Cotswolds Rivers Trust, caring for and conserving the wild brown trout rivers of the Cotswolds ANOB
Meet the Team
The Cotswolds Rivers Trust is run by volunteers as a limited company and charitable organisation.
Ashley Smith
Director of the Cotswolds Rivers Trust. In addition to my role as a director of the rivers trust I have been running the Windrush Against Sewage Pollution group for five years with about ten people, becoming a persistent critic of Thames Water over its sewage pollution record; helping to fill a gap left by the Environment Agency due to under-funding
director@cotswoldsriverstrust.org
Anthony Bostock MBE
Tony Bostock, Director, has worked in numerous roles in fisheries and environmental management for over 35 years. A founder member of the Severn Rivers Trust, he guided the Trust from its early beginnings through limited company and charitable status to the present day. Awarded an MBE for services to Fisheries and Environment in the 2016 New Year’s honours list.
Dave Whittles
Dave Whittles, Director and webmaster joined the trust this year. He retired from a wide-ranging career in marketing, business analysis and IT security. Originally training as a freshwater biologist at Stirling University, he worked for 6 years at Bibury Trout Farm. During this period he gained a Certificate in Fisheries Management from the IFM, so this role is something of a return to his academic roots.
Dr Richard Knowles
Director of the Cotswolds Rivers Trust. Richard retired after a long teaching career in 2017. He has been involved in a voluntary capacity in campaigns to preserve and protect the Cotswold rivers for many years. He is secretary of the Upper Thames Fisheries Consultative and also Chairman of Cotswold Flyfishers. His involvement in river related campaigns began in the 1980s when, re-visiting the Windrush after many years of absence, he noted how turbid it had become.
Debbie Campbell
Director of the Cotswolds Rivers Trust, Debbie joined the trust in 2022. Debbie has always had a connection to water, and is as passionate about conservation as she is swimming and surfing. However, after one wild swim left her vomiting due to sewage entering her body, she decided to make it her full time job to stop the dumping of waste into rivers. She works with the Windrush Catchment Partnership and in support of the Trust.
Email Debbie here
Stephen Payne
Stephen Payne looks after the finances for the trust. He lives in Devon, having recently moved, but continues his association with the rivers trust. He has a particular interest in wild fish conservation, working to improve river quality to protect wild populations and ensure healthy breeding conditions.
Our fellow director is Trevor Cramphorn,
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