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where there’s there’s water life
the umbrella body of the rivers trust movement
2015Annual Review
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Annual Review 2015 Message from Arlin Rickard, Chief Executive of The Rivers Trust
Welcome to our first ever Annual Review for the rivers trust movement in England, Wales and Ireland. It’s extraordinary to think that we now number well over 50
rivers trusts, with around half as many again in Scotland grouped under our sister body, Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS). For the first time in our history we also share the same Chairman, Andrew Wallace, who has done an excellent job both sides of the border and has helped strengthen us considerably as a movement.
It’s been a very busy year for both The Rivers Trust (RT), representing the movement and seeking funding at National and European levels, and the Trusts on the ground where I am constantly amazed and humbled by the wonderful work that takes place. The following pages are testament to the extremely important work you all deliver through a vast growing range of projects and the difference healthy rivers can make to wildlife, fisheries and catchment communities.
Key Statistics (2010-2014)
146 multi fish species barriers eased, passed or removed 87 eel barriers eased, passed or tidal flap valves installed
88 riparian habitat improvements Over 130 waterbodies with increased ecological potential
44 feasibility studies for further improvement work Resulting in over 2,800 km of rivers with improved ecological potential
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Contents Message from Arlin Rickard, Chief Executive of The Rivers Trust ......................................................... 1
Rivers Trust Support ............................................................................................................................ 4
Evidence Sharing Platform ................................................................................................................... 6
Water Quality Catchment Assessments ............................................................................................... 7
Mentoring and Capacity Building ......................................................................................................... 8
WaterLIFE ........................................................................................................................................... 9
River Ecosystem Services Ltd ............................................................................................................. 10
Map and Directory of Rivers Trusts in England, Wales and Ireland ..................................................... 11
Action for the River Kennet ............................................................................................................ 12
Aire Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................................ 12
Arun & Rother Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................ 12
Ballinderry Rivers Trust .................................................................................................................. 13
Bristol Avon Rivers Trust ................................................................................................................ 13
Calder and Colne Rivers Trust ......................................................................................................... 13
Cambridgeshire ACRE..................................................................................................................... 14
Carmarthenshire Rivers Trust ......................................................................................................... 14
Clwyd, Conwy and Gwynedd Rivers Trust ....................................................................................... 14
Cotswolds Rivers Trust ................................................................................................................... 15
Don Catchment Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................... 15
East Yorkshire Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................. 15
Eden Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................................... 16
Erne Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................................ 16
Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................ 16
Galloway Fisheries Trust (Scotland) ................................................................................................ 17
Healthy Waterways Trust ............................................................................................................... 17
Inishowen Rivers Trust (Eire) .......................................................................................................... 17
Irwell Rivers Trust .......................................................................................................................... 18
Lagan Rivers Trust .......................................................................................................................... 18
Lincolnshire Rivers Trust ................................................................................................................ 18
Lune Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................................... 19
Maine Rivers Trust ......................................................................................................................... 19
Norfolk Rivers Trust ....................................................................................................................... 19
Northumberland Rivers Trust ......................................................................................................... 20
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Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................ 20
Pembrokeshire Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................... 20
Ribble Rivers Trust ......................................................................................................................... 21
River Nene Regional Park CIC ......................................................................................................... 21
River Thame Conservation Trust .................................................................................................... 21
River Waveney Trust ...................................................................................................................... 22
Severn Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................................ 22
Six Mile Water Trust ...................................................................................................................... 22
Slaney River Trust (Eire) ................................................................................................................. 23
South Cumbria Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................ 23
South East Rivers Trust .................................................................................................................. 23
South East Wales Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................ 24
Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust ................................................................................................. 24
Tees Rivers Charitable Trust ........................................................................................................... 24
Teifi Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................................ 25
Thames Rivers Trust ....................................................................................................................... 25
Thames21 ...................................................................................................................................... 25
Trent Rivers Trust .......................................................................................................................... 26
Tweed Forum (also Scotland) ......................................................................................................... 26
Tweed Foundation (also Scotland) ................................................................................................. 26
Tyne Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................................... 27
Wear Rivers Trust .......................................................................................................................... 27
Welland Rivers Trust ...................................................................................................................... 27
Welsh Dee Trust ............................................................................................................................ 28
Wessex Chalk Streams and Rivers Trust .......................................................................................... 28
West Cumbria Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................. 28
Westcountry Rivers Trust ............................................................................................................... 29
Wye and Usk Foundation ............................................................................................................... 29
Wyre Rivers Trust.......................................................................................................................... 29
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust ........................................................................................................... 30
Yorkshire Esk Rivers Trust .............................................................................................................. 30
The Rivers Trust, Afonydd Cymru and The Rivers Trust Movement Total………………………………………..30
Services and Resources for Rivers Trusts ............................................................................................ 31
The Rivers Trust Staff Directory ......................................................................................................... 34
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Rivers Trust Support
As the umbrella body, RT provides a wide and varied support role to local rivers trusts. Some activities are behind the scenes, strengthening the strategic role of the movement and others much more locally hands on and ad hoc. Here’s an overview of some of the activities in 2015.
