The ColneCAN Conference 2026: Celebrating Community-led River Action
This year’s annual conference of the Colne Catchment Action Network (ColneCAN) was held in St Mary’s Church Harmondsworth on Thursday 15th October.
Lucy Shuker, ColneCAN co-host was excited to shine a light on the lowest part of the catchment and also to provide a hybrid experience for the first time, an especially remarkable achievement from a medieval church.
The theme of this year’s conference was Celebrating community-led river action and the amazing Community Leads Enabling Action for Rivers across the whole Colne catchment. To recognise Colne CLEAR Champions, their invaluable contributions and inspire others by highlighting what CAN be achieved when we work together. The sum of every positive action contributes towards nature recovery and resilience across all Colne waterways.
Watch this space for a full article on the conference, which will appear in due course.

