Boatbreakers Partner With Sea-Changers Charity
Boatbreakers Partner with Sea-Changers
Boatbreakers partner with Sea-Changers to raise money for Marine based Charities in the UK.
The Boatbreakers team are excited to announce that we have formed a charitable partnership with Sea-Changers. Sea-Changers is a charity that helps to raise funds for various marine conservation projects across the UK.
We first became aware of what Sea-Changers do through the work they are doing with the Southampton boat show. After looking at what they get up to we thought they would be a perfect fit for a charitable partnership.
Environmental Partner of British Marine
Sea-Changers are an environmental partner of British Marine at this year’s boat show. They helped to organise a beach clean in the local area and we thought that the work they do would be a good cause to help.
Our idea was that we could donate 10% of profit That we make from each boat we dispose of. This would mean that when someone decides to scrap their boat they will also be helping to keep our marine environment in the UK clean and healthy.
Helping Marine Based Charities
Sea-Changers will distribute the donated money to a range of projects all of which are aimed at either:
- Addressing the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK.
- Preventing or reducing negative impact on UK coastal in marine environments and/or species
- Adding to the body of knowledge about marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK.
Sea-Changers particularly focuses on innovative and grassroots projects which galvanise community action and on projects which increase the number of people taking action for marine conservation. For example, this can be activities such as organised group beach cleans.
Boatbreakers also hope that through the partnership the issue of end-of-life-boats will get more attention. Sea-Changers help to highlight a number of partners who are all doing their bit to clean up our shores and coastlines.
Doing Our Bit
We feel that Boatbreakers is doing our bit by cleaning up old boats. They may not be ocean plastics but they are made of glass-reinforced plastic. Boatbreakers main aim is to clear all of the UK’s Harbours, Rivers, Coastlines and other waterways of dead boats.
To donate to Sea-Changers direct visit www.sea-changers.org.uk
Written By: Luke Edney
Luke completed a journalism degree in Brighton University and fortunately for us uses this in his communications, Facebook posts, Tweets and emails to tell all our enquirers and followers what we are up to. Without Luke we would be lost, he runs the office, keeps us organised and is like a terrier and never lets a tricky boat disposal job go un-photographed or Tweeted about.
He also manages all of our enquiries passing them to whoever in the team is the best suited to deal with it. We are teaching Luke how to drive a motorboat or sail a yacht so while he’s learning we suggest you keep out of the Solent!
When he’s not at work he’s a massive football fan (his Dad used to play for Portsmouth FC years ago) and seems to know everything there is to know about any player, anywhere. Next time you ring and he answers, think of a tricky football trivia question and ask him
Date Published: September 12, 2019
Last Modified: June 28, 2022
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