#SaveTheThames

Aim: The Thames is drowning in pollution. If you walk, swim, row, sail, or love this river—act now. Donate today and help us fight for her future

🎯 Purpose

Friends of the Thames campaign invites everyone who enjoys the River Thames—walkers, swimmers, rowers, boaters, spectators, anglers and riverside residents—to donate £5 (or as much as you can) to help protect and restore the river.

💥 The Message

The Thames is on the brink.
Pollution is worsening. Authorities are failing.
The people who love this river are stepping up.

Whether you swim in her, walk beside her, row on her, watch the regatta, or picnic on her banks—this river gives us joy, health, history, and identity. Now she needs us.

Donate any amount (over £5 please) either as a one-off, or every time you interact with the river, to help protect the Thames and show the government that the people care deeply and demand action.

📸 Visual Petition: “This is what you’re meant to protect.”

We’re creating a powerful visual petition—a gallery of images sent by the public showing what the Thames means to them.

Photos can be:

• A stunning sunset over the water
• A shocking sewage outfall
• A happy child paddling
• Historical imagery
• Wildlife, weirs, or waste

Tag @FriendsOfTheThames and use #SaveTheThames. We'll take the full petition to Steve Reed (Secretary of Environment) and No. 10.

This is citizen science meets grassroots protest.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 25th August 2025 at 6:21pm