Marine conservation news

Sea-Changers is proud to have been accepted as a member of the 'Our Seas Coalition'. The Coalition is an alliance of Scottish organisations, businesses, communities and individuals that support a move to sustainable use of Scottish coastal seas. The Our Seas Coalition is campaigning for greater protection of Scotland’s seas to recover nature and sustainable livelihoods. Specifically they are calling for a minimum of 30% of Scotland's inshore waters to beprotected from bot

Sea-Changers is delighted to have agreed a new partnership with Ecology Building Society. Ecology Building Society was founded in 1981 by a group of pioneering people in West Yorkshire to finance environmental building renovations and support sustainable housing. Ecology’s mission is to create positive benefits for people and the environment, supporting ecological homes and sustainable communities through the flow of ethical finance between savers and borrowers. Ecology Build

We are proud to be a charity that is primarily run by a team of amazing and dedicated volunteers. Over the past few months we have shared some volunteer spotlights to introduce some of our brilliant team. So we are very pleased to shine a light this month on Laura Johnson, our Grants Administrator. Laura helps to process grant applications, monitor project evaluations, and create content for both our website and social media channels As a busy mum of three, Laura didn’t have

Entries are open for Yachting Monthly’s annual environmental journalism award, the 2026 Brian Black Memorial Award. Back for a sixth year, Yachting Monthly is running the Brian Black Memorial Award in partnership with Coppercoat. The award commemorates Brian and Lesley Black, trailblazing sailors, environmentalists and journalists. This year, there are over £3,000-worth of prizes to be won for the best article and the best photos of the marine environment on the theme of ‘Our

Sea-Changers is recruiting an Executive Director - Applications now closed Update: Thank you to all those who have applied for this role. Applications have now been reviewed and all applicants written to regarding the outcome of their application. If you have applied and not received a response please check your email spam/junk folders to ensure the reponse has not got lost. If you still cannot find a response, please email us at recruitment@sea-changers.org.uk. Are you passi

Sea-Changers is thrilled to be supported by Oz and Keri who ran the Paris Half Marathon on 8 March 2026 raising funds for Sea-Changers. Oz is a diver, Keri is a runner but they both laced up their trainers to run the 13.1 miles (21.1km) to support cleaner, healthier seas. Keri said about the race: “It was a really good day and race, we really enjoyed it! The weather was perfect too..amazing race! Thank you for giving us this opportunity! We ran for Sea-Changers as we both

Grants for innovative marine conservation projects

Sea-Changers' Main Grants programme for marine conservation grants of between £500 and £2,500 is open for applications until 31st March . You can find out more about the fund and how to apply on the grant application page of our website where we provide help and advice to give your application the very best chance of success. The projects we fund will achieve one or more of the following objectives: ​​To address the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges i

Just a reminder that Sea-Changers Coastal Fountain Fund is open to applicants who want to install a water bottle refill station in a busy or environmentally important coastal location. Since the fund began we have enabled 49 fountains to be installed over the UK and are looking forward fund more in 2026. The fund aims to protect coastal habitats from the harmful effects of single-use plastic water bottles by supporting communities to purchase water refill fountains for busy