Month: October 2023

Calling all photographers…  

Wear Rivers Trust are holding a competition to find the best River Wear (or Wear tributary) Winter themed photograph to feature on our 2023 Christmas Card.   

We know the weather isn’t too chilly just yet… so feel free to send us one of your photographs from previous years. Or get creative and try to create the best Wintery-feeling photograph of the River Wear now!  

The closing date is 27^th November and the frost is on it’s way so there’s plenty of time to get out snapping around the river. Not only will the winner have their photograph featured on the Christmas Card but they will also receive a £50 voucher from Camera World. The runners up will automatically be entered for the chance to appear on the Wear Rivers Trust 2025 calendar which we will be organising next year.    

Please send all entries to volunteering@wear-rivers-trust.org.uk.  

We will be showcasing some of the entries on our social media so if you don’t already please follow:

Facebook: Wear Rivers Trust  

Instagram: wear_rivers_trust 

X (Twitter): WearRiversTrust 

Peter Nailon, WRT Strategic Funding Director, has given recent talks on the scourge of plastic pollution to the Heritage Coast Partnership Annual Form https://durhamheritagecoast.org and the North East Share business group https://northeastshare.co.uk/

Plastics breakdown into tiny particles, polluting the environment at the micro and nano-scales, even entering the human food chain.

Caddis fly larvae build a case to pupate in, from the materials close to hand, gathering stones, sand and leaves, and wrapping them with silk. In the case of the cover photo the caddis fly has incorporated small pieces of hard plastic into the structure of its cocoon, clearly illustrating the scale of the plastics problem.

Peter described how communities, schools and businesses could get involved through the Wear Plastic Free initiative, operating across the whole catchment.

If you want to make the Wear Plastic Free and support action on plastic pollution perhaps through suggesting ways to reduce plastic use, or improve recycling at work, get involved in clean-ups or support the plastics management with a financial donation please contact admin@wear-rivers-trust.org.uk