projects
our ongoing projects
Ribble Rivers Trust are always working on a range of projects and activities. You can find out about our main projects and programmes below:
Bowland Connects
Bowland Connects In April 2026, Ribble Rivers Trust secured £250,000 to deliver the first phase of the Bowland Connects programme, ...
Brookside Restoration Initiative
Brookside Restoration Initiative Project update: following an extensive consultation with residents, volunteers, and delivery partners, the Brookside Master Plan has ...
CaSTCo citizen science monitoring
CaSTCo citizen science monitoring On 16th October, we held our first official ‘RiverBlitz’ as part of the Catchment Systems Thinking ...
Catchment Systems Thinking (CaST)
Catchment Systems Thinking (CaST) Ribble Rivers Trust are receiving funding from United Utilities to create new woodlands at Sabden, Samlesbury, ...
Community Catchments
Community Catchments: Community Led Flood Action The Ribble Rivers Trust has launched a new project aimed at tackling flooding in ...
Community Catchments and Natural Flood Management
Ribble Revival: Community Catchments NFM In 2025, Ribble Rivers Trust launched a new project aimed at tackling flooding in three ...
Community Tree Nurseries
Community Tree Nurseries Ribble Rivers Trust’s community tree nurseries are helping us to grow our own trees. The aim is ...
Discovering the River Darwen
Discovering the River Darwen Discovering the River Darwen is a community-focused project funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, helping ...
Education- Rivers In The Classroom
Rivers In The Classroom About Rivers In The Classroom Information For Teachers Support Our Work For more than a decade, ...
Fisheries Monitoring and Fish Surveys
Fisheries Monitoring and Fish Surveys Ribble Rivers Trust strive to protect and restore the Ribble catchment’s rivers, and understanding the ...
Grow Back Greener
Grow Back Greener Ribble Rivers Trust are proud to be revealing the new Grow Back Greener partnership with the Woodland ...
Hodder Together for Salmon
Hodder Together For Salmon Flowing through the heart of the Forest of Bowland, the River Hodder is a place with ...
Invasive Non-Native Species
Invasive Non-Native Species Invasive non-native species are a growing problem in the UK, and they can have serious impacts on ...
Lancashire Woodland Connect
Lancashire Woodland Connect In 2020, we launched Lancashire Woodland Connect with a bold, decade-long mission: to double the area of ...
Langden Gravels
Langden Gravels Langden Brook is one of the not so hidden gems in the Ribble catchment, and our Langden Gravels ...
Nature-Based Volunteering in East Lancashire
Nature-Based Volunteering in East Lancashire Ribble Rivers Trust has been commissioned by Natural England to carry out a detailed assessment ...
OUR Douglas- Opening Up the River Douglas
OUR Douglas Opening Up the River (OUR) Douglas Project is the first major project the Ribble Rivers Trust will deliver ...
Pendle River Rangers
Pendle River Rangers We are excited to share the recent progress of our Pendle River Rangers project! In 2025, we ...
Primrose Nature Reserve Partnership
Primrose Nature Reserve Partnership Primrose Community Nature Trust and Ribble Rivers Trust are now working in partnership to ensure the ...
Ribble Catchment INNS
Ribble Catchment INNS Ribble Rivers Trust have teamed up with the Ribble Fisheries Consultative Association (RFCA) and the Angling Trust ...
Ribble Explorers
Ribble Explorers Ribble Rivers Trust’s education programme has developed and improved across the years. Now, the Trust is branching out ...
Ribble Life Partnership
Ribble Life Partnership The Ribble Life Partnership was first established in 2011 as part of a pioneering Defra-funded pilot project ...
Riverbank Revival
Riverbank Revival: A Journey Toward Community Transformation We’re thrilled to share the remarkable progress of our Riverbank Revival project in ...
Room for Rivers: River Revival
Ribble Revival: Room for Rivers Thanks to funding from the Government’s Species Survival Fund, Ribble Rivers Trust is embarking on ...
Safe To Splash
Safe To Splash In 2022 Ribble Rivers Trust launched their exciting new Safe to Splash campaign. This campaign aims to ...
Tawd Valley Wetland
Tawd Valley Wetland The Tawd Valley Wetland project is complete! Please note that this project has been completed. However, we're ...
Tributrees
Tributrees Tributrees is a woodland creation project which forms part of our 10-year Lancashire Woodland Connect Campaign and the Environment ...
Trinity Ecohub
Trinity EcoHub What is the Trinity EcoHub? Ribble Rivers Trust are working in partnership with Natural England (NE) and Trinity ...
We Are Undefeatable
We Are Undefeatable We Are Undefeatable is an exciting new project, which is being delivered in partnership with Friends of ...
Wigglesworth Hall Floodplain Reconnection
Wigglesworth Hall Floodplain Reconnection Ribble Rivers Trust’s Wigglesworth Hall Floodplain Reconnection project will see us working on the Long Preston ...
Yorkshire Ribble Rangers
Yorkshire Ribble Rangers At Ribble Rivers Trust our mission is clear. To protect and restore the rivers within our catchment ...
