Save our Soles!
JUST outside Blackpool and across the
river from Southport, St Anne's beach will play host to a sea of
volunteers on Saturday 23 May, as the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project; a
nationwide initiative to keep the UK beaches 'Barefoot Friendly';
continues for the eighth year running. Members of the public are invited to come
down and join 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 are being
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 are being created at each of the chosen locations, complete
with a Barefoot Wine drinks cabinet for the post clean party. Standing at over
two metres wide, the Barefoot Wine sandcastles bars are sure to bring 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."
Those keen to get involved are invited to join the clean on St Anne's beach on
the promenade (FY8 1SB) with friends and family from 2pm on Saturday 23rd May.
Members of the public can register their interest and ask the Surfers Against
Sewage team any specific questions via
email. To
find out more visit:-
Twitter.com/BarefootWineUK, and
use #BarefootFriendly to follow the nation's entries.
