Members of the Turn The Tide Committee had a range of educational projects underway to highlight the effects of litter and single use plastics in the local area. We were out and about talking to local adult groups, cub and brownie packs. Currently these talks are on hold due to the Covid pandemic.

The last few years saw us delivering presentations to Portishead primary school children at St Peter’s, St Joseph’s and HighDown and Trinity School.. The children enjoy learning about beach cleans, single use plastic, easy swaps to environmentally friendly products and the importance of ‘refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle’. We also worked with year 2 pupils at Crockerne Churh of England Primary School. Who raised and donated money to Turn the Tide Portishead.
We have also met with students and teachers at Gordano School and are looking forward to delivering informative assemblies, providing our presentation for students to deliver the material themselves and working alongside ‘Green Gordano’ in their effort to reduce litter, plastic pollution and to implement innovative recycling schemes at the school.
Waitrose and Turn the Tide collaborated on an adult education presentation, which was the start of a strong alliance with Waitrose who now house bins for collecting crisp packets. (currently on hold due to the Covid pandemic)