Trust Development Development of the rivers trust movement is a core activity for
RT with support provided on start-up, governance and project delivery. 2015 has seen a number of early-stage trusts
really find their feet and begin to deliver some significant projects.
Growth of the rivers trust movement is beginning to take off in Northern Ireland and emerge in Eire. And we have also provided advice
and support to groups wishing to develop rivers trust shaped organisations in mainland
Europe and even Grenada!
Project co-ordination
RT has a key role in supporting local delivery by coordinating efforts at larger regional and national scales. 2015 saw the closure of our largest such project to date, the Defra funded River Improvement Programme (RIF). RIF is the largest ever river restoration programme in the UK co-ordinated by an NGO (RT), with £8M+ administered to 28 trusts, delivering more than 200 individual projects contributing towards implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Other significant projects in 2015 include the Green Port Hull Fish Mitigation Project (a programme of rivers trust led projects to restore fish passage in the Humber River Basin to mitigate potentially adverse impacts of a port development scheme); a series of young farmer education and training events aimed at reducing the impact of diffuse water pollution from agriculture delivered as part of the Pinpoint project (our national strategic partnership project with Natural England, Catchment Sensitive Farming); and an exciting and ambitious EA led £10m (EU LIFE IP) project aimed at implementation of the NW River Basin Management Plan.
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EU project opportunities
EU funded projects provide an excellent opportunity for rivers trusts to extend knowledge networks, raise their profile and access new funding sources for project delivery. Through our growing network of EU partners, RT has encouraged and supported the involvement of rivers trusts in a number of EU funded project applications in 2015.
Training and knowledge exchange
2015 has been another busy year for workshops, conferences and training events aimed at developing and sharing best practice and knowledge exchange throughout the rivers trust movement and more widely across CaBA Catchment Partnerships. By working in partnership with local trusts and wider partners, we have been able to offer training on GIS, CDM, ecological surveying and health & safety for working in or around water. Through the Pinpoint project we have been able to offer a series of free 2-day training courses on how to best work with farmers to reduce diffuse pollution and fluvial geomorphology. During 2015 workshops and conferences have included Citizen Science workshops in London and Lancaster, an annual CaBA conference in London, RT Spring and Autumn conferences in partnership with Ribble and Severn Rivers Trusts respectively and our annual Chairmen and CEO’s meeting.
Policy
We have continued to strengthen our role in supporting and influencing the delivery of policies relevant to the interests of our members and the wider catchment community. 2015 has seen a specific focus on the development of second cycle River Basin Management Plans, CAP reform and the finalisation of Water Company business plans for the AMP 6 period. RT has been well represented on relevant regional national and international advisory groups and panels for the Cabinet Office, Defra, EA, Natural England, ICES, Water Companies and academic research projects.
Communications and publicity
The pace of growth in the rivers trust movement in the last few years has been phenomenal and with such focus on delivery there is a recognition that we are not doing all the excellent work justice when it comes to communication and publicity. This is an area that we hope to give some specific focus in 2016, so watch this space and let us know if you have any good ideas.
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Evidence Sharing Platform
RT has been working in partnership with Ribble Rivers Trust,
Westcountry Rivers Trust and the Environment Agency to develop
an online data sharing platform to enable better collaboration and
RT developed and co-ordinated a trial and bid for funding under the Catchment Partnership Fund National Allocation. The trial commenced in late 2014 and has led to
closer working between the local trusts and their Environment Agency counterparts, as well as other stakeholders.
