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Q: What are BCD doing to event - including beach cleans,
support Pure Sea? fundraising parties and scuba cleans -
on Fuerteventura later in the year.
PD: We’ve pledged support through
monthly direct donations from BCD Q: Finally can you tell us more about
and, at the end of last year, we helped the fancy dress Fun Run?
Lisa raise some funding through
merchandising sales. I’ve spent a lot LG: The next event we have lined up is
of time helping Lisa work on her 2021 a Fun Run from Frinton to Walton-on-
plans and will be taking part in the the-Naze, which is going to be a family
Fun Run in late May. Myself and some fun day out, including a prize for the “For the past three years
of the staff will be attending different best dressed crustacean. Paul has we have worked hard and
beach cleans as they come up in 2021 kindly offered to set up a Just Giving passionately with the view of
and, critically, all of this funding will page and has been forced into running trying to keep beaches clean,
be going towards Pure Sea obtaining the 2K race dressed a lobster to help resulting in cleaner oceans for
charity status. raise money for Pure Sea.
marine life.”
Q: What are Pure Sea’s plans for 2021? PD: I can’t stand fancy dress, but if I Lisa Good
can raise over £500 for Pure Sea, I will Founder of Pure Sea
LG: The effect of Covid-19 was run the race dressed as a lobster, with
devastating for Pure Sea as a non- photos and video available afterwards
profit organisation and the funding for everyone’s enjoyment. Please
that had come in for event tickets etc donate and make me suffer!
had all to be refunded due to the crisis
in the events industry. For more details go to https://www.
2021, however, is starting to look justgiving.com/crowdfunding/save-
brighter: we already have 12 beach paul-duffieldfromthelobsterpot
cleans confirmed, plus a series of
boozy brunches planned with raffles,
competitions and a fundraising
fashion show. We have a three day

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