Paddle-Out Protests 2025

17 May 2025: Paddle-Out Protests are back!

Wax those boards, paint those placards, and join us in demanding an end to sewage pollution!

This year, the Paddle-Out Protests come at a pivotal time. No matter where you are in the UK, we’ve got a HUGE opportunity to influence transformational reform of the broken water industry. And we need you there.

Whether you paddle-out or paddle-in at the shore, dip your toes in the water or keep to the sand, we can’t wait to have you join our biggest national day of action yet! Find your nearest Paddle-Out using the map below and sign up today so you don’t miss out on all the important details for the big day.

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Can’t see a Paddle-Out near you?

Get in touch with our team to see if you could start your own Paddle-Out Protest. Email us: paddleout@sas.org.uk.

Why join the Paddle-Out Protests this year?

2025 is another HUGE year for the campaign to #EndSewagePollution.

In England and Wales, the Independent Commission (those in charge of reviewing the water industry and led by Sir Jon Cunliffe) will be their finalising recommendations for the government in May, essentially setting out what they should do next to reform the industry.

THIS IS HUGE!

This gives us the perfect opportunity to show them the groundswell of support behind the end sewage pollution campaign. We need these recommendations to be bold and ambitious in order to protect both the public and the planet, in a transformational reform.

In Scotland and Northern Ireland, we are battling a lack of data transparency which is leaving us to play sickness roulette every time we get in the water. We need water companies to feel the ongoing pressure from all water users, because we will not back down. Politicians, take note! With elections on the horizon, we need water quality to be a top priority for you.

We have had enough of swimming in sh*t. People and the planet deserve better!