The trial led to development of a Microsoft Sharepoint platform, customised metadata form for keeping track of data and evidence, a discussion platform and a shared calendar for view field work and project phases for CaBA partners.
As a result of improved evidence sharing Ribble Rivers Trust was able to secure funding from United Utilities to tackle bathing water failures, which was identified as the source of the problem in the catchment.
Other outcomes from the project include a two-way data sharing agreement that provides a template data license for CaBA partners, and an Environment Agency Special License template that will streamline licensing of many EA datasets.
The trial is now being extended to the WaterLIFE catchments (Soar and Camlad). To try this out in your catchment, please contact [email protected]
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Water Quality Catchment Assessments RT has been working in commercial partnership with Westcountry Rivers Trust to develop Water Quality Catchment Assessments for Natural England (NE) in the Derbyshire Derwent, Mease, Wye & Lugg, Test & Itchen, Ehen, Welsh Dee, Yorkshire Derwent, Waveney Broads & Marshes and Yare Broads & Marshes.
The studies have involved diffuse pollution and source apportionment modelling to identify water quality issues and to spatially target a programme of intervention measures for each catchment. Workshops have been held to put catchment stakeholders in touch with the technical modellers in order to share better understanding of how models can inform catchment management.
RT has been the liaison point between NE, Westcountry Rivers Ltd. and the local rivers trusts and catchment partnerships. This role has ensured that local evidence and views have been incorporated into the study, and that outputs are accessible, well understood and adopted by local delivery partners.
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Mentoring and Capacity Building
RT and Westcountry Rivers Trust have been working in partnership with the Defra Evidence & Measures team to support Tyne Rivers Trust, Health Waterways Trust, Thames21 and many others to build technical capacity within the rivers trust movement and wider CaBA partnerships.
The aim of the mentoring team is to work with partnerships to solve technical issues and pass expertise and experience from one catchment to the next. The focus of the team in the first year was determined by the requests received from catchment partnerships themselves. Key areas of work have been:
GIS support (both one to one and remote). Getting teams started with GIS and helping them to make best use of Data & GIS packages of data and to add local data.
Modelling. SCIMAP and Farmscoper both provide invaluable quantitative evidence for targeting mitigation measures both spatially and by sector.
Catchment planning. Although catchment plans are not mandatory they help focus engagement and draw in finance. A small amount of external support can kick start the process and allow partnerships to take on a plan and make it their own.
Turning data into evidence. This can be a resource intensive process and it requires a broad range of skills. However, it is often the only way to make progress in catchments where there is a lack of consensus over the cause of the problem and the best solution.
A technical sounding board. Technical isolation is a common issue. Just having a 'colleague' at the end of a phone to whom you can bounce ideas off, or who is able to attend difficult meetings can be a real help.
In the second year the team has been extended to include the Ribble Rivers Trust, River Restoration Centre (RRC) and Edenvale Young (an SME that specialises in flood risk modelling). There will be an increased focus on working with partnerships thatcan bring in neighbouring catchments, work with water companies or provide match funding. The focus this year will be on:
ArcGIS online. Project management and delivery. Flood risk modelling. River restoration. More one to many events.
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WaterLIFE RT and Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) are partners on a 3-year WWF-UK led European Union LIFE+ funded project; ‘WaterLIFE’
(http://waterlife.org.uk/) aims to accelerate collaborative delivery of the WFD.
WaterLIFE reflects the growing recognition that sustainable management of our water resources cannot be resolved by Government regulation alone; communities, businesses and Government need to
work collaboratively to protect the freshwater environment and in doing so deliver benefits for people too. The key objectives of the project are to:
Work with Government and key policy makers nationally to ensure the right ‘enabling conditions’ are in place.
Work with businesses to demonstrate the potential for successful implementation of water stewardship.
Build capacity and empower civil society stakeholders to engage with integrated land and water management at the catchment scale.
To provide a knowledge conduit, sharing successes, ideas and best practice across the UK and Europe.
Through its primary objective to build ‘civil society’ capacity, RT is working closely with
Trent Rivers Trust and Severn Rivers Trust in the Leicestershire Soar and Camlad (in the Upper Severn) catchments respectively, whilst comparable work undertaken by WRT is focused on the Tamar catchment in the South West. Innovative approaches to delivering WFD are being explored in these demonstration catchments. WaterLIFE is closely aligned to the goals of the Catchment-Based Approach.
