Highcliffe Beach Clean Team

What a beautiful morning, thank you to everyone who came down to join us. There were 18 of you beach cleaning today and you collected 8.65kg of litter.

Next date: 14th July. See you there :)

Hi all, reminder that our next beach clean is this Sunday, 21st April, 10.30am - 12.30pm
See you there :)

After a contentious start to our event this morning, the following information is provided for awareness:

All events held at any of the seafront locations are arranged with and agreed by BCP Council. This involves at least the Events Team and the Seafronts Team.

I carry paperwork with me at every event to evidence our permission to be at that location at that date and time as well as our relevant risk assessment and insurance documentation.

All of our paperwork is published publicly on the website for anyone to view. The dates that we will be at a location are published up to a year in advance.

I have keys for the barriers that allow me to access the locations, these are provided by BCP Council. It is not possible to access the locations without these.

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The team are friendly and approachable and we are always happy to speak to anyone, answer questions and provide paperwork if anyone would like to see it.

What we do not appreciate is the manner in which some people approach us, which - this morning particularly - has almost without exception been rude, aggressive and entirely unnecessary.

We fully appreciate that the service road is used as a path and that people walking there do not necessarily expect to see vehicles.

We are aware that there are walkers, runners, cyclists, children and both leashed and unleashed dogs there.

My drivers are extremely vigilant and drive at an appropriate speed, stopping immediately when required in order to protect other beach users and particularly to allow people to safely move children or pets out of the way.

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Unfortunately our presence, however considerate, does not seem to be appreciated by some members of the community. We were challenged at least four separate times en-route to our meeting point today.

On the journey back at the end, we had a similar experience and both of my drivers had at least one person taking down their car registration numbers - for what purpose, I don't know - and yet when the driver politely asked if he could help, they ignored him and walked away without replying.

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There is absolutely no need for anyone to behave like this towards my team. Rather than telling us we shouldn't be there, can't drive there, tutting, shaking heads, shouting at us, perhaps say good morning and politely ask what we are doing; because we will gladly tell you and provide you with anything that you require to resolve your curiosity and concerns to your satisfaction.

We aim to maintain professionalism and courtesy at all times, but we are human just like you, please treat us as you would like someone to treat you.

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We would also appreciate it if dog walkers could please ensure that unleashed dogs are under control at all times and do not jump at volunteers or use the kit bags as a toilet.

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I'm a volunteer, I run three of the groups in Christchurch. It takes considerable time and coordination to set everything up each year and I always work with the relevant authorities to achieve that. I am proud to be able to provide the opportunity and service to the community and I hope to continue doing so. Without easy access to the beaches that becomes much harder. Please help me to continue to help keep our beaches clean and beautiful for everyone to enjoy. Thank you.

With thanks to my fantastic team for their ongoing support.

Amelia.

Thank you to this morning's volunteers. There were 23 of you beach cleaning and you collected 12.36kg of litter. A great start to the new year.

Next date: 21st April

Reminder: Beach Clean this Sunday, 7th Jan!

Hi everyone! We are starting off 2024 early with our first beach clean on Sunday 7th Jan, 10.30 - 12.30, meeting at Groyne H5 on the beach. Hope to see you there :)

Beach Clean Dates 2024 / 2025

Thank you to this morning's volunteers - what a beautiful morning it was!

There were 22 of you beach cleaning today and you collected 15.76kg of litter.

Next date: Sunday 7th January 2024

See you there :)

Reminder that our next beach clean is this Sunday, 15th October, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Meet on the beach at Groyne H5 - directions are on the website if you need them!

See you there :)

Found on Highcliffe Beach on Friday evening.
Please message the page if they are yours and I can put you in touch with the person who found them.

Big thank you to everyone who came down to join us this morning, including Highcliffe Charity Players. We hope everyone had a good morning, at least we stayed dry 😎

There were 36 of you beach cleaning and you collected 25.63kg of litter.

Next date: 15th October
See you then!

This has been handed to us at Highcliffe Beach.

We are here until 12.30 then we will drop it at The Cliffhanger

Hi all, we are going ahead but I can't get access to the kit. I have enough of my own kit for about 20-25 people.

If you have your own litter pickers, please bring them with you.

We will do what we can with what we have!

Reminder that our next beach clean is this Sunday, 23rd July. We are very much hoping to go ahead as we had to cancel the last one but ....

The forecast is not good 🤦‍♀️🌧.
Please check before coming, we will post updates if necessary. If you don't see any further posts we will go ahead as planned 🤞

Morning all, you may have noticed the lack of reminder this week about tomorrow's beach clean.

The beach clean is now cancelled, so please don't turn up, we won't be there!

Do to various prior commitments, we aren't able to reschedule this one, but look forward to seeing you next time (it will come around quickly!)

Next Date: 23rd July

Thank you to all of this morning's volunteers and welcome to those who signed up today and were with us for the first time 😊

There were 32 of you beach cleaning and you collected 19.57kg of litter!

The next scheduled date is 2nd April. Please keep an eye on emails or socials as I may need to change this one. I'll let you know in plenty of time! 😬

2023 Dates
All dates are subject to change throughout the year and dates will be updated across all channels if changes are required.

Note:
8th January 2023 has been rescheduled to 15th January 2023

Hi everyone, I'm sorry but I have to postpone this weekend's beach clean.

Please do not turn up on Sunday 8th January because we will not be there, I have rescheduled the beach clean to Sunday 15th January, same location and times.

I hope you can join us then instead :)

2023 Dates
All dates are subject to change throughout the year and dates will be updated across all channels if changes are required.

Note: 8th January has been postponed to 15th January, please see latest posts

Thank you to this morning's volunteers :)
There were 19 of you beach cleaning and you collected 22.6kg of rubbish.

Next date: 8th January 2023!

See you there!