Regional Campaigns
NORTH EAST COAST
EAST COAST
SOUTH EAST COAST
SOUTH COAST
SOUTH WEST COAST
CHANNEL ISLANDS
WELSH COAST
NORTH WEST COAST
NORTHERN IRELAND COAST
SOUTH INLAND
NORTH EAST COAST
Adopt a Beach – River Humber (North Bank)
Contact — Stephen Dick
Address — c/o Marine Conservation Society, Unit 3, Wolf Business Park, Alton Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 5NB
Telephone — 07535-309344
E-mail — stephendck@yahoo.co.uk
Details — We tackle sewage pollution, beach clean-ups, and recycling of waste (to divert from landfill).
Beverley Friends of the Earth
Contact — Bill Rigby
Address — 3 Norwood, Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 9ET
Telephone — 01482-862085
E-mail — bill@voice-international.net
Meetings — The Group addresses the issues surrounding fisheries, marine aggregate extraction, and marine reserves.
Carole Zagrovic (NE Regional Campaigns Co-ordinator)
Contact — Carole Zagrovic
Address — 63 Seaton Crescent, Staithes, North Yorkshire TS13 5AY
Telephone — 01947-841233
E-mail — carole.zagrovic@foe.co.uk
Issues — Carole lives in Staithes and is particularly concerned about the quality of the sea bathing waters there — see relevant page on MARINET website for details www.marinet.org.uk/ukbw/gbeachg#yorkshire. She is also concerned by the levels of pollution in the River Tees and its estuary which are caused by local industries. In addition, she has kept a close eye on the impact of the waste arising from the “ghost ships” from the USA which have been brought to the area for breaking-up.
CASSS – Campaign Against Sewage in the Sea at Sunderland
Contact — Eddy Moore
Address — 55 Canon Cockin Street, Hendon, Sunderland SR2 8PW
Telephone — 0191-514 1887
E-mail — mooreeddy@hotmail.co.uk
Meetings — Please contact Eddy Moore
Issues — As the title explains this is a campaign and is still ongoing after some 12 years and it is fair to say even more heavily involved in the same issues as when this all started BUT now there casts series doubts on the management/control/permissions of the massive expenditures you have had to finance through your water rates?
BUT, not going to give up yet, another 12 years???
Durham Friends of the Earth
Contact — Clare Stancliffe
Address — 216 Gilesgate, Durham DH1 1QN
Telephone — 0191-383 2634
E-mail — C.E.Stancliffe@durham.ac.uk
Meetings — Please contact Clare Stanclife
Issues — Campaigning for an effective UK Marine Bill which will deliver extensive highly protected marine reserves.
George Berry
Address — (non-postal): Sewerby, Bridlington, Yorkshire
Telephone — 01262-673660
E-mail — george_berry@hotmail.co.uk
Issues — Concerns regarding the industrial discharge at Sewerby Steps, Bridlington, which is adjacent to a Blue Flag beach and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The outfall discharges effluent from Muntons Maltings via an ERYC pipeline under Church Lane, Sewerby. The Council’s sign warning of pollution has now been removed and replaced by a NO TAKE ZONE sign!
Harry Buckland (Affiliate Member)
Address — 18 Augusta Close, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN34 4TQ
Telephone — 01472-322148
E-mail — harrybuckland2@msn.com
Hull Friends of the Earth
Contact — Hull FOE Co-ordinator: Sue Jolliffe
Address — Sue Jolliffe: 47 Kingsway, Cottingham, Hull HU16 5BB
Telephone — Sue Jolliffe: 01482-845958
E-mail — Sue Jolliffe: sue@jolliffe.karoo.co.uk
Meetings — Please contact Sue Jolliffe for details.
Issues – Campaigning on fisheries, marine conservation zones, and lobbying of MPs and MEPs on fisheries issues. For additional issues and interests, please contact Sue Jolliffe.
