Litter Raft in Manchester

Adventure filmmaker Raphael Holt raising awareness of the litter & flytipping issues facing Manchester’s waterways

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Adventure filmmaker and presenter Raphael (Raffy) Holt sets out on an ambitious journey to raise awareness of the issues facing Manchester’s waterways by building a raft from rubbish collected along the riverbanks and sailing it across the city. In this blog , he sets out his plans and shares his motivations:

The Rubbish Raft - An adventure into Manchester's… | The Rivers Trust

You can follow the entire adventure on Instagram at @raffexplores with behind-the-scenes footage and reflections from the river banks of Manchester .

A 20 minute documentary film was created by Raffy and screened in Manchester in December and can be viewed online here:

I built a RAFT out of MANCHESTER's RUBBISH

Young male in black coat, wearing a rucksack, walking alongside a river holding a rubbish bag and a litter picker

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