Surfers Against Sewage is proud to announce the 5th annual Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project, kicking off on Saturday 14th April at Bournemouth, Hengistbury Head. Building on the huge success of 2011’s incredible series of events, the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project will run throughout the spring and summer, covering 14 locations nationwide.

“Barefoot Wine is very proud to be working with Surfers Against Sewage for the fifth year in a row to help keep Britain’s beaches ‘barefoot friendly’”, said Barefoot Wine Marketing Manager, Yona Ellis.

The 2011 Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project saw over 1100 volunteers remove 2.5 tonnes of litter from the UK’s coastline, and 2012’s series of events aims to encourage more people to keep the UK’s beaches barefoot friendly. After collecting an Barefoot Wine/SAS volunteer t-shirt and any necessary kit, volunteers will hear more about SAS’s environmental campaigns and spend a hour or so collecting litter along their local beach, and end the day with a celebratory glass of Barefoot Wine.

To register your interest in attending an SAS Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project event, please email [email protected], stating the location you’d like to join us at. Alternatively, please call us on 01872 553 001

Dates and locations for the tour are as follows:

1. Sat April 14th  Bournemouth 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Hengistbury Head  – At the end of the path from the main car park – BH6 4EN
2. Sun April 15th Birmingham 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Sea life centre – Brindley Place – On Canal – B1 2JB
3. Friday May 4th Falmouth 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Swanpool and Gyllyngvase – Next to Swanpool Beach Café –  TR11 5BG
4. Sat May 5th Cornwall 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Pothtowan – In front of the Blue Bar – TR4 8AW
5. Sun May 6th Bristol 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Portishead – In front of the swimming pool – BS20 7HD
6. Mon May 7th Cardiff 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Rest Bay – At the bottom of the slipway – CF36 3UP
7. Sat May 12th  Cornwall 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Perranporth –  In front of the main car park -TR6 0BH
8. Sun May 13th North Devon 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Saunton –  At the bottom of the slipway – EX33 1LQ  
9. Sat June 23rd Edinburgh 2 – 5pm
   (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Dunbar – East Beach – In front of Woodbrush road -EH42 1GT
10. Sun June 24th Fife 2 – 5pm
    (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Elie Ruby Bay – Elie – Leven – On the main beach – KY9 1BW
11. Sat July 7th Brighton 2 – 5pm
    (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Hove Lawns – Paddle Round The Pier Village – BN3 2FR
12. Sun July 8th London 2 – 5pm
    (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Barnes – Upstream of the Railway Bridge – Lonsdale Road – Slipway opposite Nasser Road – SW13 9QB
13. Sat Aug 4th Tynemouth 2 – 5pm
    (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Longsands –  In front of the Grand Hotel – NE30 4JS
14. Sun Aug 5th Liverpool 2 – 5pm
    (Meet for briefing at 2pm) Ainsdale – Shore Road – In Front of the beach car park – PR8 2PZ

Britain has the thirteenth longest coastline in the world and our beaches provide a fantastic day out for everyone but currently there are almost 2,000 items of marine litter for every km of the UK’s beaches. One of the most found items of litter is cigarette butts with approximately 4.5 Trillion cigarette butts are littered across the world each year. Laid down end-to-end they would reach around Great Britain’s coastline over 4000 times.

SAS Campaign Officer, Dom Ferris says: “At SAS we witness the impact that marine litter is having on our beaches every day. This project will give the UK’s proud coastal communities an opportunity to make a real and noticeable difference to the health of our precious coastline. This year SAS, Barefoot Wine and, most importantly, beach lovers around the UK will help make this our most successful year so far. Come and join us at your favourite beaches!”