Ian Clark (Affiliate Member)
Address — 9 Normanby Terrace, Flat 1, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 3ES
Telephone — 01947-820278
E-mail — earthspot@yahoo.com
Issues — Action for the Whitby fishing industry. The future is precarious, and if the boats go the port will become unviable.
North Tyneside Friends of the Earth
Contact — Tim Watson
Address — 68 Falmouth Road, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE6 5NT
Telephone — 0191-2651812
E-mail — variedthrush@hotmail.com
Meetings — Please contact Tim Watson for details.
Issues — Our Group has about 4 miles of north-east coastline with a voluntary marine reserve. Also, a fishing port/village with a history of inshore fisheries and a once thriving deep sea industry.
Our members are involved in regular surveys of coastline birds, and are available to count dead birds/cetaceans if necessary. We liaise with a university marine laboratory in the area, and we are up to date with developments relating to seabird conservation nationally and internationally e.g. albatrosses. We also have a member who has a deep interest in inshore fisheries and their communities.
Additionally, we monitor water quality, industrial fishing, sea temperature change, and marine aggregate dredging. If these or any other marine/coastal issue interests you, please get in touch with us.
EAST COAST
CoastNet (Affiliate member)
Contact — Dr. Theresa Redding
Address — The Gatehouse, Rowhedge Wharf, High Street, Rowhedge, Essex CO5 7ET
Telephone — 01206-728644
E-mail — admin@coastnet.org.uk
Website — www.coastnet.org.uk
Issues — CoastNet’s mission is to safeguard the world’s coast and those communities of people and wildlife that depend upon it for their future. To do this CoastNet works with all coastal interests to promote the exchange of ideas, information and expertise to find long term solutions.
Harwich Peninsula Friends of the Earth
Contact — Jenni Meredith
Address — 8 Marine Parade, Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex CO12 3JX
Telephone — 01255-552423
E-mail — jen.snowtrax@freeuk.com
Meetings — Please contact Jenni Meredith
Issues — Harwich Penisula FOE (formerly Stour and Orwell FOE) formed to campaign against the destruction of our SSSISSSI Site of special scientific interest/ SPASPA Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are strictly protected sites classified in accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive, which came into force in April 1979. They are classified for rare and vulnerable birds (as listed on Annex I of the Directive), and for regularly occurring migratory species./ RamsarRAMSAR The Convention on Wetlands is of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat http://ramsar.org (Ramsar Convention or Wetlands Convention) was adopted in Ramsar, Iran in February 1971 and entered into force in December 1975. The Convention covers all aspects of wetland conservation and wise use. The Convention has three main 'pillars' of activity: + the designation of wetlands of international importance as Ramsar sites www.wetlands.org/RDB/quick + the promotion of the wise-use of all wetlands in the territory of each country + and international co-operation with other countries to further the wise-use of wetlands and their resources. The Convention's Contracting Parties have assumed a wide range of related obligations. As of December 2003 there were 138 Contracting Parties to the Convention http://ramsar.org/key_cp_e.htm, with 1,328 Ramsar sites covering over 111 million hectares. site at Bathside Bay. The Public Inquiry finally led to an approval, unfortunately, but we are still campaigning to limit damage and against deep dredging. We also campaign to save the sabella beds in the estuary which are unique in UK waters for their size and quality; spreading over approx 80 hectares or more.
The dense beds of sabella worm provide a valuable ecosystem to shelter nursery fry, for crabs, sponges, shrimps etc. It is essential that they are protected in law. However they are poor relation (legally) to their cousin sabellaria, which is an Annex II (EU Habitats Directive) worm. Sabella can be equally important. The value of an ecosystem like this is dependent on the size of the beds, the quality of the colonisation, not only on the species of worm that constitutes it.
We have recently campaigned against an attempt by the would-be developers to alter conditions attached to their container port approval of 2006. This issue is as yet unresolved, and we are all awaiting the outcome of the planning applications.
