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Applications available for Sea-Changer Marine Conservation Grants until the end of March
Sea-Changers raises money for a range of primarily UK based marine conservation charities and not for profit organisations. The projects funded all fall within one of the following marine conservation areas:
- Marine Reserves/Protected Marine Areas
- Direct Marine Clean-Up Action
- Education, Campaigning and Awareness
- Species Protection and Research
Click here to find out more about the projects Sea-Changers has already supported.
Sea-Changers allocate funding on a six-monthly basis. Applicants can only submit one funding application per cycle. Read their funding policy in full to ensure you are eligible to apply. To help your future planning the closing dates for the next grant cycle is the 31st of March 2017.
When completing the form consider what makes your project stand out. For example, how are you engaging with the local community, how are you ensuring the sustainability of the project, how will you measure success, and so on.
Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their grant applications approximately 8-10 weeks after the application closing date.
You can complete the application form here. In it you will need to outline the aims and achievements of your organisation, and explain in detail the specific area/strand of your work in need of financial support, e.g. educational campaigns, research programmes, a direct action event, etc. A word version of this form is also available by emailing info@sea-changers.org.uk.
If your project meets the criteria and is shortlisted, Sea-Changers may arrange for one of their representatives to discuss the planned project in more detail with you. Application decisions will be made by Sea-Changers Trustees with specialist advice provided by marine biologist Helen Scales.
Find out more about Sea-Changers at www.sea-changers.org.uk.
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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