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River Ecosystem Services Ltd. Professional catchment management services embedded in community partnership working
RT has established a trading company to open up opportunities for staff from both the umbrella body and individual rivers trusts to bid for and undertake commercial work, utilising their catchment management skills and experience. Profits from trading are covenanted back to the charity to generate unrestricted core funds for further developing the rivers trust movement.
River Ecosystem Services Ltd. (RES) can broker the capabilities of rivers trusts’ staff
within the RT network to build the capacity of trusts, for example via service provision, training or mentoring. This provides an opportunity for trusts which do not have a trading arm to bid for work that is outside of their charitable objects. RES can also act as an umbrella trading company in order to offer a comprehensive national package, incorporating professional catchment management, whilst opening up opportunities for local trusts to bid for large-scale projects.
RES is developing marketing materials around key services which rivers trusts can brand with their logos and use to develop local opportunities. It is building a portfolio of case studies and resources that can be used with support from RT staff to develop bids and proposals.
This year RES has worked for a number of rivers trusts, the National Trust, Natural England and WWF. The work has ranged from GIS and data based projects to the design of river improvement schemes.
If you see an opportunity which you think RES can help with please contact David Johnson [email protected].
RT has established a trading company to open up opportunities has established a trading company to open up opportunities has established a trading company to open up opportunities
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Map and Directory of Rivers Trusts in England, Wales and Ireland
The following pages contain summary information about each rivers trust, including a location map, contact details, social media links, photos and key statistics provided by the trusts themselves or from latest (December 2015) published data (e.g. Charity Commission).
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Action for the River Kennet Formed 2007 www.riverkennet.org e: [email protected] @ARKennet www.facebook.com/riverkennet
Turnover £152k
Staff 2
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost £38k
Aire Rivers Trust Formed 2011 www.aireriverstrust.org.uk e: [email protected] @aireriverstrust www.facebook.com/groups/AireRiversTrust/
Turnover £41k
Staff 0
Volunteers 30
Staff Cost £0
Arun & Rother Rivers Trust Formed 2011 www.arrt.org.uk e: [email protected]
Turnover £64k
Staff 2
Volunteers 27
Staff Cost £8k
@ARKennet@ARKennet
@aireriverstrust
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Ballinderry Rivers Trust Formed 1984 www.ballinderryriver.org e: [email protected] @BallinderryNews www.facebook.com/ballinderryriverstrust
Turnover £87k
Staff 5
Volunteers 86
Staff Cost £13k
Bristol Avon Rivers Trust Formed 2012 www.bristolavonriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @BristolAvonRT www.facebook.com/pages/Bristol-Avon-Rivers-Trust
Turnover £105k
Staff 2
Volunteers 20
Staff Cost £19k
Calder and Colne Rivers Trust Formed 2009 www.calderandcolneriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @AireCalder
Turnover £40k
Staff 0
Volunteers 30
Staff Cost £0
@
www.bristolavonriverstrust.org @
www.calderandcolneriverstrust.org @AireCalder
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Cambridgeshire ACRE Formed 1998 www.cambsacre.org.uk e: enquiries.cambsacre.org.uk @cambsacre www.facebook.com/cambsacre
Turnover £525k
Staff 10
Volunteers 30
Staff Cost £329k
Carmarthenshire Rivers Trust Formed 2007 www.thecrt.co.uk e: [email protected]
Turnover £103k
Staff 1
Volunteers 30
Staff Cost N/a
Clwyd, Conwy and Gwynedd Rivers Trust Formed 2007 www.ccrt.co.uk e: [email protected]
Turnover £<1k
Staff 0
Volunteers 32
Staff Cost £0
@cambsacre
