More details here: thames21.org.uk/event/re-londo…

📍Pangbourne community, join our citizen science, water quality monitoring programme! 🗓️Come along to our free training session on 29th April from 5.30pm at Pangbourne Meadow. 💧➡️Learn more and register by scanning the QR code or via the link in the bio.