Find your local chapter in Wales
If you'd like to get more involved in your local grassroots movement, from beach cleans to campaigns, you can contact us or find your regional reps here.
Darllen y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
From iconic coastlines to winding rivers, our waters should be places where people and nature thrive. But right now, they’re being choked by sewage pollution, plastic waste, and toxic chemicals—a perfect storm that’s making water users sick and devastating our environment.
The 2026 Senedd elections are a historic chance to turn the tide in Wales. We’ve spoken with communities, grassroots groups, and environmental organisations across Wales to help us develop a manifesto that can end sewage and plastic pollution for good. Whether you surf, swim, paddle, or simply care about protecting Wales’s natural heritage, there’s never been a more important moment to take action. Find our Manifesto for Wales here in English and Welsh.
This manifesto is yours to use. Start conversations with local communities and businesses, take it to candidates and ask what their party will do to deliver our asks, and let us know if we can support you. There are more recommendations for engaging future MSs in our toolkit below too.
This manifesto – and our 2026 campaigning – centres on three key asks of the next Welsh Government:
The solutions exist. The power to deliver them lies with Wales’s next government, and with people like you holding them to account.
If you'd like to get more involved in your local grassroots movement, from beach cleans to campaigns, you can contact us or find your regional reps here.
Find practical steps to help you influence your MS on sewage pollution, or use our toolkit to help you explore dive into the what, how and why of turning your MS into a champion for clean water. Sewage is used as the example for the workbook, but what you learn in this toolkit can be applied to other ocean health issues too.
Don’t swim in sewage - fight it. Download the Safer Seas & Rivers Service (SSRS) app or check our online map for real-time alerts at your favourite surf, swim and paddle spots. Arm yourself with the facts to help keep you and your loved ones safe.
Understanding how and where people use the water, as well as who is getting sick, helps us to campaign to protect you better. Discover how data can fuel your fight to protect your local beach, river or lake. Our online Data HQ is a powerful tool to further research, empower communities and drive change. Explore the stories, stats and shocking truth.