Beach cleans, secret gigs & campaign awareness!
SAS will again be hosting a stand at the Relentless Boardmasters in Newquay, between 4th – 8th August. We’ll be signing up newcomers to the campaign, distributing information about all our projects and generally flying the SAS banner at the biggest surf contest in the UK. Our presence there is very helpful in influencing new individuals who might not otherwise get to hear about our ongoing campaigns.
We’ll be engaging SAS supporters & visitors to the competition with a daily beach clean. These cleans are to highlight the growing... Read more
Come join ‘Motivocean’, SAS’s National Beach Clean & Beach Sports Tour!
This August, Surfers Against Sewage in association with the Quiksilver Foundation & myGames (powered by v), will be hitting the road with the biggest beach clean tour in its history. Since 1994, the volume of marine litter on UK beaches has increased by 146%* and SAS is helping combat this tide line of trash through its beach cleans and ongoing campaigns. ‘Motivocean’ is SAS’s most ambitious beach clean tour to date and will be calling in at over 20 major UK beaches and waterside locations across the nation, including:
Surfers Against Sewage’s (SAS) beach clean crew is joining forces with Barefoot Wines again this summer for the 3rd instalment of our popular ‘Barefoot Friendly’ beach clean tour. We’ll be visiting 5 beaches across England and Wales between 28th July and 1st August to make sure they are as clean as possible for all to enjoy.
We are calling for volunteers to help us clean beaches at 5 locations around the UK, so if you value your beach as much as we do, please come along and join in. In 2009 we welcomed over 600 volunteers who helped us remove over... Read more
mygames youth volunteering programme brings the magic of the 2012 Olympic Games to UK Beaches
Young people across the UK are being offered the chance of a lifetime, as the magic of the 2012 Olympics comes to town. Organisers from Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are using the inspiration of the Olympic Games to encourage young people to share their time and talents and make a positive difference in their beach environment and community.
The “mygames” programme, launched today, calls on young people to undertake exciting volunteering projects in the community that promote and celebrate the values of the 2012 Olympic Games. Values... Read more
Beach Clean Campaign Officer (F/T)
Salary: On application
Based in St Agnes, Cornwall
Contract: 1 year
Aim:
Surfers Against Sewage is looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced individual with a campaigning (preferably environmental) & events background to develop SAS’s ‘Motivocean – 20th Anniversary Beach Clean Tour’. The successful candidate will also work on various campaigns, which feed directly and indirectly into the tour.
Nature of work undertaken:
The successful applicant will oversee the new SAS programme, ‘Motivocean - Nationwide Beach Clean & Sports Tour’.
This summer, SAS will develop & deliver its most ambitious beach-clean, sporting and educational tour. SAS will offer beach clean volunteers the opportunity... Read more
Surfers Against Sewage's (SAS) 'Making Beaches Barefoot Friendly' tour supported by Barefoot Wine was a great success, eclipsing last year's fantastic effort. With the help of 600 SAS supporters we removed more than 2 tonnes of litter from the 6 beaches we visited, including:
Newquay, (Fistral's South End) on 29th July
Croyde (Baggy Point End) on 30th July
Bournemouth (By Bournemouth Pier) on 31st July
Llangennith (Hill End Campsite) on 1st August
Saltburn-by-Sea (By the pier) on 2nd August
Brighton (NIVEA SUN Yellowave Beach Sports Venue, Madeira Drive) on 3rd August
Regional round ups
NEWQUAY was hit by torrential rain, but over 40 volunteers picked up over 160kgs... Read more
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has once again teamed up with Barefoot wine for their nationwide beach clean-up tour this summer. The SAS team will visit 6 beaches around the UK and everyone's welcome to help.
Whether you're a part of the local community or you just fancy rolling up your sleeves and getting involved, SAS and Barefoot need your help make our British beaches 'Barefoot Friendly'.
This year the SAS Barefoot Friendly Beach Cleaning Tour will be visiting:
Newquay, (Fistral's South end) on 29th July
Croyde (Baggy Point End) on 30th July
Bournemouth (By Bournemouth Pier) on 31st July
Llangennith (Hill End Campsite) on 1st August
Saltburn-by-Sea... Read more
Clean water campaigners from Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) believe that the UK Government urgently needs a National Marine Litter Strategy to tackle the worsening crisis of litter in our oceans and across our beaches. Co-ordinated action directed by the Prime Minister is vital in order to reduce the tide of plastic and other manmade debris washing up on the UK's shores each and every day. On the opening day of the WQS O'Neill Cold Water Classic, SAS were joined by some of the world's best surfers to call for the Prime Minister to take urgent action to increase protection levels... Read more
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigns target a wide range of environmental issues damaging your favourite beaches and surf spots. Marine litter is maybe the most obvious of these, something we all see too much of, too often, when we visit the beach or take to the sea. The plethora of plastics and other litter on our beaches is not only an eyesore, but also a persistent and long-lasting danger to surfers, beach users, recreational water sports enthusiasts, and the wildlife and habitats all around the UK's coastline.
So what can you do about it?
SAS currently organises annual nationwide beach cleaning events,... Read more
Clean water campaigners Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) would like to thank all the volunteers for helping at The Big SAS Spring Beach Clean. Last Sunday, the 1st of March, over 80 people gave up their time to help out at The Big SAS Spring Beach Clean. As a result of all those great volunteers and their hard work, 103 bags of litter were collected and Porthtowan was visibly transformed from a beach littered with junk to a relatively clean beach.
The sun shone and the beach was packed with volunteers. The atmosphere was brilliant, friends were made and everyone felt an... Read more
