There will be a "Beachwatch" survey on behalf of the Marine Conservation Society of as many of the local beaches as we can manage on the 3rd weekend of September (17th/18th).
This survey involves cleaning sections of the beaches and catalogueing the litter which is collected. The results are used by the Marine Conservation Society for research and to drive future policy.
One of our aims, in addition to raising public awareness of the need to care for our environment, is to get our young people involved.
We will therefore need a number of responsible adults to supervise and assist young volunteers during this weekend. Training and equipment will be provided and the young volunteers will have had some education and background study opportunities within their school curriculum.
We already have a number of volunteers but if we had more, we could involve more young people and clean/survey more of the beaches.
If there is anyone who would be willing to devote a few hours during the weekend of 17/18 September to this please telephone either Mary Turner on 553192 or Charles Murphy on 552514.
Please feel free to ask any questions or make any comment through this thread.