Mid-Essex Friends of the Earth
Contact — Maike Windhorst
Address — Mount Holly, Castledon Road, Downham, Essex CM11 1LH
Telephone — 01268-733163
E-mail — m.windhorst@mountholly.telinco.co.uk
Meetings — Please contact Maike Windhorst
Issues — Mid-Essex FOE are concerned about the industrial and radioactive pollution that arises from the Bradwell nuclear power station located on the Blackwater estuary. They are also involved with the pollution of the river basins for the River Crouch, River Can and River Chelmer, and flood risks in these rivers along with the Blackwater and Colne estuaries. Some of the sea defences in these areas have been given up to create wildlife areas, and Mid-Essex FOE has an interest in these decisions. They also concentrate on Zero waste and transport.
Norwich & Norfolk Friends of the Earth
Contact — Jennifer Parkhouse, Norwich FOE Co-ordinator
Address — 42/46 Bethel Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1NR
Telephone — 01603-427767 MOBILE — 07864-674014
E-mail — foenorwich@hotmail.com
Meetings — Please contact the co-ordinator for details.
Issues — Norwich & Norfolk FOE is particularly concerned with marine aggregate dredging offshore from Great Yarmouth and the impact that this activity has on the erosion of the beaches and coastline in East Anglia, along with its impact on local fisheries and marine biodiversitybiodiversity Biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals.. Also of concern is the quality of local bathing waters and the discharge of sewage which affects this quality. The specialist contact within Norwich & Norfolk FOE is Pat Gowen. He may be contacted by telephone or fax on 01603-402554, by SKYPE as PatGowen1932, or by e-mail pat.gowen@ntlworld.com
South East Essex Friends of the Earth
Contact — Denis Walker
Address — 62 East Street, Southend-on-Sea SS2 6LH
Telephone — 08444-841239
E-mail — info@seefoe.org.uk
Website — www.seefoe.org.uk
Issues — Campaigning against an airport in the Thames Estuary. The estuary has a rich variety of wildlife, including fish spawning and nursery grounds and is an area of international significance for migratory birds. All of this would be put in jeopardy for a airport the country simply doesn’t need.
Shut Down Sizewell Campaign
Contact — Charles Barnett
Address — Tudor House, St James Street, Dunwich, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 3DU
Telephone — 01728-648300
E-mail — jfulcher@freenetname.co.uk
Meetings — Please contact Charles Barnett
Issues — We are particularly concerned about offshore dredging and erosion of the coast of Sizewell, Suffolk, where the Sizewell A and B nuclear power stations are situated, and maybe a future Sizewell C and/or a Sizewell D.
SOUTH EAST COAST
Bromley Friends of the Earth
Contact — Secretary — Ray Watson
Address — Birch House, Grays Road, Westerham, Kent TN16 2JB
Telephone — 01959-571566
E-mail — raywatson@iclway.co.uk
Contact — Marinet — Sheila Brown
Address — 80 Gelentrammon Road, Green Street Green, Orpington, Kent BR6 6DG
Telephone — 07776-135570
E-mail — sheilabrown336@msn.com
Meetings — Please contact the secretary for further details
Issues — Bromley FOE is not located near the sea, but is trying to educate its members, and members of the public who are interested, in marine matters.
East Kent Friends of the Earth
Contact — Stuart Cox
Address — 1 Devon Avenue, Walmer, Deal, Kent CT14 7SE
Telephone — 01304-363729
E-mail — sfcox@cooptel.net
Meetings — Please contact Stuart Cox for details
Sevenoaks Friends of the Earth
Contact — John Bassendine
Address — 26 Beechy Lees Road, Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 5QJ
Telephone — 01959-524906
E-mail — jsbassendine@yahoo.co.uk
Issues — We support the work of MARINET and, in particular, its current campaign to secure a genuine reform of the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy so that we re-establish food security, rebuild fish stocks to the maximum levels of abundance which current ecological conditions will permit, and at the same time create marine reserves centred on the spawning and nursery grounds with displaced fishermen and their vessels offered re-employment as the managers of these areas so that they have a financial stake in a conservation-focused CFP which restores the economic and ecological base of their industry for future generations.
