Jess kyle Lewisham Rivers, London Bubble Theatre Company

The story of Ladywell Naiad

Earlier this month, the Story of the Ladywell Naiad was told over two nights, once in Manor Park and once in Ladywell Fields. Story teller Richard Neville delighted crowds with humorous tales while London Bubble Theatre  provided music and fun activities.

Follow #whatlivesinlewisham on Twitter and Instagram and find our hat lives in our Parks and imagination.

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Earlier this month, the Story of the Ladywell Naiad was told over two nights, once in Manor Park and once in Ladywell Fields.  Story teller Richard Neville delighted crowds with humorous tales while London Bubble Theatre  provided music and fun activities.

Follow #whatlivesinlewisham on Twitter and Instagram and find our hat lives in our Parks and imagination.

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Jess kyle Lewisham Rivers

Free Training With Thames21

Free training to help you look after your local river

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If you love your waterways, want to learn more about them and help make them better, we can help!

Thames21 offers a range ofFREE training sessions to anyone who is keen to get involved with activities in and around their local waterways. Check out these opportunities.

Leading a Waterway Clean UP

Imagine leading your own group of volunteers in a cleanup event to improve your stretch of river, canal or pond… You can! Our 2-day ‘LEADING A WATERWAY CLEANUP‘ course will help you develop the skills and confidence you need to plan and lead your own cleanup events. When you complete the course, you can become one of our many certified trainees who receive support from Thames21 and lead events all across London.     

LEADING A WATERWAY CLEAN UP Sessions for 2015:
(You must complete Day 1 first, before going on to Day 2)

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Water Framework Directive

The Environment Agency is the lead authority in England for implementing the Water Framework Directive (WFD), a European directive which provides the main framework for water management in Europe.  The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) came into force in December 2000 and became part of UK law in December 2003. It provides an opportunity to plan and deliver a better water environment, focusing on ecology.

It provides an opportunity to plan and deliver a better water environment through river basin management planning.  It may seem like a complicated piece of European Legislation but in reality it is all about creating healthy rivers that people care about and are connected to for life and livelihoods.

This film below explores some of the things that can affect the health of a river.

Jess kyle Lewisham Rivers

River Resources

Welcome to the Rivers & People Web Resource for teachers, students and individuals interested in finding out more about some of the activities the project has been involved in.

Click on the tabs above to browse through the subject areas and please feel free to download and / or print any of the resources on offer.  However, if you do use any, all we ask is that you email us to let us know how you got on with them and to leave any comments/feedback/improvements/suggestions!

Lesson in Ladywell Fields
Lesson in Ladywell Fields

Additional river-related resources and equipment are available to borrow from Lewisham Council. Please contact us.

River Volunteering

Take part in our river volunteering sessions
Take part in our river volunteering sessions

We also have a number of river related volunteering opportunities.  We are keen to get people involved in their local rivers and help us maintain them through bankside management and litter picks.  We tend to work in  4 parks; Brookmill Park, Chinbrook Meadows, Cornmill Gardens and Ladywell Fields.  If you would like to get involved, please visit the River Volunteering tab where you will find all the information you need.