Marine Champions – play your half in defending the surroundings

Do you wish to play a key function in defending our valuable marine surroundings? Then turn into a BSAC Marine Champion!

New for 2025, BSAC is seeking to set up a volunteer community of Marine Champions who will work inside their very own golf equipment to ship a variety of grassroots environmental initiatives.  BSAC goals to recruit as many Marine Champions as attainable this yr, earlier than increasing the community throughout 2026 and past.

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Katherine Knight, Chair of BSAC’s Surroundings Group, stated the launch of the Marine Champions initiative was a incredible means for members and golf equipment to take a ‘deep dive’ into marine conservation. 

This new function will probably be on the coronary heart of BSAC’s strategic mission to be the go-to neighborhood for anybody desirous to find out about, take pleasure in and defend the underwater world. Our community of Marine Champions will probably be volunteers who’re obsessed with involving their membership in diving with an environmental objective and may unfold the phrase about defending our marine world. 

With the help and endorsement of their membership’s committee, every Marine Champion will coordinate conservation actions resembling Underwater Litter Picks, seaside cleans, seagrass and oyster surveys. They will even help the event of future BSAC environmental initiatives, in addition to being inspired to guide on their very own membership’s ‘in-house’ marine conservation initiatives. 

Katherine stated the function of Marine Champion was an thrilling alternative for BSAC and its membership community. 

Our Marine Champions will probably be a part of a constructive wave for change, not simply in preserving the marine surroundings, but additionally in serving to divers and snorkellers to expertise the fulfilment of diving with a objective.

To use to turn into a BSAC Marine Champion, you have to be aged 18 or over and a member of a BSAC membership. Whereas it’s anticipated that many Marine Champions will probably be lively diving members, this isn’t important. Marine Champions might equally be snorkelling members or non-diving membership members.   

Some data or expertise in marine conservation is fascinating, though enthusiasm and dedication are simply as necessary. Related help and extra coaching might be made accessible to make sure all of BSAC’s Marine Champions thrive of their new function. 

For extra data on the Marine Champions initiative and to use, go to bsac.com/marinechampions or obtain the BSAC Marine Champions data pack.

Please be aware: BSAC is on the lookout for one Marine Champion per membership. Earlier than making use of to turn into a Marine Champion, additionally, you will have to get the endorsement of your membership’s committee.  

When you have any questions concerning the initiative, please electronic mail the Marine Champions workforce at marinechampions@bsac.com

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