SOUTH COAST
East Dorset Friends of the Earth
Contact — Angela Pooley
Address — 22 Chigwell Road, Bournemouth BH8 9HW
Telephone — 07944-657982
E-mail — eastdorsetfoe@yahoo.co.uk
Meetings — Contact Angela Pooley for details
Gosport and Fareham Friends of the Earth
Contact — Dilys Harrison
Address — 11 Crawford Drive, Fareham, Hampshire PO16 7RN
Telephone — 01329-235200
Meetings — Contact Dilys Harrison
Guildford and Waverley Friends of the Earth
Contact — Martin Thomas
Address — 8 Queens Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 0HP
Telephone — 01252-687451
E-mail — martin.thomas99@ntlworld.com
Meetings — Please contact Martin Thomas for details
Havant Friends of the Earth
Contact — Sue Holt
Address — Wood Grange, Manor Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire PO11 0QL
Telephone — 02392-780943
E-mail — s.l.holt@btinternet.com
Issues — Beach clean-ups, nature conservation work which features biodiversity studies aimed at ensuring local authorities and companies stick to regulations. Also sea level issues, flooding and the effect on environmental concerns.
Meetings — Meetings held every 3rd Wednesday of month but do contact Sue Holt on 02392-780943 for confirmation.
Manhood Peninsula Friends of the Earth (West Sussex)
Contact — Gina Carrington
Address — Hope Cottage, Highleigh Road, Highleigh, Chichester, West Sussex PO20 7NR
Telephone — 01243-641145
E-mail — ginac@berendon.fsnet.co.uk
Meetings — General Group Meetings are held quarterly and the Coastal Strategy Group meets once a month. Please contact Gina Carrington for details.
Issues — The Group is interested in all things to do with Coastal Strategy and Inshore Waters, with particular relevance to their area.
Other issues on which the Group is working at the present time are:-
- Fisheries, over-fishing and pair trawling for undersized bass in conjunction with a French conservation group
- Cetacean deaths
- Marine reserves
- Climate change
- Marine aggregate extraction
- Pollution
Please contact the Group if you would like to become involved in this work, or would just like more information.
New Forest Friends of the Earth
Contact — Sarah Fawkes
E-mail — duncan.sarah@virgin.net
Website — www.nffoe.org.uk
Meetings — Please contact above for details.
Portsmouth Friends of the Earth
Contact — Caroline Scott
Address — 15 Locksway Road, Milton, Portsmouth PO4 8JN
Telephone — 023-922 91118
Meetings — Contact Caroline Scott for details.
Issues — Particularly concerned about dredging and the forthcoming big dredging application in Portsmouth and Langstone Harbour.
West Dorset Friends of the Earth
Contact — Kirsten Juniper
Telephone — 07812 468980
E-mail — juniperkirsten@hotmail.com
SOUTH WEST COAST
Barnstable
Contact — Geoffrey Young and Associates
Address — Bickington Lodge House, Main Road, Bickington, Barnstaple, North Devon EX31 2LJ
Telephone — 01271-375550
Meetings — Please contact Geoffrey Young
Issues — Fisheries, protection of cetaceans and marine mammals, and the extraction of aggregate (sand and gravel) from marine sources.
Bude Friends of the Earth
Contact — Mary Whibley
Address — Dene Lodge House, Morwenstow, Cornwall EX23 9SL
Telephone — 01288-331424
E-mail — mary.whibley@gmail.com
Issues — As a Group, we have “adopted” Bude’s beaches on behalf of the Marine conservation society. we take part in their annual survey of non-natural items found on the strandline. After heavy rainfall the bathing water is not of good quality.
Bude Foe is campaigning with MARINET on the reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy.
