After three and a half years with London waterways charity Thames21, initially as Shuttle Riverkeeper Co-ordinator, and latterly as Education Officer, Joanne Bradley (28) is taking on a new role from mid-July as Education Officer at WaterAid, an international charity that transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation.
Joanne Bradley at the recent FoTS@Danson lake clean-up event (picture by Jane Stout)
Joanne hopes to continue helping the successful Friends of the Shuttle Group in her spare time. FoTS was set up to ensure that the good work started by Joanne could continue after she left the riverkeeper role, by providing trained event leaders so that the necessary access to equipment and insurance remained in place. FoTS has recently extended its environmental improvement work to Danson Park lake.
Joanne said “Thank you to all of those who continue to support this vital work on the River Shuttle – FotS continue to make a hugely positive impact on the River Shuttle and they work very hard to keep this work going. So I look forward to seeing some of you at these clean up events in the future!”
Anyone who would like to go on the mailing list for the Friends of the Shuttle clean up events please email:
<fots-thames21@hotmail.co.uk>
With Joanne’s departure it is unlikely that children’s holiday events will take place on the Shuttle this summer, but anyone interested in the possibility of more of these at some time in the future is invited to email Joanne at
<joanne.bradley@thames21.org.uk>
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Joanne Bradley chats with River Cray Project Officer Michael Heath at the Danson event (picture by Chris Rose)
