As the clocks slowly tick down towards those HLF announcements, the Ribble Rivers Trust has just released this volunteer-produced video demonstrating how much impact the URES initiative has already had amongst the communities of Burnley as part of the Ribble Life project.
It’s an excellent 7-minute summary of how such a project can begin to engage local people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to start enjoying and actively improving their very own urban river’s natural heritage.
And if when that HLF bid comes through, Vic Dewhurst and her team know this really is only the start…
