Prestonpans beach needs your help!
As part of the Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) Adopt-a-Beach scheme, Prestonpans beach has been adopted! Volunteers are needed to help with litter clean-ups four times a year - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The Autumn clean-up is carried out in conjunction with a litter survey (Beachwatch).
The information gathered during the Autumn surveys will be used to raise awareness of the problems and dangers of coastal marine litter to both humans and wildlife. It will also enable the main sources of local litter inputs to be identified and the polluters responsible to be targeted.
This is a real chance for everyone who knows and uses Prestonpans beach to get involved and help look after it. The surveys take place four times a year and provide an ideal opportunity to have fun and learn about the coast, whilst making a real difference to the local marine environment!
The Adopt-a-Beach scheme, supported by the Crown Estate and DEFRA's Environmental Action Fund, has been developed from the hugely successful annual Beachwatch event, which continues as the flagship of Adopt-a-Beach. Nationally, the project aims to create a network of 500 adopted beaches around the UK cost, making it the country's largest coastal environmental initiative.
Dates of future clean-ups will appear here. Please contact us if you wish to be kept informed.
Further information and forms
Details and photographs from previous clean-ups can be seen here
FAQs - here (PDF format)
Volunteer Guidelines - here (PDF format)
Sponsorship Form - here (PDF format)
Press Release - here (PDF format)
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