River Team sub-catchment partnership

The partnership was created to facilitate improving the condition of the River Team. The partnership is made up of officers from 16 organisations including local authorities,  environmental charities, government organisations, universities and private companies.

These organisations share information, advise on infrastructure projects, raise awareness of catchment related issues and collaborate on and seek funding for river improvement projects.

29th November 2022

The Team sub-catchment partnership held a meeting on 29th November 2022. The main agenda items were as follows:

  • Nutrient Neutrality
  • A1 Improvements Update
  • Northumbria Groundwater Innovation project
  • Newcastle University Team Water Quality project
  • Team Valley Flood Alleviation Scheme

The 29th November 2022 meeting notes can be viewed here. Our next meeting is on 16th May 2023 and includes a site visit to the A1 Improvements project which will be followed by an in-person meeting on-site.

28th April 2022

The latest Team sub-catchment partnership meeting was held on the 28th April 2022 and included the following agenda items:

  • introduction to new EA Tyne Catchment Coordinator
  • Update on A1 improvements
  • Northumbrian Groundwater Innovation project
  • Newcastle University Water Quality project
  • Team Valley FAS

The meeting notes are available here.

21st October 2021

The Team sub-catchment partnership met virtually on 21st October 2021, these agenda items were discussed:

  • Lamesley, CSOs and Citizen Science7
  • NW Water Environment Scheme
  • Team Valley Flood Alleviation Scheme
  • A1 Widening Scheme

The meeting notes can be read here.

22 June 2021

A virtual meeting of the Team sub-catchment partnership was held on 22 June 2021. The following agenda items were discussed and the notes from the meeting are available here.

  • Team Valley Flood Alleviation Scheme
  • Hedley Hall NFM
  • Birtley and Kibblesworth Minewater heating scheme
  • Kibblesworth Housing Scheme
11th November 2020

A virtual meeting of the Team sub-catchment partnership was held on 11th November 2020. This meeting had a full agenda and to save time updates for some projects were sent out in advance of the meeting.

The main item was the Partnership Vision which was accepted by partners during the meeting . In addition, these subjects were discussed and the meeting notes are available here:

  • Team Valley FAS
  • Kibblesworth RA and Newcastle University Minewater model
  • Horsiculture
  • Woodlands and Nature Recovery Strategies
31st March 2020

The Team sub-catchment partnership was due to hold a meeting on 31st March 2020. This was cancelled due to the coronavirus situation but updates on key agenda items were emailed to the partners in April. Please follow the link to see this update.