Local children's author, Catherine Charley, spent time on the shores of Strangford Lough with pupils from Grey Abbey Primary School and Regent House Prep School as the children learnt about the shores environment and joined with the 400 volunteers to 'clean-up' the areas beaches. Catherine then returned to their schools to help the pupils write some poetry about what they had experienced, and their thoughts and feelings on the Lough.
To view all the childrens poems click here.
Strangford Lough Management Advisory Committee (SLMAC) which, in partnership with Ards Borough Council, Down District Council, the National Trust, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, held it’s 2010 annual Strangford Lough Spring Clean on Monday 19th April to Friday 7th May.
Coordinated from the Strangford Lough Office in Portaferry an overwhelming number of volunteers in their hundreds took to the Lough shores to participate in the annual clean-up! People of all ages took part in the Spring-clean and in doing so found out more about the coast.
Do you want to get involved in the Spring Clean 2011, sign up here.
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