Beach Buddies Joining in Douglas Beach Day

BEACH Buddies is joining forces with Douglas Town Council this weekend and supporting the Douglas Beach Day on Saturday July 19th. It means there will not be an event for Beach Buddies on Sunday.

A “Morning of Wellbeing” will kick off events from 9am, including mindfulness sessions and saunas.

Beach Buddies will be there from 10.30am with litter picking equipment for anyone who wants to help keep our beaches rated as the cleanest in the British Isles. We will be there until around 2pm. The meeting point for Beach Buddies is on the promenade opposite the Queens Hotel public house. Our big red truck will be there for everyone to see. 

The “Family Fun Day” will include bouncy castles, crafting wooden boats, free face painting, metal detecting and a sandcastle competition. The day also includes food stalls and live music.

• Beach Buddies is sponsored by FIM Capital

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.