MANX LOTTERY TRUST SUPPORTS BEACH BUDDIES ISLE OF MAN

Beach Buddies is helping to renovate a shoreline building, with help from Manx Lottery Trust. 

The building, ‘The Bone Mill’, is located on Brewery Bay opposite The Shore Hotel in Gansey. It is owned by the Gawne family of Kentraugh who have kindly given Beach Buddies a lease and also contributed to the first phase of the renovation of the building.

It will be used as a southern hub for the charity, who will invite groups such as schools, Guides, Scouts and sports clubs for educational workshops, meet volunteers for beach cleaning events and store equipment such as bin bags, gloves and litter pickers. 

Beach Buddies, founded by Bill Dale in 2006, runs beach cleaning events every weekend of the year, alternating between the north and south of the Island. Bill, alongside more than 9,000 other volunteers, is dedicated to putting the Isle of Man on the map for having the cleanest beaches in Europe.

He said, ‘Beach Buddies is gaining increasing momentum as more people are realising the importance of looking after our beaches and the devastating effects plastic and marine litter is having on our wildlife and eco-system.

'We are delighted to be able to use the ‘The Bone Mill’ as a Beach Buddies base. The centre will be used chiefly by volunteers as a base in the south, and we anticipate that groups such as school classes will also use it.’

Sarah Kelly, Chairman of Manx Lottery Trust, added, ‘Beach Buddies is doing an amazing job of keeping our Island’s beaches clean and spreading an important message. We are delighted to support them and can’t wait for the renovations to ‘The Bone Mill’ to be complete.’

For more information about Beach Buddies, visit www.beachbuddies.net  or their Facebook page 'Beach Buddies Isle of Man'.