Petition updateReturn the Water Industry to Public Ownership

Danny Dyer, Dani Dyer and Becky Hill Join Our Stop the Sewage Protest

Ed ActesonWhitstable, ENG, United Kingdom
Sep 11, 2026

Good morning,

We have some exciting news to share. On Sunday 20 September, SOS Whitstable will be holding our Stop the Sewage protest in Leysdown-on-Sea—and we will be joined by a fantastic line-up of speakers:

Danny Dyer — actor
Dani Dyer — television personality
Becky Hill — singer and songwriter
Cliff Roney — GMB activist and water-industry veteran
Ash Smith — founder of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution


Together, we will call for an end to sewage pollution and the return of the water industry to public ownership.

More than 316,000 of you have signed this petition, sending a powerful message that water should be run for people and the environment, not private profit. Now we have an opportunity to take that message beyond the petition and make our demand impossible to ignore.

Protest details


Date: Sunday 20 September 2026
Time: 11:00am
Location: The Garden Café, Shellness Road, Leysdown-on-Sea, Sheerness, ME12 4RH

There is limited parking at the venue. Once it is full, extensive parking is available in the center of Leysdown, approximately a 5–10 minute walk from the protest.

You can read more about the protest, meet the speakers, and find the full event information here:

https://www.soswhitstable.com/updates/protest-leysdown-2026

If you can reach Sheppey, please come and stand with us. Bring a placard, dress up, and make some noise.

We want the government and the water industry to see just how strongly the public feels about the damage being done to our rivers, beaches, and seas.

If you cannot attend, you can still make a real difference by sharing the protest page with friends and family and on social media. Every person who attends, shares the event, or adds their voice helps us build the pressure for change.

Thank you, as always, for standing with us.

Ed Acteson
SOS Whitstable

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