Dawlish Against Plastic Annual Report for AGM 2026

April

·         5th – Beach Clean

·         9th – Meet Pam Jones to prepare for school assembly at Westcliffe school

·         25th – Westcliffe school assembly, Year 3. Talk to inspire pupils for persuasive writing project about plastic in the environment and beach cleaning.

·         26th – Litter Pick

·         28th - Meet Councillor Rosie Dawson about Reusable Cups campaign

·         28th - DAP AGM

·         30th - Town council Climate Emergency Declaration meeting

·         30th – Meet Pam for preparation

May

·         3rd – Beach Clean

·         6th – Reusable cups meeting, Councillor Rosie Dawson and business owners -

Woody’s, Ryders and The Local Scoop

·         7th – Mayor’s presentation of cheque for money collected as a selected Mayor’s charity

·         29th - Town council Climate Emergency Declaration meeting

·         31st – Litter Pick

June

·         1st – TtT festival, DAP stall

·         4th – Meeting with Pam Jones to prepare for U3A presentation

·         7th – Beach Clean

·         16th – U3A talk about DAP and our work to reduce rubbish

·         16th – DAP steering group meeting

·         17th – Meeting with Cllr Rosie Dawson, reusable cups

·         17th – Westcliffe Year 3 Beach Clean

·         23rd – Talk and environment education games with Dawlish Brownies.

·         28th – Litter Pick

July

·         5th – Beach Clean

·         14th – DAP steering group meeting

·         15th Meeting with Cllr Rosie Dawson, reusable cups

·         26th – Litter Pick

·         31st - Town council Climate Emergency Declaration meeting

August

·         2nd- Beach Clean

·         30th – Litter Pick

September

·         6th – Beach Clean

·         15th – DAP steering group meeting

·         16th – Set up DAP display information stall at St Gregory’s Church for flower festival

·         17th Meet Cllr Rosie Dawson, reusable cups

·         27th – Litter Pick

October

·         3rd – watch SAS schools’ assembly

·         4th – Beach Clean

·         6th – DAP steering group meeting

·         25th – Litter Pick

·         30th Town council Climate Emergency Declaration meeting

November

·         1st – Beach Clean

·         3rd – Teign Estuary and Coastal Partnership Forum, give talk and slide presentation

·         4th - Meet Cllr Rosie Dawson, reusable cup

·         15th – Give short presentation at CAG Skillshare

·         21st – Launch of Dawlish reusable cup at Brunswick Arms

·         24th – DAP steering group meeting

·         29th – Litter Pick

·         30th – DAP Christmas stall at Dawlish Christmas Street Market

December

·         2nd - Meet Stephen Ellwood at Westcliff School to discuss SAS Plastic Free Schools

·         13th – Christmas get together with Beach Cleaners

January

·         3rd – Beach clean 11.30am

·         14th – Meeting with Jennifer Cooper, DCC Reuse Project officer 2pm re: reusable cups project.

·         19th – DAP meeting

·         22nd – Waste Audit at Westcliffe School, 8.30 – 11.30. School Eco group with pupils from most year groups took part and recorded findings with a view to changing the waste management systems at the school.

·         27th – Meeting with Sue (treasurer) to update accounts

·         31st – Town Litter Pick

February

·         1st – Meeting with Sue re: accounts

·         5th – Meeting with Cllr Rosie Dawson to update her re: reusable cups project.

·         7th – Beach clean

·         28th – Litter Pick

March

·         2nd – South West Procurement Alliance beach clean 1-3pm. 6 attended.

·         7th - Beach Clean

·         16th – DAP meeting

·         21st – Hope Centre Litter Pick meeting at Hope Church

·         23rd – Visit to Westcliffe School so that pupils could present their persuasive writing on the subject of reusable cups. (This will be used for public display at the Strand Centre and for Turn the Tide.)

·         28th – Litter Pick

Statistics for amount of litter/decomposing debris collected during the year in kgs on regular cleans.

Litter picks: Recycled – 39.8kgs, General waste – 266.33. Total collected – 306.13kgs

Beach Cleans: Recycled – 10.40kgs, General waste – 139.92Kgs. Total collected – 150.32kgs

Grand total: 456.45kgs.

Average number of attendees per clean: 14

Total number of attendees: 304 across all regular cleans.

Hours spent: 456 hours spent.