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Below is a list of groups that we are aware of working around the Solent and its catchments. Please contact us if you would like your group added to this list.

Solent-wide

The Final Straw Foundation - have regular beach clean events throughout the Solent, their upcoming beach cleans are on their online calendar. As part of Plastic Free July they have a plogging event (jogging and picking).
Planet Aware - helps to organise cleans throughout the Solent and corporate clean-up days.

Eastern Solent and Portsmouth

Plastic Free Portsmouth - Portsmouth’s campaign to be recognised as a Plastic Free Community as part of the Surfer’s Against Sewage, Plastic Free Coastlines campaign. Although not active currently there is useful information presented.
Portsmouth & Southsea Wombles - A place for litter picking volunteers to share stories, encourage each other, come up with ideas to make littering a thing of the past.
The Friends of Stokes Bay - covers Fort Monkton in the east to the River Alver in the west. They seek to conserve and enhance the area as an open, clean and safe recreational area.
Southsea Beachwatch - organise regular beach cleans and surveys on Southsea and Eastney beaches in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Fareham and Gosport Wombles - litter pick their local areas in their spare time and share their stories via the group. They also hold group sessions to tackle large areas of litter or “grot spots.”
Plastic Free Portsmouth - holds at least two local community events arranged and made open for all to attend, in one calendar year.
Havant Community Litter Pickers - local group picking up litter in their area.
Chichester Beach Clean - Surfers Against Sewage group in Chichester.
Plastic Free Hayling Island - Hayling Island community beginning the journey towards plastic free coastline status.
Plastic Free Fareham - aims to support Fareham individuals and organisations to achieve Plastic Free status under the Surfers Against Sewage scheme.
Friends of Langstone Harbour - run quarterly beach cleans on the northshore of the harbour under the Marine Conservation Society's Adopt a Beach scheme.
Eastleigh Borough Council can loan litter pickers to groups and supply free rubbish bags. Email: streetscene@eastleigh.gov.uk.

Clean New Forest Map

Western Solent & Southampton

Friends of Weston Shore
Southampton City Council volunteering - litter picks are organised by friends or community groups, individuals or by the City Services Engagement Team. Email: parksvolunteers@southampton.gov.uk for details.
Clean New Forest - the site for all those litter picking in the New Forest.
Google map of litter picking locations in the New Forest.

Isle of Wight

West Wight Litter Pickers - conduct litter picks on the west side of the Isle of Wight.
Isle of Wight Beach Cleaning Volunteers - arrange regular beach cleaning events and work to get the public and wider island community involved.
Isle of Wight Solent Beach Hub by Planet Aware
Isle of Wight Wombles - located at Newport they are a special breed of community spirited creatures who pride themselves on helping to keep the local environment tidy and safe.

Rivers

Your local river catchment partnership will be able to help you find local groups or initiatives that take place on rivers.

Nationwide schemes & maps

Marine Conservation Society

The Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) Great British Beach Clean is an annual beach clean, run in September, where volunteers, either individuals or groups, meet to collect litter from beaches. The data is recorded by the groups as they are collecting. The data is analysed to show how many items were present per 100 metres of beach. You can find local events and groups on the MCS website. The Source to Sea Litter Quest is part of the Great British Beach Clean for people who don't live near a beach, or who may have noticed a litter problem area in a park or street.

Cleanup UK

Cleanup UK is the home of community litter picking. They have a map of local groups, so you can find what is near you or register your group for others to find.

Surfers Against Sewage

Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that seeks to inspire, unite and empower communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife. View their southeast map to see what is happening in the SPP area. The map includes the location of SAS beach clean boxes.

More groups

For a full list of national groups and organisations please refer to our Clean Solent Shores and Seas litter page.

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