Catchment partnerships bring local knowledge and expertise, and are active in each of the 100+ Water Framework Directive catchments across England, including those cross-border with Wales. Numerous organisations and sectoral interests are involved with CaBA nationwide, including Environmental NGOs, Water Companies, Local Authorities, Government Agencies, Landowners, Angling Clubs, Farmer Representative Bodies, Academia and Local Businesses. The CaBA partnerships each undertake integrated management of land and water, addressing each river catchment as a whole and delivering crosscutting practical interventions on the ground. These result in multiple benefits including improvements to water quality, enhanced biodiversity, reduced flood risk, resilience to climate change, more resource efficient and sustainable businesses and, health and wellbeing benefits for local communities as they engage with and take ownership of their local river environment. Due to the diversity of the partnerships, the technical expertise therein and the development of catchment plans – underpinned by robust data and evidence – CaBA partnerships have proven adept at securing project funds from multiple sources: to date, CaBA has leveraged, on average, more than 8 times the initial core investment. The partnerships also have strong convening power, providing a catalyst to bring together a range of sectoral interests and to address land and water management in a strategic manner, at the whole catchment scale. Due to its crosscutting and integrated nature, CaBA provides an ideal framework to support delivery of the Government’s 25-year Environment Plan, directly supporting key focus areas identified for action, including: ‘Using and managing land sustainably’; ‘Recovering nature and enhancing the beauty of landscapes’; ‘Connecting people with the environment to improve health and wellbeing’; ‘Increasing resource efficiency, and reducing pollution and waste’.