DOZENS of Dorset s beaches will be cleaned up with the return of a popular community drive this year - and volunteers are now being urged to sign up to help. The Great Dorset Beach Clean annually attracts hundreds of volunteer litter pickers to help keep the county s beaches clean, but it had to be cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Delighted organisers have announced the 31st annual event will return over the weekend of May 22 and 23, with beach cleans at 21 locations lined up. Litter Free Coast and Sea is running the event in partnership with Clean Jurassic Coast. Organisations and community groups, including Dorset Wildlife Trust, National Trust and Leave Only Footprints, will be involved in running the cleans.
Seaton kayaker Roy Beal is on a clean and safe oceans campaign
- Credit: Roy Beal
Intrepid Seaton kayaker Roy Beal will set off on a mission next month to raise awareness of the impact of plastic on our waterways and oceans and promote outdoor and water sports safety.
He will be supporting environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean – encouraging hundreds of thousands of people to take part in the country’s biggest environmental action campaign and do a million miles of litter-picking between them, as well as Plan B Charity, who promote and advocate outdoor pursuit safety with Ocean Signal.