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I have just been down to Jacobs Ladder beach. There was another storm last night and an extremely high tide, so it is always worth a nip down to get whatever the sea spews back at us. In 20 minutes I had almost filled 2 bags. I don’t mind doing this as it is mainly Read more about Another storm, another messed up beach[…]
So far the monthly beach cleans are proving hugely successful, so we will continue with them as they are. Remember it is always the FIRST SUNDAY of every month, ready to start at 10.00 (ie if you need to borrow any equipment, come earlier). If you can help setting up, get there for 9.30, hugely Read more about Monthly Beach Cleans – Progress Report[…]
Dear Warriors As we approach the New Year, the Warriors team have had a burst of energy and are ready to pick things up again. It has been quite a year for me personally with lots of injuries and ill health but I’m back! I’m sure we’ve all noticed that things are a bit of Read more about SPW Email to relaunch Adopt A Spot[…]
It’s so nice to do a write up again – the last two cleans we organised were very sadly attended and we were too demoralised to write about them! But a huge THANK YOU to everybody who came along to the Treasure Hunt Beach Clean on Sunday, as part of the Regatta weekend. We had Read more about Treasure Hunt Beach Clean August 2023[…]
Well it was a rainy afternoon but a hugely productive one! We met and finished at the Youth Centre, and had a welcome cup of tea in there at the end, in the warm! Thank you to the 32 people who planet cleaned on the day, plus the Arboretum who removed hundreds of old plastic Read more about Community Spring Clean March 11th 2023[…]
As ever thanks to the intrepid warriors who turned out in a beautiful morning! The esplanade was thronging with visitors and residents, quite a few of whom decided to join us for a bit. Well done to Rachel, one of our vice-chairs, who took it upon herself to go up to the Manor Road car Read more about Beach Clean June 12th 2022[…]
A small but select group of wonderful warriors collected 4 bags of rubbish, several disposable barbecues, over 1800 cigarette butts (thanks in a large part to some wonderful visitors to our town who joined in so enthusiastically). Some of us braved the road side and pulled loads of plastic out of the road drains again Read more about Beach Clean 8th May 2022[…]
I wrote an article for Sidmouth Nub News in January 2022 By Cllr Denise Bickley (Independent East Devon Alliance, Sidmouth Town Ward) I’m writing my first column for Nub News linked to my ‘passion’ – the environment, litter and specifically this time to shine a spotlight on recycling and waste collections in the area. Being Read more about Nub News January 2022[…]
BBC Radio Devon invited me on to talk about us and what we are up to…
We have kicked off the Plastic Warriors’ year, and started our plan of SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, with a fantastic community clean up hosted by the lovely Debi at The Balfour Arms. Warriors today were Lesley, Simon, Roger, Jan, Penny, Des, Mick, Angie, Kate T, Colin, Phil, Kate R, Niall, Anna, Cherry and her Read more about 2022 – 9th January – Community Cleanup[…]