Dawlish
Contact — David Bailey (Affiliate Member)
Address — 27 North Lodge Close, Dawlish, Devon EX7 9QD
Telephone — 01626-866985
E-mail — davidpbailey77@hotmail.com
Issues — David Bailey is not actively campaigning on marine issues at present, but believes strongly in the protection of the marine environment. He would welcome contact from those local people who share his concern and wish to campaign He is also involved with beach cleaning two or three times a year and would welcome help with this.
Falmouth Friends of the Earth
Contact — Betty Levene
Address — 30 Truro Lane, Penryn, Kernow TR10 8BW
Telephone — 01326-377447
E-mail — betty184@btinternet.com
Meetings — Please contact Betty Levene
Issues — The most important issue by far is the dredging scheme of the Falmouth inner harbour to enable easier access for giant cruise liners and other shipping. The Group is also working on the Marinet EU Fisheries campaign, and a variety of dock infrastructure issues.
Port Navas Quay Preservation Group
Contact — Michael Bruton
Telephone — 07979-274525
E-mail — portnavasquay@hotmail.co.uk
Web Site — www.preserveportnavasquay.co.uk
Issues — The Port Navas Quay Preservation Group is a local group based on the Helford River in SW Cornwall. The Helford River is a Special Area of Conservation (SACSAC Special Areas of Conservation) and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). There is also a significant marine Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) situated at Tremerlin on the south side of the Helford River. We are campaigning to protect the once pristine nature and beauty of the Helford for ever and for all. Our Mission is “Working together to preserve and protect Port Navas Quay and the wider Helford River Environment”. Our website describes the key issues affecting the future of the Helford — it is imperative that marine life in the SAC/SSSI is protected and enhanced.
South Gloucestershire Friends of the Earth
Contact — Co-ordinator
E-mail — Co-ordinator: coordinator@southglosfoe.org — Group: membership@southglosfoe.org
Website — www.southglosfoe.org.uk
Issues — The Group is currently involved in campaigns addressing the following issues:
- New Nuclear Build — We are resolutely opposed to Government plans to replace existing nuclear power plants at Oldbury on Severn in South Gloucestershire and at Hinkley Point in Somerset with new build. To this end we liaise closely with SANE (Shepperdine Against Nuclear Energy) and Stop Hinkley.
- Genetic Modification We continue to oppose the attempt by major companies to impose GM crops on a UK population which consistently says it doesn’t want them. In 2003 we won the prestigious National FOE Campaign of the year award for our work in this field.
- Links with other Organisations: We have a good relationship with our local authority, and are members of many of its environmental groups.
If you live in our area and would enjoy discussions on a range of environmental issues with like-minded people, we would be delighted to see you at our meetings.
South West Friends of the Earth
Contact — Mike Birkin
Address – Friends of the Earth South West Office, 10-12 Picton Street, Bristol BS6 5QA
Telephone – 0117-9429128
E-mail — mike.birkin@foe.co.uk
Issues — Marine and offshore renewables, and Severn tidal power
CHANNEL ISLANDS
Jersey Friends of the Earth
Contact — Rob Duhamel
Address — 5 Douro Terrace, Le Mont Pinel, St Saviour, Jersey JE2 7RS
Telephone — 01534-724776
Meetings — Please contact Rob Duhamel for details
WELSH COAST
Barry & Vale Friends of the Earth
Contact — Max Wallis
Address — 48 Westbourne Road, Penarth CF64 3HF
Telephone — 02920-210708
E-mail — greenkeith@virginmedia.com and wallismk@cardiff.ac.uk
Meetings — First Tuesday of each month — see www.foe.co.uk/app/localgroups?action=display&groupid=11315
Issues — Campaigning against Severn Barrage, and Severn Estuary Dredging.
Campaigning for Welsh Marine Reserves, Severn Estuary Alternative Energy from Tidal Sources, and Coastal Path from Lavernock to Pembroke.
Carmarthen Friends of the Earth
Contact — Steve Hack
Address — 28 St Catherine Street, Carmarthen SA31 3DY
Telephone — 01559-363922
E-mail — annemariebelle@hotmail.com
Issues — Action on general environmental issues around the coasts of Wales.
