Keeping County Durham’s Coast Clean: Volunteers’ efforts secured with new funding – Durham Magazine

Volunteers who help keep the Durham County Coast line will continue to support themselves thanks to the financing of the Council.

The Durham County Council works with other local authorities, and organizations such as the National Trust, Durham Wilds Trust, Fundamentals and Northumbrian Water, as part of Heritage Coast’s partnership.

The partnership aims to preserve, protect and improve the entire coast of the inheritance.

Since 2021, 4,511 volunteers supporting the partnership has helped to collect 5 175 garbage bags from Durham’s coastline, through 321 beach cleaning.

Crossing from Seaham Hall to Crimdon Beach, volunteers from schools, colleges and companies, as well as people and public groups worked hard to protect the environment.

The Council has now provided funding to allow the partnership beach care employee to last up to three years. The employee will continue to organize volunteer efforts and engage with public members to develop his understanding of the coast.

CLR Mark Wilks, a member of Durham County Cabinet for neighborhoods and climate change, said:

“We are so grateful to everyone for their efforts to help maintain our coastline pure. Our hereditary coast is extremely important for Durham County, not only with its stunning nature, but also for its wildlife and natural habitats, with many sites with special scientific interest.

“Anyone who has voluntarily spent their time helps to protect this special environment.

“We are committed to ensuring that this lasts for years to come and therefore we have provided funding that will allow the partnership’s beach care employee to continue in his post to organize even more pure passages and himself after visiting the beach S ”

Emily Rutalage, Head of Development and Communications at Durham Wildlife Trust, said:

“It is so important that we all work together through partnership to make our way of life to protect this incredible environment.

“We want to ensure that everyone is able to enjoy their coastline for the next generations. In order to do this, we need to increase the awareness of how important this landscape is and make sure that we join the residents in order to take responsibility for our own environment by helping to keep it clean. We expect this job to continue in the next few years. ”

Some of the most common items that are now located during the beach cleaning include microplastics, plastic bottles and disposable variants, with visitors being called to take all junk at home with them.

More information on recycling, including Vapes recycling points, can be found at www.durham.gov.uk/reducereuserecycle

For more information on Heritage Coast partnership, visit www.durhamheritageCoast.org

To participate in the beach clean or to find out more, send an email [email protected]