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Cotswolds Rivers Trust Formed 2011 www.cotswoldsriverstrust.org
Turnover £109k
Staff 0
Volunteers 14
Staff Cost £0
Don Catchment Rivers Trust Formed 2008 www.dcrt.org.uk e: [email protected] @DonCatchmentRT www.facebook.com/DonCatchment
Turnover £125k
Staff 1
Volunteers 4
Staff Cost £30k
East Yorkshire Rivers Trust Formed 2006 www.eastyorkshireriverstrust.org.uk e: @EYRiversTrust www.facebook.com/EastYorkshireRiversTrust
Turnover £143k
Staff 2
Volunteers 120
Staff Cost £39k
www.cotswoldsriverstrust.org
@
ww.eastyorkshireriverstrust.org @EYRiversTrust
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Eden Rivers Trust Formed 1996 www.edenriverstrust.org.uk e: [email protected] @edenriverstrust www.facebook.com/EdenRiversTrust
Turnover £1,522k
Staff 16
Volunteers 363
Staff Cost £409k
Erne Rivers Trust Formed 2014 www.erneriverstrust.org e: www.facebook.com/erneriverstrust
Turnover N/a
Staff N/a
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost N/a
Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust Formed 2014 www.essexsuffolkriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @EssexSuffolkRT www.facebook.com/pages/Essex-and-Suffolk-Rivers-Trust
Turnover £35k
Staff 0
Volunteers 5
Staff Cost £0
ww.edenriverstrust.org.uk@e
www.essexsuffolkriverstrust.org @EssexSuffolkRT
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Galloway Fisheries Trust (Scotland) Formed 1992 www.gallowayfisheriestrust.org e: [email protected] @Galloway_FT www.facebook.com/galloway-fisheries-trust
Turnover £283k
Staff N/a
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost N/a
Healthy Waterways Trust Formed 1998 www.healthywaterwaystrust.org.uk
e: [email protected] @hwaterwaystrust www.facebook.com/pages/Healthy-Waterways-Trust
Turnover £76k
Staff 4
Volunteers 8
Staff Cost £46k
Inishowen Rivers Trust (Eire) In process of forming 2015
www.facebook.com/InishowenRiversTrust
Turnover -
Staff -
Volunteers -
Staff Cost -
www.gallowayfisheriestrust.org @Galloway_FT
www.healthywaterwaystrust.org.uk @hwaterwaystrust
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Irwell Rivers Trust Formed 2009 www.irwellriverstrust.com e: [email protected] @IrwellTrust
Turnover £22k
Staff 1
Volunteers 5
Staff Cost N/a
Lagan Rivers Trust Formed 2012 www.laganriverstrust.org.uk e: [email protected] www.facebook.com/laganriverstrust
Turnover £3k
Staff 0
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost £0
Lincolnshire Rivers Trust Formed 2013 www.lincsrivers.org.uk e: [email protected] @lincsrivers www.facebook.com/pages/Lincolnshire-Rivers-Trust
Turnover N/a
Staff 1
Volunteers 21
Staff Cost N/a
@
www.laganriverstrust.org.uk
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Lune Rivers Trust Formed 2008 www.luneriverstrust.org.uk e: [email protected] @LuneRiversTrust www.facebook.com/The-Living-Lune
Turnover £168k
Staff 2
Volunteers 70
Staff Cost £23k
Maine Rivers Trust Formed 2012 www.maineriverstrust.org e: www.facebook.com/garycoopertresurer
Turnover N/a
Staff N/a
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost N/a
Norfolk Rivers Trust Formed 2011 www.norfolkriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @N_Rivers_Trust www. facebook.com/norfolkrivers.trust
Turnover £1,226k
Staff 5
Volunteers 30
Staff Cost £145k
www.luneriverstrust.org.uk@LuneRiversTrust
www.norfolkriverstrust.org @N_Rivers_Trust
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Northumberland Rivers Trust Formed 2011 www.northumberlandriverstrust.co.uk e: [email protected] www.facebook.com/pages/Northumberland-Rivers-Trust
Turnover £455k
Staff 2
Volunteers 20
Staff Cost £88k
Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust Formed 1999 www.oart.org.uk e: [email protected]
Turnover £171k
Staff 0
Volunteers 8
Staff Cost £0
Pembrokeshire Rivers Trust Formed 2002 www.pembsrt.org e: [email protected] @PembsRT www.facebook.com/pages/Pembrokeshire-Rivers-Trust
Turnover £5k
Staff 0
Volunteers 70
Staff Cost £0
www.northumberlandriverstrust.co.uk
@PembsRT
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Ribble Rivers Trust Formed 1998 www.ribbletrust.org.uk e: [email protected] @RibbleTrust www.facebook.com/RibbleTrust
