Cycle 100 miles for our seas!

Want to shed those extra Christmas pounds? Want to get back in shape in the New Year? Then get fit for RideLondon 100!

20,000 amateur cyclists have the chance to cycle a modified version of the London 2012 Olympic Road Race route as they take part in the RideLondon 100 mile sportive. MCS is excited to announce that we have one place in the brand new cycling event!

The ride London 100 is the perfect challenge ride for club and recreational cyclists. Slower cyclists can enjoy a more relaxed ride with friends, while faster riders will relish the opportunity to pit themselves against the country's top amateurs.

 Apply for your place today!

We also have four places to allocate for the Brighton Marathon and we would love for you to join our Marathon team!   Find out more and apply today via our Brighton Marathon webpage.

MCS Fundraisers Chris Wakefield and Paul Millard!

Brighton Marathon 2013

Welsh Sea Champion Lizzie Hobbs from Conwy is running the Brighton Marathon in 2013 for MCS!

Lizzie is fundraising for MCS as she is a marine biology student concerned with marine conservation, is passionate about spreading awareness of marine issues and relishes a challenge!

In 2012, runners raised nearly £6,000 in total!

We are still looking for runners - why not join Lizzie and the team for the 30th Anniversary of the Marine Conservation Society!

Click here for an application form and more information, or get in touch with Tori Williams (fundraising@mcsuk.org)

Matt and Ollie Wilson completed the Brighton Marathon earlier this year.

Runners needed for the Brighton Marathon!

The MCS Brighton Marathon team had a great time this year and the runners raised nearly £6,000 in total! We have six places available for 2013 and it would be fantastic to have you join our team for the 30th Anniversary of the Marine Conservation Society! 

As an MCS runner you will receive an exclusive running t-shirt or vest, lots of fundraising support and a huge cheer from the MCS cheer points!  Find out more and apply for a charity place today

If you have applied for a ballot place and would like to join the MCS Marathon team, please get in touch with Tori Williams (fundraising@mcsuk.org).

The deadline for applications is Sunday 14th October and all the information (including the application form) can be found here.

Sea Champions have been running for us too! Katie Macer-Wright ran the Forest of Dean Half Marathon raising £571 for marine conservation. Thanks Katie!



Sea Champion Katie Macer-Wright running the Forest of Dean Half Marathon



Stuck for inspiration?

2 men, 3 years, 15 countries, 10,000 miles. On foot.

A charity walk across the globe from Cardiff Wales, to Cardiff Australia.

Kieran Rae and Arjun Bhogal have the ambition to help make the world a better place, and have made a statement of truly global proportions.

Raising funds for the Marine Conservation Society and Water Aid, they will be starting from Cardiff in Wales. They are walking for around three years, through fifteen countries, covering over ten thousand miles and crossing areas such as the Eastern European forests, Kazakhstan plains, Taklamakan desert, Tibetan Plateau, Himalayas, Vietnamese jungle and east Australian coast, finishing in Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia.

In addition to raising funds, they will be producing a documentary raising awareness of environmental issues, issues that have no borders and affect us all, from the luxury apartments of Regent Street in London to the Karol Bargh Market district of India.
You can sponsor the team and keep up to date by following them on Twitter. 

Find out more.

Tallulah laid how many eggs?!

Tallulah, our lifesize inflatable leatherback turtle, is becoming rather a celebrity! She is travelling far and wide accompanying our Sea Champions at events all over the country.

 She's a great talking point to introduce our turtle projects, and here’s a great idea to interact with people at your MCS stand - a competition to guess how many eggs Tallulah laid!

At 50p a go, not only did people learn a little about turtles, but £32 was raised at the recent Bristol Festival of Nature. Every penny counts to help save our seas!

The lucky winner was Daniel Jones from Wiltshire, who guessed just 3 eggs away from the overall total and won an Adopt-a-Turtle gift.

To run this competition at your event, all you need is a box full of ping pong balls which look very much like turtle eggs!

"Run for the Reef"

Pupils at Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh raised an amazing £4,000 for the Marine Conservation Society during their sponsored "Run for the Reef"!

After singing a few hymns in the school assembly for "Environment Day", Sea Champions Volunteer Coordinator Matt Barnes thanked the pupils and talked about the threats of pollution to Scotland's amazing wildlife and how the gratefully received funds will contribute to the campaign for clean seas and beaches.

Pupils from Mary Erskine School running for the reef!