Bournemouth

bournemouth@sas.org.uk

• Name – Chris Ranford
• Profession –  BSc (Hons) Marine and Coastal Management
• Region – Bournemouth
• Key beaches covered – Bournemouth and Boscombe
• SAS background – Worked as a volunteer at SAS HQ during the summer of 2009, which led onto becoming the rep for Bournemouth. Represented SAS at the Sorted Surf Festival and organised a beach clean within the festival. This led on to becoming the Motivocean Officer for summer 2010.
• Specific Environmental interests –
• Quiver – Shed of bodyboards, knackered old lifeguard rescue/paddleboard and a 5’8” Firewire blade to impress the beach babes with
• Personal mission statement (1 –2 sentences) – Look, listen, learn, travel, communicate and take action.

• Telephone/Mobile – 07885 612980

I grew up in deep west Cornwall, lived and breathed the sea in every which way possible and aimed to gain an understanding into how this fragile environment works. Since travelling to the corners of the earth I realised it was time to give back to what had given me so much. This led me onto enrolling on a Marine and Coastal Management degree in Bournemouth Uni, which further introduced me to working closely with SAS as a volunteer and as the Motivocean Officer for summer 2010. I am currently in my final year and have a much wider knowledge how we as humans impact upon our oceans and coastline. I aim to transform this knowledge into the real word as soon as possible and help make a difference.