Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Your Shore Beach Rangers ran from 2016 to March 2021. Young people were supported and trained in marine environment issues, survey techniques as well as planning, community engagement, influencing and campaigning.
  • 9,716 school children aged 11-16 were involved in the project
  • 666 young people completed the Beach Rangers Academy training
  • Five new Marine Groups were established
  • 141,000 kg of litter was picked through beach cleans
  • 68 young people learnt policy influencing and campaigning skills
You can read Jodie’s blog here, Adele’s blog here and Emily’s story here. If you want to learn more about the success of this project, have a look at the evaluation report here.
You can still get involved and benefit from the project even though it has completed.