Llandanwg Dunes Protection Group
Contact — Colin Mackie (Treasurer and Webmaster) and Simon Lewis Jones (Project Manager).
Address — Llais y Lli, Llandanwg, Harlech, Gwynedd LL46 2SB
Telephone — Colin Mackie 01341-241415, Simon Lewis 01766-590692
E-mail — treasurer@lpyc.org.uk
Issues — The aims and objectives of the Llandanwg Sand dunes Protection Group (LDPG) are:
- Provide a focus for community action.
- Give first aid to the dunes and assist nature to recover from the ravages brought about by climate change, adverse weather conditions and public access erosion.
- Use environmentally friendly best practices to encourage nature to ensure re-growth and sand accretion.
- Provide pro-active management of an ongoing nature to ensure that the remedial work continues.
- Ensure that any funds made available by interested parties are channelled into the project and put to good use.
- Provide information about this project to the public and ensure that publicity is given to our aims and objectives.
Website – www.twyni-llandanwg-dunes.org.uk
Monmouth Friends of the Earth
Contact — Haydn Cullen-Jones
Address — 63 Hereford Drive, Monmouth NP25 3HQ
Telephone — 01600-772810
E-mail — monmouthfoe.coord@hotmail.co.uk
Issues — Campaigns on marine issues of importance.
Torfaen Friends of the Earth
Contact — Carole Jacob
Address — 48 Five Locks Close, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, Gwent NP44 1DD
Telephone — 01633-875627
E-mail —carole.jacob48flc@ntlworld.com
Issues — Working with MARINET on protection of our seas and to secure real and genuine reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, based on food security, restoration of fish stock levels to the maximum level of abundance that ecological conditions will permit, and the use of closed areas (marine reserves) to protect spawning and nursery grounds.
NORTH WEST COAST
Central Lancashire Friends of the Earth
Contact — Aidan Turner-Bishop
Address — 61 The Boulevard, Frenchwood, Preston, Lancashire PR1 4PH
Telephone — 01772-824154
E-mail –aidantb@phonecoop.coop
Website — www.foe-centrallancs.co.uk/
Meetings — Please contact Aidan Turner-Bishop for details.
Issues — The Group is particularly concerned about the condition and health of the Irish Sea, about radioactive pollution, the condition of the region’s estuaries, and the prospect of tidal barrages being used to generate electricity.
Chester
Contact — Ms. Viv Mountford (Affiliate member)
Telephone — 01244-317564
Issues — Pollution issues in the Mersey area.
Isle of Man Friends of the Earth
Contact — Phil Corlett
Address — Boxwood Cottage, 14 Victoria Place, Douglas, Isle of Man IM2 4ET
Telephone — 01624-673484
E-mail — phil.corlett@manx.net
Website — www.foe.org.im
Issues — The group actively support opposition against marine aggregate dredging of the Isle of Man’s coasts. Also working with other environmental groups, stakeholders and participants in the Isle of Man Government’s current marine reserves consultations.
Additionally, working to raise awareness of new nuclear build in the UK (Cumbria) which is a danger to the Isle of Man i.e. leaks, accidents and reprocessing. The members of the group support/organise/monitor beach cleans on the Island.
Phil Corlett represents Isle of Man FOE as a Seasearch diver, and in connection with the new Marine Protected Area (marine reserve) off the coast of the island.
Katy Malkin
E-mail —katymalkin@gmail.com
Issues — I support MARINET through running its Twitter facility and via its current campaign to secure a genuine reform of the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy so that we re-establish food security, rebuild fish stocks to the maximum levels of abundance which current ecological conditions will permit, and at the same time create marine reserves centred on the spawning and nursery grounds with displaced fishermen and their vessels offered re-employment as the managers of these areas so that they have a financial stake in a conservation-focused CFP which restores the economic and ecological base of their industry for future generations.
