Barefoot Wine invites Blackpool to roll up its sleeves and get St Anne's beach 'barefoot friendly'
34 members of the public volunteered to clean
St Anne's beach and, as a result, 47 kilograms of litter has been removed from
St Anne's!
St Anne's beach played host to a sea of volunteers on Saturday, 23 May 2015, as
the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project; a nationwide initiative to keep the UK
beaches 'Barefoot Friendly'; continues for the 8th year running.
Members of the public came down and joined the St Anne's beach clean from 2pm
onwards, with everyone welcome.
Continuing the project's success from 2014, which saw over 800 volunteers remove almost 1,500 kilograms of litter from UK beaches, community volunteers were called on to come out and clean St Anne's beach to make 2015 another great year for the beach clean ups. Members of the public across the country have been invited to send images of their own beach SOS to @BarefootWineUK with the hashtag 'Barefoot Friendly' in a bid to get their own beach cleaned as part of the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project.
To reward volunteers for their hard work, life
size sandcastle bars made entirely of sand were created at each of the chosen
locations, complete with a Barefoot Wine drinks cabinet for the post clean
party. Standing at over 2 metres wide, the Barefoot Wine sandcastles bars
brought a refreshing close to the beach cleans.
Olga Senkina, Marketing Director EMEA at E&J Gallo, commented:- "We are
really excited for this year's Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project and to help
clean up Britain's beaches. Members of the public should tweet their own SOS
signals using the hashtag #BarefootFriendly to be in with the chance to have
their own beached cleaned this summer. Our own 'Barefooters' will be on hand at
St Anne's beach to support the event, and we look forward to seeing a record
number of volunteers getting stuck in!"
The project will run across the country throughout the spring and summer in partnership with environmental charity, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), who, for the last 25 years, have worked tirelessly to protect the UK's oceans, waves, beaches and wildlife. It's a welcome return for the group, which will be working with the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project for the eighth year running and helping communities make Britain's beaches barefoot friendly for all to enjoy.
Dom Ferris, Projects Manager at Surfers Against Sewage, said:- "Every year we are blown away by the amount of support from our coastal communities. Our aim is to reduce UK beach litter by 50% by 2020 and we're really looking forward to working with local communities once again this year to make Britain's beaches cleaner than ever."
Members of the public can register their interest and ask the Surfers Against Sewage team any specific questions via email at:- beachcleans@sas.org.uk. To find out more follow them on Twitter, to find out more about the nation's entries.
