Cramond - Beachwatch event 21 Aug 2019

Information regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Small, local, private, social distancing beach cleans

Now that rules across the UK allow for more time to be spent outside, we are happy for volunteers to run beach cleans and litter surveys again – but only as small, local and private events, following the simple rules below:

  1. Always follow the government, and local council rules, where you are
  2. A private event with group numbers that follow your government advice, with social distancing measures in place
  3. Only clean a beach that is local to you (within 5 miles) – we don’t want to encourage anyone to travel
  4. Book these as private, closed events to avoid clashes with other beach cleans
  5. Update your risk assessment in accordance to our new safety guidelines
  6. Stay 2m apart from people other than your household
  7. Use gloves, litter pickers (if you have them) and wash your hands

To help we have updated all our resources including the health and safety guidelines and Q&A. Please do have a look at these and review the government advice before you start.

If you’ve never run a beach clean or litter survey before we’re happy to help you get started. Please give our team a call on 01989 567807 or email us at Beachwatch@mcsuk.org

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To join us on this beach clean, please first register as a volunteer. You will then be able to sign up to this event on this page to let us know that you will be coming.

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Beach: 
Cramond
Status: 
Confirmed
Publicity settings: 
Press
Publicity settings: 
3
Survey type: 
Beachwatch (year round)
Date & time: 
Wednesday, 21 August 2019 - 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Meeting location: 
Cramond Beach - By the Tide Timetable!
Additional information: 

Hello everyone!

As it stands, we'll be making our way down from GLASGOW with our staff members and any volunteers from this end. We'll be driving through to grab cleaning equipment on hire so please take care of all items borrowed!

We'll be meeting at 12:00 the tide timetable which is a big red sign (which you can google image for reference, POSTCODE: EH4 6QU)
Please arrive no later than 12:15 as we'll need to run over health and safety regulations for the day. The tide will be lowest at 12:30 - so by the time we're set up and ready to survey it will be safest to be out.

HOWEVER; the shore itself will be wet, so we're making it mandatory that everyone is wearing closed shoes that has appropriate grip (trainers/sensible shoes) as we want to avoid anyone slipping.

Wise things to bring along:
- Water
- Suncream/Caps/Hats (if we're lucky enough to get sun)
- If you so happen to have any cleaning equipment of your own...!

We'll be bringing along refreshments and our own first aid kit, but bringing your own would be handy.

We're using this day to raise money for the #2minutebeachclean and the Marine
Conservation Society; we'll have a donations bucket and an izettle as well as our online link over at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/clearoceanstea that we'd appreciate if you shared among friends.

Any other info please email us at contact@tempoteabar.com, or call on 0141 387 9519 for any further questions.

Ta!
Lina

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Thank you for your interest in participating in Beachwatch. Please fill in the form below to register as a volunteer or organiser. You will then be sent an email confirming your registration with a link to validate the process.

If you need further information before registering please read our volunteer and organiser pages.

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If you apply to be a Beachwatch Organiser we will contact you to confirm your application.
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  • I agree to read and follow the information relating to Health and Safety available in the organiser guide.
  • I agree to read and follow the information relating to Coronavirus Health and Safety
  • I agree to ensure a risk assessment is fully up to date in advance of Beachwatch events and any changes reflected online.
  • I will give a Health and Safety briefing to any volunteers before events start that reflects the updated risk assessment from that day.
  • I will record the details of any accident or incident of concern during the event and report this to MCS.
  • I agree to run this event as an independent organiser in support of the Marine Conservation Society. I will not use the event for any form of political promotion in line with charity commission rules.
  • I understand that anyone under 16 years of age can only attend a beach clean with their legally responsible adult (e.g. parent, guardian, school teacher or guide leader). I, or any others attending the beach clean cannot supervise someone who is under 16 if we are not their legally responsible adult.
  • I understand that if no surveys have been submitted within two years my beach will become available for others.
  • If these terms and conditions are not adhered to then MCS has the right to remove the individual as an organiser of any future events.
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