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A new season begins

At the end of a damp winter the emergence of buds on the trees and the greening up of hedgerows tells us a new season is on the way: the fishing season...

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Support Wessex Rivers Trust to look after our chalk streams

As people are starting to enjoy their local nature spots, find out how you can help us continue our vital work on Wessex's rivers.

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Changing Times: Digital Education Resources

Digital resources have become a necessity for education, with most children in the UK now learning from home. Find out how Wessex Rivers Trust has adapted to meet this need.

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Rivers at Home

This Spring and Summer Wessex Rivers Trust is taking a different approach to river education. See how they are bringing rivers into our homes...

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A new CEO for
Wessex Rivers  Trust

We are very excited to announce that we have recruited Dr Dave Rumble to become our new Chief Executive later this year. 

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Watercress and Winterbournes Project
Success

Good news from the Test and Itchen Catchment! The trickling headwater streams of the Test and Itchen are set to receive a flood of funding from the National Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Rebranding the Trust

You have found our new website, so you must have noticed that Wessex Chalk Stream and Rivers Trust has been renamed to Wessex Rivers Trust. If you look a bit closer, you can also see that we have updated our logo to reflect the development and growth of our organisation. 

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Fishing Sale Extension

The deadline for bids for our fishing sale was 24th April but we have extended this for 4 weeks to 22nd May. 

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Office Closure

Following the global spread of the new coronavirus Covid-19 the office in Stratford sub Castle will be closed until further notice.
Message from our CEO . . .

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Gaining work experience

I asked about a work placement with the Wessex Rivers Trust as part of my FdSc course in Sport Fisheries and Aquaculture at University Centre Sparsholt

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