In April 2013, we'll be working with the Marine Conservation Society to carry out over 110 beach cleans around the UK - why not come along and join in?
Why is beach cleaning so important?
Last year's first annual beach clean-up saw 6,000 volunteers clear rubbish from 100 beaches and canals up and down the country, filling a whopping 3,200 bin bags with cans, wrappers and other litter. Other finds included a set of false teeth and half a sofa in Edinburgh, a cabinet near Liverpool, a ten-pin bowling ball off the coast of Deal and a carpet in Clacton!
As well as keeping our coastline looking beautiful, clean beaches are essential for marine conservation. Some of our best-loved sea life is under threat from ingesting rubbish or getting tangled in it. For example, seabirds can die after plastic bags they've mistaken for food block their stomachs, and this kind of litter has increased on beaches by 135% since 1994.*
M&S has teamed up with MCS for a second year to clean up the nation's beaches and your help is needed. From 22-28 April teams up and down the country will be collecting rubbish and recording their findings for a MCS report. It only takes an hour or two leaving you with the rest of the day to enjoy the beach. To say thank you, we'll give you £5 off your next £30 food shop.**
So why not come and enjoy a day out in the sunshine and help clean up a beach near you?
Register here with MCS to take part in a beach clean.
For the chance to win a £200 M&S gift card, simply tweet a photograph taken at one of our Beach Cleans with @marksandspencer #beachclean. This can be an image of a beach, sea life, any unusual items found or a message drawn in the sand eg Love your beach! Keep our beaches clean!
*Twitter Prize Draw Terms and Conditions
- The prize draw is open to United Kingdom and Channel Island residents only, who are aged 16 or over. The Promoter reserves the right to require participants to prove that they are eligible. If the Promoter (acting reasonably) is not satisfied as to the eligibility of the winner, the Promoter reserves the right to nominate another participant as winner and to require the return of any prize money already awarded (if possible).
- Prize draw commences on 22 April 2013 and all entries must be submitted by 23:59 BST on Sunday 28 April 2013. No purchase necessary.
- To enter the prize draw, participants must tweet a photograph taken at or during one of our Beach Cleans with @marksandspencer #beachclean This can be an image of a beach, sea life or any unusual items found for the chance to win a £200 M&S Gift Card.
- You must gain consent to enter the picture in this prize draw from any identifiable person included in the photograph to submit the entry (or the consent of the parent/guardian of any child under 15 years old).
- M&S reserves the right to disqualify any entry which M&S reasonably deems to be in breach of these terms and conditions or includes any imagery which M&S reasonably deems to be inappropriate.
- Photographs entered into the prize draw may be published on the Marine Conservation Society and M&S’ Plan A websites, M&S or MCS social media and marketing communications and by submitting your entry you understand that you are granting us an irrevocable license to make use of your submission for these purposes.
- Please see our privacy policy for further information about how we handle personal data at M&S http://www.marksandspencer.com/Privacy-Security-Privacy-Security-Help/b/46359031
- One winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entries and will receive a £200 M&S gift card. M&S standard Gift card terms and conditions apply to the prize. There are no other prizes.
- The prize is non-transferable and non-refundable and subject to availability. There is no cash alternative.
- Limit of one entry per person only. No entry on behalf of third parties.
- The winner shall be notified via Twitter no later than ten days after the above closing date. Winner must provide a valid UK postal address for the prize to be sent to.
- The Promoter's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. No responsibility will be taken for late, lost, indecipherable or misdirected entries.
- If the Promoter at any time reasonably considers an entry is in appropriate and/or fails to comply with its guidelines, it may disqualify the entry.
- Nothing in these Terms & Conditions shall limit in any way the Promoter's liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence. Subject to that, the Promoter shall have no liability for: (a) technical problems of any kind which may limit or prevent any person's participation in the prize draw; (b) any loss or damage arising from or in connection with the allocation of the prize, or (c) any other events beyond the Promoter's control that may cause the prize draw to be disrupted or corrupted or may lead to loss or damage of prizes in transit to the Winner.
- The Promoter reserves the right at any time to cancel, modify or supersede the prize draw if it believes, in its sole discretion, that the prize draw is not capable or is likely not to be capable of being conducted fairly or as specified within these Terms & Conditions due to events beyond its control (including, without limitation, a virus, a computer bug, automated voting or unauthorised human intervention or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter that could corrupt or affect the administration, security, impartiality or normal course of the prize draw).
- The Promoter of this prize draw is Marks and Spencer plc, Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Road, London W2 1NW
- The promotion shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.
View the photo gallery from our last beach clean...
* Information taken from MCSUK.ORG.
** Terms apply. See voucher for details. You must pre-register online with the Marine Conservation Society to be eligible to receive the voucher.
