A WEEK TO REMEMBER . . .

IT’S BEEN quite a week for Beach Buddies – we were chosen as Manx Radio’s “Charity of The Week” (thanks to sponsors kelproperties and to Christy de Haven); we were featured on Chanelle Sukhoo’s “Island Life” programme and today we have had a very nice article posted on the BBC website (www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn562x37ppxo).

Thank you also for the hundreds of messages we have received to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the creation of Beach Buddies on Ballaugh beach, January 6th 2006.

The biggest “thank you” goes to the many thousands of people in the Isle of Man – especially children – who have taken part in one of our events, or even if you have stopped anywhere on the Island to pick up a piece of rubbish. We are all setting a fantastic example to the rest of the world.

Lots of people have also asked questions about how they can help Beach Buddies with small (or large) donations. Send an email to info@beachbuddies.org.im for details.

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.