Turnover £1,291k
Staff 13
Volunteers 600
Staff Cost £293k
River Nene Regional Park CIC Formed 2007 www.riverneneregionalpark.org e: @RNRPOfficial www.facebook.com/RiverNeneRegionalPark
Turnover N/a
Staff N/a
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost N/a
River Thame Conservation Trust Formed 2013 www.riverthameconservation.org e: [email protected] @RThameConsTr
Turnover N/a
Staff N/a
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost N/a
@RibbleTrust
www.riverneneregionalpark.org @RNRPOfficial
www.riverthameconservation.org @RThameConsTr
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River Waveney Trust Formed 2012 www.riverwaveneytrust.org e: [email protected] @RiverWaveney www.facebook.com/pages/River-Waveney-Trust
Turnover £64k
Staff 0
Volunteers 126
Staff Cost £0
Severn Rivers Trust Formed 2008 www.severnriverstrust.com e: [email protected] @severnrivers www.facebook.com/severnrivers.trust
Turnover £2,198k
Staff 8
Volunteers 160
Staff Cost £193k
Six Mile Water Trust Formed 2013 www.facebook.com/Six-Mile-Water-Trust
Turnover N/a
Staff N/a
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost N/a
www.riverwaveneytrust.org @RiverWaveney
@severnrivers
Six Mile Water Trust
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Slaney River Trust (Eire) Formed 2005 www.slaneyrivertrust.ie e: [email protected]
Turnover N/a
Staff N/a
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost N/a
South Cumbria Rivers Trust Formed 2006 www.scrt.co.uk e: [email protected] @SCRiversTrust www.facebook.com/SouthCumbriaRiversTrust
Turnover £460k
Staff 4
Volunteers 10
Staff Cost £108k
South East Rivers Trust Formed 2002 www.southeastriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @SE_Rivers_Trust www.facebook.com/southeastriverstrust
Turnover £702k
Staff 4
Volunteers 150
Staff Cost £121k
@SCRiversTrust
www.southeastriverstrust.org @SE_Rivers_Trust
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South East Wales Rivers Trust Formed 2007 www.sewrt.org e: [email protected] www.facebook.com/South-East-Wales-Rivers-Trust
Turnover £108k
Staff 2
Volunteers 15
Staff Cost £47k
Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust Formed 2014
Turnover N/a
Staff N/a
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost N/a
Tees Rivers Charitable Trust Formed 2008 www. teesriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @teesriverstrust www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tees-Rivers-Trust
Turnover £95k
Staff 4
Volunteers 35
Staff Cost £98k
@teesriverstrust
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Teifi Rivers Trust Formed 2007 www.teifiriverstrust.com e: [email protected]
Turnover £18k
Staff 0
Volunteers 20
Staff Cost 0
Thames Rivers Trust Formed 1986 www.thamesriverstrust.org.uk e: [email protected] @ThamesRvrsTrust www.facebook.com/thameswildernessproject
Turnover £73k
Staff 0
Volunteers 10
Staff Cost £0
Thames21 Formed 2003 www.thames21.org.uk e: [email protected] @Thames21 www.facebook.com/Thames21
Turnover £1,777k
Staff 23
Volunteers 20,797
Staff Cost £682k
www.thamesriverstrust.org.uk @ThamesRvrsTrust
@Thames21
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Trent Rivers Trust Formed 1999 www.trentriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @Trent_R_Trust www.facebook.com/trentriverstrust
Turnover £283k
Staff 3
Volunteers 35
Staff Cost £88k
Tweed Forum (also Scotland) Formed 1991 www.tweedforum.org e: [email protected] www.facebook.com/tweedforum
Turnover £897k
Staff 6
Volunteers N/a
Staff Cost £231k
Tweed Foundation (also Scotland) Formed 1983 www.tweedfoundation.org.uk e: [email protected]
Turnover £257k
Staff 4
Volunteers 10
Staff Cost £144k
@Trent_R_Trust
www.tweedfoundation.org.uk
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Tyne Rivers Trust Formed 2004 www. tyneriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @TyneRiversTrust www.facebook.com/tyneriverstrust
Turnover £419k
Staff 6
Volunteers 200
Staff Cost £191k
Wear Rivers Trust Formed 2008 www.wear-rivers-trust.org.uk e: [email protected] @wearriverstrust www.facebook.com/wear.rivers.trust
