Leading members of the Sussex Wildlife Trust said they're "delighted" to have been awarded a £528,600 grant for a project to help connect coastal communities with further conservation of shoreline and seaborne wildlife.
Trust officials said the projects, under the umbrella title "Wild Coast Sussex", aim to inspire Sussex communities to care for the marine environment and enable them to protect their local coast and sea.
In announcing the grant award, a spokesperson for the Sussex Wildlife Trust said the organisation is the lead partner on the scheme with the Marine Conservation Society, Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, and Brighton SEA LIFE.
Giving an overview of the projects' many facets, the trust's Wild Coast Sussex project manager, Nikki Hills, said:
"Our partnership champions the rare and precious marine wildlife found locally, highlighting the extraordinary underwater kelp forests, seahorses and rays once abundant in Sussex which could recover and thrive if local communities know about them, understand the threats and support their conservation.
"The project aims to inspire and connect people to the Sussex coast and sea and engage those people by direct action to protect it.
"It will enable learning and activities to encourage positive lifestyle choices and behaviour change which in turn will reduce negative impacts on the Sussex coast and sea by empowering people to share experience and influence others.
"We will work with primary schools, young people (aged 12-25) and commercial fishers, as well as the wider community and general public and take them on a journey to make a positive difference to the crisis in the health of the sea."
Here's an example of the Sussex Wildlife Trust's coastal work: Sir David Attenborough launches the trust's "Help Our Kelp" campaign, focussing on the underwater kelp forests in the sea by our shoreline.
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