Beach Buddies included in the King’s Baton Relay

BEACH Buddies is honoured to have been chosen to take possession of the King’s Barton on its second day on the Isle of Man on Peel beach on Sunday June 14th.

We are hoping to have as many Beach Buddies volunteers as possible to welcome the baton, with the event being covered by TV, radio and news media. The schedule is for the baton to arrive on the lifeboat at Peel breakwater at 12 noon on Sunday June 14th and it will be carried around to the beach by Beach Buddies founder Bill Dale and his daughter Roseanna, a long time trustee of Beach Buddies.

The baton will then be carried round to Peel beach and we would love to see as many of our volunteers as possible on the beach at the western end closest to the swingbridge. Parking may be tight, so please arrive in good time to get a spot. There will then be a 30 minute beach cleaning session on Peel beach by our volunteers. 

Please be ready to have your photograph taken!

• The headline sponsor of Beach Buddies is FIM Capital (www.fimcapital.co.im)

Collection Bins

Beach Buddies provides, manages and maintains a network of 50+ collection bins around the island to encourage and enable members of the public to collect and safely dispose of beach rubbish. Our team visits each of the bins each week or fortnight depending on location and season to empty the contents and ensure the bin is in good order. We recycle what we can and depose of the remainder at the Energy From Waste facility. Last year we deposited over 20 tonnes of rubbish in this way. This is at the core of operation as well as being the most intensive of our activities.