Volunteer Andy wears two hats. By day he’s a Marks & Spencer employee and Plan A Champion and by night/weekend/any-spare-minute he’s a MCS Sea Champion. (He’s all about the championing!) Andy recently helped to organise the M&S MCS collaborative Big Beach Clean-up at his local beach in Formby and we caught up with him for the low down on how it went. Be sure to check out the photos, you won’t have any trouble spotting Andy, he’s the one dressed as a lobster!
"I've been running beach cleaning events at Formby for a
number of years now, I really enjoy running beach clean events as it’s such as
change from my normal day job with my Marks & Spencer.
This year I ran an event for the Big Beach Clean-up which is
a partnership between my employer and MCS. It was an early start as The BBC
Breakfast weather team arrived to broadcast the weather live from the beach
during the beach clean. I was delighted that my event attracted over 300
volunteers which included over 100 school children and even the local area Mayor
came along.
I really enjoy running events such as beach cleans because
it feels so good to be contributing to the conservation of our most precious
environments. The events are great fun to run and be involved in especially
when you can dress up as lobster and appear on national TV! It also feels great
to promote such as valuable charity such as MCS."
Well, the Big Beach Clean-up may be done for another year but if you're getting litter picker withdrawal don't worry, the Great British Beach Clean is back this September. Keep an eye on our Beachwatch webpages for details.
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