Our aim is to restore & maintain the health of our water bodies and rebuild wildlife corridors from Dartmoor to our Estuaries
Clean River | Thriving Wildlife | Sustainable Communities
We connect people who support our aims. Community groups, parish councils, farmers & landowners, businesses and individuals in all parishes in the River Avon catchment - South Brent, North Huish, Diptford, Loddiswell, Aveton Gifford, Bantham & Thurlestone and Bigbury.
We team up with the River Gara & Slapton Ley catchment (Blackawton & Stoke Fleming, East Allington, Slapton) and the Salcombe Kingsbridge Estuary (Kingsbridge Town, West Alvington, Malborough, Slapton, Frogmore & Sherford, Charleton, South Pool, East Portlemouth).
RIVER WATER QUALITY
Ecological status of water bodies and hours of CSOs in River Avon, River Gara & Slapton Ley and Salcombe Kingsbridge Estuary.
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
Local pioneers of nature based solutions to pollution (eg leaky dams and reed beds) want to share their experience and join up with volunteer teams and advisors to support neighbouring farms to make our rivers clean for future generations.
WILDLIFE CORRIDORS
Landowners, farmers and gardeners can create space for nature and allow wildlife to flourish alongside their businesses and busy lives.
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
Have fun and learn new skills by offering landowners a hand installing nature based solutions to pollution and create wildlife corridors.
Avon River Champions launched the Devon River Manifesto at the River Discovery Zone at the Devon County Show.
The discovery zone gave us a platform to launch the survey, which hundreds of people completed, informing the Manifesto.​The Manifesto with the survey results was sent to all DEVON MPs on July 10th. It includes shocking Rivers Trust data on pollution by Constituency to offer MPs a real focus on their patch. The message is loud and clear: We want to see real action from our government to protect our rivers and waterways.
Our goal in sharing this Manifesto is to inspire MPs to concentrate on river issues in their Constituency while also understanding the larger context for Devon. Many local catchment groups are already making a significant impact, and we hope this Manifesto can further strengthen their work in a small way. We also signposted local catchment groups to MPs, underlining the crucial role MPs can play in supporting these groups.
SEAMOOR LOTTO
SeaMoor Lotto is a weekly lottery, run by South Hams District Council supporting good causes in South Hams and West Devon. Find out how it works here. Avon River Champions have raised £1,500 to date - thanks to our SeaMoor Lotto supporters. Tickets cost £1 a week. Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win a prize each week, with a top prize of £25,000!
