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Supporting young people

The Water Conservation Trust helps young people succeed and thrive, regardless of their background.  We are committed to widening participation and equality of opportunity.  We are encouraged when we hear the efforts of colleges and universities to help students alleviate the financial pressures they face. At a recent presentation by…...

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Congratulations to our students

The Water Conservation Trust currently supports postgraduate students at 15 universities.  The Deputy Master, representing the Trust, was invited to the graduation ceremony for students of the University of Surrey in the impressive surroundings of Guildford Cathedral.  It was great to catch up with Ruth Leslie our bursary award winner…...

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Welcome to the new President

The Water Conservation Trust has supported Birkbeck, University of London for several years, providing bursaries and awarding dissertation prizes to post graduate students.  The Water Conservators’ Company along with other livery companies and leading figures in the City of London, were honoured to be invited to the inauguration of Baroness…...

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Barriers and Opportunities for Restoring Rivers

Members of the Company were at the UK Water Partnership Annual Summit on the barriers and opportunities for restoring river health.  It was encouraging to hear progress to date and the contribution of young professionals to the debate around river health.  There was a high level of ambition for change…...

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Environmental Watchdog Hails Landmark Legal Case

A Court of Appeal judgment earlier this month could prove a significant development in legal efforts to hold the government to its duty to protect the environment, according to The Office for Environmental Protection. The Court upheld a complaint brought by a group of fishermen in North Yorkshire, who accused…...

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New Liverymen and Freemen at Election Court

At our Election Court meeting we were pleased to admit Tom Morton, Michael Nates, and Cherry Parker, as Liverymen of the Company, and Penelope Banks, Sharon Barker, Eileen Bigg, Susannah Clements, Polly Courtice, Karyn Georges, Karen Murrell, Caryn Novak, Matthew Sparkes, and Craig Turner as Freemen of the Company....

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Influencing the Restoration of Welsh Rivers

The Welsh Government has acknowledged and responded to a series of ambitions in a report to help restore the health of Welsh rivers. The top five priorities put forward were: Reducing Intensive Agriculture Runoff Strengthening Enforcement of Environmental Regulations Implementing Nature-Based Solutions (Wetlands and Riparian buffer zones) Adopting a Catchment…...

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City Harvest and the Livery Food Initiative

Members of the Livery Companies were welcomed for an early morning tour round the New Covent Garden site at Nine Elms. The site has been open since 1974 when it transferred from the original “convent” Garden on the north side of the Thames. After 50 years the site is being…...

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Raising money for Treloar’s at Mansion House

It was a fun evening at the Treloar’s Gala Dinner at Mansion House, raising funds for this special charity founded by Sir William Treloar, a former Lord Mayor of the City of London. Treloar’s College and School need to raise more than £1.5 million per annum – over and above…...

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Water industry veteran outlines challenges facing sector in Radio 4 interview

There’s much more in Britain’s broken water system that needs fixing than sewage treatment alone, according to an industry veteran and leading member of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators. But after years of starving the industry of investment, because of pressure from government and the water regulator Ofwat to keep prices…...

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