Turnover £336k
Staff 4.25
Volunteers 218
Staff Cost £138k
Welland Rivers Trust Formed 2010 www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk e: [email protected] @WellandTrust www.facebook.com/WellandTrust
Turnover £33k
Staff N/a
Volunteers 4
Staff Cost N/a
@TyneRiversTrust
trust.org.uk @
www.wellandriverstrust.org.uk @WellandTrust
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Welsh Dee Trust Formed 2008 www.welshdeetrust.com e: [email protected]
Turnover £67k
Staff 0
Volunteers 29
Staff Cost £0k
Wessex Chalk Streams and Rivers Trust Formed 2010
www.wcsrt.org.uk e: [email protected] @WessexRivers
Turnover £142k
Staff 3
Volunteers 16
Staff Cost £102k
West Cumbria Rivers Trust Formed 2011 www.westcumbriariverstrust.org e: [email protected] @WestCumbriaRT
Turnover £581k
Staff 8
Volunteers 0
Staff Cost £195k
@WessexRivers
www.westcumbriariverstrust.org @WestCumbriaRT
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Westcountry Rivers Trust Formed 1995 www.wrt.org.uk e: [email protected] @WestcountryRT www.facebook.com/pages/Westcountry-Rivers-Trust
Turnover £2,844k
Staff 31
Volunteers 12
Staff Cost £1,049k
Wye and Usk Foundation Formed 1996 www.wyeuskfoundation.org e: [email protected] @WUFoundation
Turnover £2,139k
Staff 25
Volunteers 350
Staff Cost £649k
Wyre Rivers Trust Formed 2012 www.wyreriverstrust.org e: @WyreRiversTrust
Turnover £80k
Staff 1
Volunteers 20
Staff Cost £24k
www.wrt.org.uk @WestcountryRT
@WyreRiversTrust
www.wyeuskfoundation.org @WUFoundation
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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust Formed 2004 www.yorkshiredalesriverstrust.com e: [email protected] @YorkDalesRT www.facebook.com/yorkshiredalesriverstrust
Turnover £130k
Staff 2
Volunteers 50
Staff Cost £45k
Yorkshire Esk Rivers Trust Formed 2013 www.yorkshireeskriverstrust.org e: [email protected] @YERTCAST
Turnover £29k
Staff 1
Volunteers 30
Staff Cost £10k
The Rivers Trust (Formed 2004) Afonydd Cymru (Formed 2008)
Turnover £1,071k Staff 8 Volunteers 10 Staff Cost £390k
Turnover £454k Staff 7 Volunteers 10 Staff Cost £116k
The Rivers Trust Movement Total Turnover £22M Staff >200 Volunteers 24k Staff Cost £6M
@YERTCAST
www.yorkshiredalesriverstrust.com @YorkDalesRT
@YERTCAST
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Services and Resources for Rivers Trusts
Resource What is it? Useful for:
Rivers Trust Guidance
Employment & Staff Handbook
Employment Guide & Appendices Precedent Staff Handbook & Appendices Precedent Timesheet Precedent Employee Expenses Form Pay Guide (Restricted) Pension & Life Assurance Scheme Life Assurance Death Benefit Nomination Form
The main legal aspects relating to employing staff and establishing good practice templates. Also covers a range of policy precedents.
Governance
Governance Guide & Appendices Intellectual Property Rights Trading for rivers trusts. Insurance Guide Health & Safety Law Notice
Trusts which have undergone the start up phase and are now entering their next phase of development.
Project Management
Project Management Guide & Appendices Project File template Construction Phase Plan CDM; A short Guide Standard Terms & Conditions precedents Procurement Policy + Award template
Trusts that are undertaking project management work or contracting with external bodies.
Start Up
Start Up Guide & Appendices Precedent Memorandum & Articles of Association Start Up Guide & Appendices (Republic of Ireland)
Community or other groups that wish to form a rivers trust.
Trustees Trustees’ Induction Guide & Appendices Trustees’ Induction PowerPoint
Prospective or new trustees to recognise their broad responsibilities as trustees and to make their experience an enjoyable and rewarding one.
Volunteers
Volunteers Guide & Appendices Precedent Time & Expenses Form
Good practice guidance for volunteers.
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Data, GIS and Catchment Modelling
Rivers Trust Mapping Portal maps.theriverstrust.org
Landing page linking to a variety of online maps developed by RT to support rivers trusts and CaBA partnerships. Contact [email protected] for more information.
