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Swansea Students Tackle Beach

We returned to Swansea Beach for another beach clean. We were joined by students from the Gower College Swansea. Students volunteered their time as part of their public services course. We had a total of 31 volunteers, 25 of which…

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Our UK Road Trip: 5 Cleans in 5 Days

Last week we teamed up with volunteers from DEFRA and DXC to clean up the UK and raise money for a wonderful girl named Hannah. Hannah has defied all odds since the day she was born. At three days old,…

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Our UK Road Trip Day Five: Bristol

We finished our road trip across the UK with DEFRA and DXC with a final clean in Bristol. The weather was terrible; rain and hail stone made it tough work for our lovely volunteers, but they didn’t let a little…

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Our UK Road Trip Day Four: Reading

Reading marked the fourth location on our UK road trip with DEFRA and DXC. 13 volunteers arrived at Kingswood Meadows in the pouring rain to give their time to litter pick. We were joined by the lovely Hannah, who we…

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Our UK Road Trip Day Three: Manchester

One day three of our UK road trip with DXC and DEFRA, we headed to Drinkwater Park in Manchester. 21 volunteers gathered ready to litter pick despite the light rain. Words cannot express how hard these volunteers worked to clear…

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Our UK Road Trip Day Two: Newcastle

We kicked off day two of our road trip with DEFRA and DXC in Newcastle. We headed to Whitley Bay beach with 18 volunteers for a morning of litter picking. While the sun was shining, the temperature was very cold.…

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Our UK Road Trip Day One: Glasgow

We started our litter picking road trip across the UK, working with DEFRA and DXC, in Glasgow. 22 volunteers gave up their afternoon to litter pick Boden Boo Woods in Erskine, to kick off our UK road trip event. For…

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Forest Green Rovers Community Workshop

We visited Forest Green Rovers stadium to work with their community outreach team and deliver an afternoon of student workshops. FGR Community works with schools, community organisations, and sports clubs in Gloucestershire and the surrounding area, using football to educate,…

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Our First Beach Clean of 2024

We have kicked off our beach cleans for the year by heading down to Falmouth! We teamed up with the Eco Society and Marine Watch Society from Falmouth University to clean Castle Beach. We started 2023 with a clean on…

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Our Wonderful Volunteers of 2023

We have had the most incredible year here at Life’s a Beach. Last year we were thrilled to have completed 7 cleans where we collected 202 kilos of litter with the help of 308 volunteers.Despite a very wet summer, and…

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Bangor Beach Clean

Here at Life’s a Beach we’ve teamed up with Bangor University’s Endeavour Society multiple times. One of our most enthusiastic groups of volunteers, they have previously collected more in a single clean than any other group ever. This time we…

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