BEACH Buddies was sorry to hear of the passing of Roger Watterson, former MHK and best known as a political commentator and host on Manx Radio. Roger had some very kind words for us, and he featured Beach Buddies a number of times on his “Sunday Opinion” programme. He also mentioned us many times when…
BEACH Buddies is honoured to be invited to take part in the ever popular Isle of Man Chamber of Commerce members Christmas lunch in December. Guest speaker this year is Bill Dale, founder of Beach Buddies Isle of Man. He will talk to members about the on-going projects Beach Buddies is undertaking, the…
BEACH Buddies is joining forces with University College Isle of Man (UCIOM) and Dave Smyth to beat the record for the most men taking part in a yoga session in the Isle of Man – at the NSC on November 19th. It will be a very relaxing and enjoyable event, even if you have…
BEACH Buddies has had a very nice surprise with a letter and a donation from the staff of RL360. The staff chose Beach Buddies to receive their donation, which amounted to a very healthy £552, which we will use to continue our work not just cleaning beaches but also our extensive education programme in all…
THE beach cleaning event hosted by Beach Buddies in Brighton, only yards from the Labour Party Conference, in conjunction with the Chief Minister and the Isle of Man Government, made us realise that the achievements of the people of the Isle of Man are much better known than we realised. Numerous complete strangers knew all…
BEACH Buddies is really grateful to Richard Radcliffe for his excellent support in producing a 2020 calendar for our charity, which is now on sale at various places around the Island. The costs for the calendar have been totally covered by Cains Gordon Bell which means every penny of the £6 per calendar will go…
BEACH Buddies has had a wonderful surprise and a great donation, thanks to Ernie Russell, owner of Governor’s Hill Spar store in Onchan.Customers have been paying 5p for their shopping bags, and it was decided that the small profit on each bag would be donated to a worthy local charity, and this time the store…
India’s Prime Minister, Narenda Modi, has been followed by the media as he picks up rubbish on a beach. Brilliant. By sheer coincidence, only this last few days Beach Buddies has been asked to start a beach cleaning organisation in Kerala (southern tip of India). India is the source of unbelievably massive amounts of rubbish…
THE Isle of Arran and the Isle of Man have joined forces to tackle the issue of marine litter and beach cleaning, with the announcement of the creation of ‘Isle of Arran Beach Buddies’. The link-up is the first inter-island connection on beach cleaning expertise by the charity Beach Buddies which was formed in the…
THE FIRST inter-island connection on beach cleaning expertise has been created between the Isle of Man and the Isle of Arran, following a visit to the Scottish isle by the Manx charity. The Isle of Arran is now linked to the Isle of Man to share knowledge and statistics on beach cleaning, with plans to…
RED COLOUR IN THE SEA COMES WITH AN UNEXPECTED BONUS WE HAVE had a report from regular Beach Buddies’ volunteer and very keen supporter Gill Skinner that some major discolouration of the sea has been spotted on Douglas beach. This is something which happened last year during the hot spell of weather around the same…