View GIS data of WFD status, Protected Areas, rivers trusts’ boundaries, riparian shade, etc. without need for desktop GIS software. See examples of what can be developed. Contact RT for bespoke applications.
CaBA Data Package See CaBA forum for more details
Desktop GIS dataset containing 70+ layers of data to help with catchment management planning. Clipped to CaBA management catchments. User Guide and support forum. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Great starting point for using GIS to target catchment management activities. Use the guide to focus on issues and opportunities in your catchment. RT team can help support this process – contact us for more information.
GIS Training ecospatial.info
Online GIS training resources by Nick Paling of Westcountry Rivers Trust. Contact [email protected] for access.
Introductory training in ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software.
Citizen Science and Volunteer Monitoring Resource Pack bit.ly/CaBAmon
Summary of guidance for designing and implementing monitoring programmes; WQ monitoring equipment guide; Mobile apps and maps guide; Monitoring Case studies from CaBA partnerships.
Before you set up a monitoring programme, refer to the technical guidance documents and technical equipment reviews. If you require support please contact RT, who will be developing workshops and training in 2016.
Capacity Building and Catchment Planning
Mentoring bit.ly/CaBAmentoring
Technical support in all aspects of Catchment Management Planning. Contact [email protected]
Identifying your next steps with your CaBA partnership, using data and evidence to develop a strategic catchment plan, using GIS and technology to share data and evidence.
CaBA Catchment Plan Template http://bit.ly/PlanTemplate
For more information please contact [email protected] or [email protected]
Self-explanatory tool.
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Services and Resources for Rivers Trusts
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The Rivers Trust Staff Directory ARLIN RICKARD Chief Executive [email protected] Contact me for:
RT governance, strategy and policy Catchment-Based Approach (CaBA), as Chairman of the National Support Group National and transnational projects, partnerships and policy National strategic engagement with Defra, its Agencies, and their policies Civil Society Partnership Network (CSPN), as a member providing advice to Defra
ALAN HAWKEN Secretary (part-time) [email protected] Contact me for:
Start-up guidance Governance guidance Employment law guidance Legal contracting issues Charity and company law issues
JAMES SOWDEN Finance Manager [email protected] Contact me for:
Financial Management Management Accounts & Reporting Sage Set-up & Report Building Statutory Reporting & Accounting Standards River Ecosystem Services or any Trading Queries
TIM HERBERT Finance Officer [email protected] Contact me for:
Project Accounting EU & UK Claim Advice Budget Management Accounts queries Invoicing
ALISTAIR MALTBY Director North [email protected] Contact me for:
LIFE Integrated Project, other European projects & funding Engagement with water industry Support & advice for rivers trusts in the North Fisheries management & catchment science Engagement with Defra Water & Fisheries directorates
BARRY BENDALL Director East and South [email protected] Contact me for:
Your Fisheries – catchment fisheries planning and reporting Pinpoint (RT/CSF national partnership project to reduce DWPA) Interreg funding and projects Support and advice for rivers trusts in the East & South Fisheries Management and Science
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ROB COLLINS Head of Policy [email protected] Contact me for:
Catchment-Based Approach Work in the WaterLIFE demonstration catchments Up-scaling and Knowledge Exchange Links between WaterLIFE and the Catchment-Based Approach
DAVID JOHNSON Director of River Ecosystem Services Ltd [email protected] Contact me for:
Mentoring River Ecosystem Services Ltd, the trading arm of the Rivers Trust Project management, Health & Safety and CDM Data licensing and CaBA Data & GIS packages Water companies and how to work with them
MICHELLE WALKER Head of GIS and Data Management [email protected] Contact me for:
Support, advice and training in mapping, GIS, spatial technology and data management Help to edit and use the CaBA website, discussion forum or mapping portal Items for CaBA newsletters and sharing information with other rivers trusts Volunteer monitoring, citizen science, mobile apps and maps. Information about the Catchment Data User Group
LUCY BUTLER GIS Manager [email protected] Contact me for:
GIS and mapping support, including online mapping Support using catchment modelling tools e.g. SCIMAP and remote sensing Natural flood risk management Education projects
MARK HORTON Northern Ireland Development Officer [email protected] Contact me for:
Northern Ireland Rivers Trusts’ development and linkages with NI government Northern Ireland and ROI catchment management in general RIPPLE stakeholder engagement experience
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