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Litter Free Coast & Sea
Somerset
The Power of People – Working Together with
Communities for Cleaner Seas and Beaches
By Harriet Yates-Smith – Coastal Community Officer
#SEForum2016
@SevernEstuary
@LFCSSomerset
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A community led campaign to protect bathing water quality and reduce marine and beach litter along the Somerset coast.
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Background
• The Litter Free Coast & Sea campaign started in Dorset in
2011 by the Dorset Coast Forum.
• Rolled out to Somerset following its success in Dorset.
• Coordinated by Severn Estuary Partnership.
• Started in Somerset in January 2016.
• Currently Litter Free Coast & Sea Somerset is working in
Burnham on Sea
• Funded by:
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Why Burnham-on-Sea?
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The challenge!
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A Partnership approach…
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First stepCommunity perception of bathing water quality at
Burnham-on-Sea
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Starting with the community
The three main focus areas for the campaign are:
1. Litter
2. Dog & bird fouling
3. Sewer misuse ( wet wipes, FOGs, leaking & poorly
maintained septic tanks etc.)
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Examples in practice so far …….
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Dog Fouling
Burnham Pooper Troopers
Acting as community dog wardens
Targeted campaigns
Working
closely with
the Council’s
dog wardens.
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Marine & Beach Litter
Friends of Burnham Beach
The boards encourage
beach users to spend
two, or more, minutes
picking up litter from the
beach and sharing their
finds on social media.
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Don’t Feed the LocalsBusiness involvement Partners
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EVENTS
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A joined up approach
Litter Free Coast & Sea Somerset is a member of the National Bathing
Water Campaign Group.
As a group we schedule
periods when we all put out the
same message so it has a
bigger impact across all of our
networks!
#dayatthebeach
#binit4beaches
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CommunicationLaunching website 23rd September 2016
Other
communication
platforms
• E-news
• Burnham-on-
Sea.com
• Highbridge
Weekly
• Local Reach
• Visit Somerset
blog
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What’s next?
• The award will target specific areas in which businesses can
improve which include
- Misconnections
- Misuse of sinks and customer toilets
- Bird faeces
- Misuse of surface water drains
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Future direction