Big Beach Clean 2019 - Portavogie Beach
Date and time
Location
The Quays Restaurant
Portavogie BT22 1DZ United KingdomDescription
Do good, feel good…
Be part of the WORLD’S largest movement for litter free seas, making a difference to our communities and our planet.
Join Live Here Love Here for the launch of the Big Beach Clean Weekend as part of the International Coastal Clean up!
Live Here Love Here, proudly supported by volunteers from Coca-Cola HBC, will engage local businesses and communities to collect the marine litter on our beautiful beaches. We will also record the litter to feed into the Ocean Conservancy data collection, a global initiative to tackle the plight of plastic.
The International Coastal Clean up has brought together 13 million people from 150 countries to be part of the world’s largest volunteer effort to protect the ocean. Volunteers have collected over 250 million pounds of litter along our coastlines and waterways!
Event details:
Live Here Love Here will provide a brief at 8.45am sharp to volunteers at Portavogie Beach. After a short introduction, volunteers will pick up the provided equipment from Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful staff and begin to collect and record litter items. After cleaning, volunteers meet back at The Quays Restaurant to enjoy a free lunch.
Registration and RSVP:
An RSVP helps us estimate the number of volunteers coming to the clean up. If you are a group or business attending the clean up, please RSVP as normal on the Eventbrite page, accurately gauging the number of volunteers you will bring. You do NOT need to print out your Eventbrite RSVP.
What to bring:
We recommend that volunteers wear sturdy, close-toed shoes and dress for Northern Irish weather! Please help us cut down on waste and bring a reusable water bottle to stay hydrated during the clean up. Make sure to check the forecast before heading out so you come prepared, but we will be cleaning rain or shine! We will have all the supplies you need to clean up--litter pickers, bin bags, gloves--but please feel free to bring your own.
What we provide:
- Relevant equipment including litter data cards
- Experienced staff to manage and coordinate clean-up activities on the day
- Health and safety risk assessment and briefing
- Appropriate waste collection with local authority
- Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful will submit all data on behalf of participants to Ocean Conservancy
You can also log the types of litter you collect by downloading the Clean Swell app before the event. Make sure to label your data ‘LHLH’ so we can track it as part of BIG Beach Clean! www.oceanconservancy.org/cleanswell
If you have any questions please contact Karina at karina.robinson@keepnorthernirelandbeautiful.org.
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About Live Here Love Here
Live Here Love Here is a national campaign aimed at promoting civic pride and a community can-do attitude by improving environmental quality in Northern Ireland. Our aim is to see cleaner streets, less dog fouling and graffiti, more biodiversity and better use of unused spaces. At Live Here Love Here, we are passionate about creating a healthier and greener Northern Ireland which not only affects our physical health but comes with overwhelming social benefits. Live Here Love Here is an inspiring partnership between the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs; Northern Ireland Housing Executive; Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council; Ards and North Down Borough Council; Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council; Belfast City Council; Derry City and Strabane District Council; Fermanagh and Omagh District Council; Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council; Mid and East Antrim Borough Council; Mid Ulster District Council and Newry, Mourne and Down District Council working alongside Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. To learn more please visit www.liveherelovehere.org.
About Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful is a charity working towards the vision of a sustainable Northern Ireland, running environmental education programmes and awareness raising campaigns, increasing volunteering opportunities and reporting on local environmental quality. Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful deliver many international awards including the Blue Flag for Beaches and Marinas and Green Flag Award for Parks and Open Spaces to improve the local quality of our environment and strive for environmental excellence. Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful are national coordinators for Eco-Schools in Northern Ireland, the world’s largest international environmental education programme. Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful aims to promote Climate Action, Biodiversity Recovery and Pollutions Solutions to change behaviours and practices so everyone can enjoy a beautiful, resilient, and healthy environment.
For more information, visit www.keepnorthernirelandbeautiful.org.