Manchester Friends of the Earth
Contact — Abigail Herron
Address — Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE
Telephone — 07815-51 34 69
E-mail — abi@manchesterfoe.org.uk
Meetings — Please contact Abigail Herron
Issues — Marine Reserves and marine conservation in general
South Lakeland Friends of the Earth
Contact — Margaret Sanders
Address — 28 Castle Crescent, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7AN
Telephone — 01539-740237
E-mail — margaret@goosander.demon.co.uk
Meetings — Contact Margaret Sanders for details
Issues — Marine issues in general, and radioactive pollution and beach clean-ups in particular
Southport FOE
Contact — William Bethnuin or Lou Simans
Address — William Bethnuin, 13 Haig Avenue, Southport, Merseyside PR8 6LD
Lou Simans, 35 Court Road, Southport PR9 9ET
Telephone — William Bethnuin, 01704-545924
Lou Simans, 01704-540590
Meetings — Contact William or Lou for details.
Issues — The Sefton Coast, which includes Southport, is noted for its sand dunes, fine beaches and extensive bathing waters, pine woods and its estuaries which support many wild birds. Southport FOE is concerned, in particular, with sewage pollution of its sea bathing waters, with aggregate (sand and gravel) extraction from offshore in Liverpool Bay, with marine reserves, beach clean-ups and with the conservation of all of the natural features of the coast. Its members can advise on issues relating to conservation and pollution.
NORTHERN IRELAND COAST
Banbridge and Mourne Friends of the Earth
Contact — Bonnie Horsmann
Address — Quivala, 25 Sentry Box Road, Annaclone, Banbridge, Co. Down, N.Ireland BT32 5BD
Telephone — 028-4067 1616
E-mail — bonniehorsman@yahoo.co.uk
Issues — The group is concerned, in particular, with the quality of bathing waters, sewage pollution and marine reserves.
Downpatrick Friends of the Earth
Contact — Keith Bradford
Address — The Walled Garden, Finnebrogue, Downpatrick, Co. Down, N.Ireland BT30 9AA
Telephone — 028-446 12260
Issues — Downpatrick FOE is concerned with all marine pollution and conservation issues and, in particular, the protection of sea birds. Please contact Keith Bradford for further details.
SOUTH INLAND
Blackwater Valley Friends of the Earth
Contact — Rick Kimber
Address — 10 Kingsfield Road, Frimley, Ash Vale, Surrey GU12 5QH
Telephone — 01252-375874
E-mail — group@bvfoe.freeserve.co.uk
Issues — Marine issues in general
Bracknell Forest Friends of the Earth
Contact — John Halladay
Telephone — 01344-449115
E-mail — j.halladay@ntlworld.com
Website — www.bracknell-foe.makingithappen.co.uk/
Hemel Hempstead and District Friends of the Earth
Contact — Mrs. O. Darvill
Address – 9 Woodlands Road, Hyde Lane, Hemel Hempstead HP3 8RZ
Telephone — 01923-262896
E-mail — she-d@hotmail.com
Merton Friends of the Earth
Contact — Auriel Glanville
Address — 127 Florence Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 8TL
Telephone — 020-8540 6154
E-mail —auriel.glanville@btopenworld.com
Issues — Support for MARINET and the work and issues it is campaigning upon.
Milton Keynes Friends of the Earth
Contact — Andrew Lockley
Address — 5 Park View, Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire MK16 9AD
Telephone — 07866-777823
E-mail — andrew@lockley.me.uk
Meetings — Please contact Andrew Lockley for details.
Issues — Milton Keynes is a large consumer of aggregates, and Milton Keynes FOE is interested in where they are sourced from and the associated environmental impact.
Wycombe Friends of the Earth
Contact — Mike Chadwick, Co-ordinator
E-mail —wycombefoe@yahoo.co.uk
Website — www.wycombefoe.org.uk
Meetings — Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 25 London Road, High Wycombe.
