Beach Buddies is asking volunteers to take a week off from beach cleaning and to help with a survey of the Isle of Man’s beaches.

“With the very cold weather, we felt it was a good time to postpone cleaning for a week or two, and to ask our volunteers to send in reports about the condition of our beaches,” said a spokesman.

The idea is that anyone, whether a Beach Buddies volunteer or not, can send in a simple report on their local beach, in terms of how much rubbish has gathered in the recent storms.

“We are keen to tackle beaches which are most in need, so this information will be useful in planning our cleaning events in the near future.”

People who use beaches are asked to give an idea how much rubbish has collected recently, no matter how much or how little.

Beach Buddies’ volunteers, in particular, will be familiar with what constitutes sufficient to warrant a team event in the future.
The public is also being asked to report on build-ups of rubbish in areas away from beaches, such as glens, plantations, the coastal footpath and parks. Volunteers are asked to take photographs where possible.

“We have said for some time that we want to put together new volunteer teams to tackle these areas, and we feel that at the beginning of the year the timing is right to give this a try.”

Reports should be sent my email, with photographs, to beachbuddies@manx.net or on Facebook - “Beach Buddies Isle of Man”.
Reports should be submitted before February 8th.