Join us at the March for Clean Water

Our seas and rivers are polluted with a toxic cocktail of raw sewage, agricultural run-off and chemical pollutants.

But it’s not too late. We can restore them, as long as we act now.

We're coming together with over 50 other organisations, sports groups, local campaigners, individuals and activists to demand action. Join us at the March for Clean Water on Sunday 3rd November in central London to flood the streets.

You can register to attend here

The March for Clean Water, coordinated by River Action and Feargal Sharkey, is a coalition of organisations and groups who are fed up with the state of Britain's waters and the lack of action to restore them to health. We're coming together to demand that the UK Government takes immediate and decisive action to end the poisoning of our seas, rivers, and lakes.

This peaceful march will highlight the urgency of the matter and demonstrate how many of us care about the state of our waters. Famous faces sympathetic to our cause will put on a creative spectacle of speeches, stunts, music, and artwork that the government, and the public, cannot ignore. If you're attending the march you're encouraged to wear blue to symbolise clean water.

We’ve been campaigning for an end to sewage pollution for decades.

Our seas and beaches are vital. They provide places for us to enjoy and food for us to eat. They are home to amazing marine wildlife and habitats that play a vital role in our fight against the climate emergency. Despite this, our seas are being filled with pollution on a daily basis.

Sewage and chemicals pollute some of our most protected marine areas, protected for nature and shellfish, and not even our bathing waters are spared. Pollution from ‘forever chemicals’ is of particular concern. Because these types of chemicals don’t break down, the amount in our seas is constantly increasing.

While we welcome recent announcements from the new UK Government that it will "fundamentally transform how the nation’s water system operates to tackle pollution", the measures it has proposed are not enough to address the scale of the water pollution crisis facing our seas.

We can’t fix this problem one pollutant at a time. We need systemic change that puts the environment at the heart of decision making and tackles all sources of water pollution.

This must include:

• Ending water pollution from sewage and harmful ‘forever chemicals' as well as road run-off and agriculture
• Stopping sewage from polluting and harming our most precious and sensitive marine habitats and recreational blue spaces, and monitoring all sewage discharges, by 2030.
• Giving regulators the powers and funding necessary to enforce new and existing laws to stop pollution and hold polluters to account.
• Understanding the true impact of pollutants on ocean health.

Together, we can stop pollution and restore our seas and rivers.

Head to March for Clean Water to find out more and sign up today!