# Official charity for The Boat Race 2006 named

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/01/18/official-charity-boat-race-2006-named/
- Published: 2006-01-18T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Environmental charity Thames21 has been selected as official charity for The Boat
Race 2006. The charity’s volunteers work to clean up London’s rivers and canals 
and create habitats for wildlife.

The partnership includes a clean up with the Oxford and Cambridge boat race crews
and local community, a guided walk along the route of the Boat Race, and an educational
event with local schools.

Thames21 estimates that it will raise at least £10,000 from the partnership, and
will expand its volunteer base.

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This year’s race takes place on Sunday 2 April 2006, and regularly attracts over
140 million television viewers worldwide as well as an average of 250,000 spectators
each year.

Howard Jacobs, London Representative of the University Boat Clubs said: “We have
decided to make Thames21 our official charity because The Boat Race has ties with
the Thames which go back over 150 years. The event and the river are synonymous.”

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