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Make Brighton your marine marathon and produce a run for our seas
Marine Conservation Society has charity places to fill
The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), is looking for three runners to take part in the Brighton marathon, one of the country’s favourite 26.2milers, whilst raising funds for better protected and cleaner seas.
The Brighton Marathon, 9th April 2017, could not be a better event for people who like marathon running and love the sea.
With a finish line that has the stunning backdrop of the seafront of one of the UK’s most vibrant cities, the race has been growing year on year.
In 2016, runners raised over £2,500 for MCS.
Ruth Butler ran the Brighton Marathon for MCS in 2016 and raised nearly £600 to support MCS’s work. She said “I found it an amazing experience to run the marathon and I’m so pleased that I was able to do it and for MCS which means such a lot to me. Running by the sea helped keep my focus and having my name on my top made such a difference as it felt like I was almost constantly hearing my name being called out! The crowds were brilliant.”
MCS Brighton Marathon runners are supported from the time their place is confirmed to race day itself. Over the cold winter months, runners will receive regular e-newsletters packed with hints and training tips, support from MCS’s experienced fundraising team as and when required, advice on setting up online fundraising page and help from MCS’s press office to generate local media interest.
If you would like to run for MCS at the Brighton Marathon then visit their website and search Brighton Marathon and you can click to register your interest. If you’d like to know more, give MCS a call on (01989) 566017 or drop them an email to fundraising@mcsuk.org.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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