Community Balsam Groups

Calling all Ullswater and Dacre communities – help us to protect your local waterways from invasive non-native species this summer! We’re gathering a team of local people to remove the invasive plant, Himalayan balsam, from these catchments once and for all. Want to make a real…

'On call' at the Eden Community Tree Nursery

National Gas were on call at our Tree Nursery, sending a team of employees to lend a helping hand as part of its corporate volunteering programme.

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Tackling climate change
Outdoor learning

01/04/2025

Only ever flush the 3Ps!

Over the winter months we have been visiting schools to raise awareness of pollution in our rivers and the impact this has on the river, wildlife and humans.

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A large steam engine sat within an engine shed at Engine Lonning. Former site of a substantial train engine yard.

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Access to Eden
Carlisle
community

24/02/2025

Engine Lonning’s hidden history

We were delighted to meet so many people at our Engine Lonning drop in event held in February with many stopping by to share their memories of the engine yard.

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A group of three volunteers holding spades are standing next to a cleared section of stonework forming part of a former railway turntable.

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Access to Eden
community
Carlisle

12/12/2024

Revealing the past at Engine Lonning, Carlisle

We joined Cumberland Council to lend them a helping help to clear vegetation around footpaths steps and hidden historical railway infrastructure.

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Three volunteers standing on top of a pile of uprooted Himalayan balsam plants.

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Stop the Spread
Big Balsam Bash

09/10/2024

Reclaiming our riverbanks

We've called time on our Big Balsam Bash for 2024 with an unprecedented 200,000 invasive non-native Himalayan balsam plants pulled over the summer.

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Group photograph of ERT staff and outgoing Chairperson Charles Ecroyd taken in front of ERT offices in Penrith.

News

26/09/2024

End of an era

We’re sad to say goodbye to one of our most stalwart supporters who has helped the trust grow and thrive over the last ten years as Charles Ecroyd steps down from our board of…

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A group of volunteers posing for a photograph, lined up along a metal farm gate.

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Volunteers

13/09/2024

Visiting volunteers placed on guard duty

We welcomed employees from Cooke Aquaculture this week, volunteering their time to join our regular volunteers for guard duty on land owned by the Warm Welly Company in Brampton…

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A large group of young people in colourful t shirts, stood on a small pile of Himalayan balsam plants removed from a nearby river bank.

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Stop the Spread
Big Balsam Bash

04/09/2024

Balsam sent packing by Harry and his team

Nine year old Harry from Carlisle, friends and teammates from Gillford Park FC under 10’s kicked one of Cumbria’s non-native invasive species (INNS) into touch at their sponsored…

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A group of volunteers posing for a photograph stood behind a pile of Himalayan balsam uprooted and piled up during a Balsam bashing event on the site amongst woodland adjacent to river.

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Stop the Spread
Big Balsam Bash

11/07/2024

Balsam bashed!

An army of local volunteers were out in force to remove Himalayan Balsam, an invasive non-native species (INNS) blighting water courses within the Eden catchment area.

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A group of volunteers standing on muddy ground and holding tree saplings post for a group photograph.

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Access to Eden

08/04/2024

Eden Rivers Trust awarded £2.6m

Funding a new exciting heritage partnership project, Access to Eden: breaking barriers, building bridges working to break down barriers to Eden’s rivers and natural heritage.

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ERT staff member and volunteer sitting on a wooden bench made as part of a woodland skills session provided at the ERT volunteer celebration day.

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Volunteers

18/02/2024

Volunteer Celebration Day

We held a very special event to celebrate the work of our wonderful volunteer team.

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Community Balsam Groups

'On call' at the Eden Community Tree Nursery

Only ever flush the 3Ps!

Engine Lonning’s hidden history

Revealing the past at Engine Lonning, Carlisle

Reclaiming our riverbanks

End of an era

Visiting volunteers placed on guard duty

Balsam sent packing by Harry and his team

Balsam bashed!

Eden Rivers Trust awarded £2.6m

Volunteer Celebration Day

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