Between 2017-19 we administered a small grants funding scheme of £175,000 for projects delivering river improvements in the Thames River Basin
Applications were invited for projects of between £5-25k that fell under at least one of the following three priority areas.
In addition
Applicants were asked to demonstrate the wider benefits of the project which might include, but were not limited to:
Thames Restoration Fund Completed Projects
Action for the River Kennet: Rainscapes
ARK led community volunteering days engaging parents, children, volunteers, corporate employees and the village residents association to help deliver a rain garden...
Action for the River Kennet: Rainscapes Phase II
Building on the success of ARK's first Rainscapes project, Phase II has continued to educate and involve the communities living along the Kennet catchment...
Cotswolds Rivers Trust: River Evenlode, Pudlicote Phase II
This project has reconnected a 1km channel of the River Evenlode with the flood plain by reprofiling the steep riverbanks...
London Wildlife Trust: The Yeading Brook & The Stafford Road Open Space River Improvement Project
London Wildlife Trust is undertaking major habitat restoration works to The Yeading Brook in the London Borough of Hillingdon...
River Thame Conservation Trust: Waterstock Mill Fish Passage
This project sought to improve the river for fish species as well as many other native wildlife species by carrying out improvement works on one of the three channels...
South East Rivers Trust: Fish Passage Improvements on the Hogsmill River
Work carried out to four obstructions on the Hogsmill River have been part of the final stages addressing an ongoing programme...
South East Rivers Trust: SuDS in Sutton Schools
The key objective through this initial project is to disconnect over 4.5 ha of land from the surface water drainage system currently contributing to the surface water network...
Thames 21: Community (Water Quality) Modelling, Lower River Lea
Working with a computer modelling system tailored to this projects requirements T21 ran a series of workshops led by a new Project Officer to train and involve members...
Thames21: Community (Natural Flood) Modelling in the London Lea Catchment
This project has developed undertaking a natural capital assessment when combined with the Community Water Quality Modelling outcomes...
