Celebrating the underwater world – Marine Week 2024

Stronger Shores and partners joined together to celebrate National Marine Week (27th July – 11th August 2024). Led by the Wildlife Trusts, colleagues from Northumberland and Durham Wildlife Trust, South Tyneside Council, Groundwork North East and Cumbria, and the Environment Agency, spent the day by the sea at Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s stunning Hauxley Reserve speaking to visitors and discussing the importance of our work to the local area.

To end the weekend, the team were delighted to be joined by the incredible Soul2Sand who helped to create a beautiful (and huge) mural in the sand to represent the Stronger Shores project. Members of the community worked together to create the mural, depicting seagrass, kelp and oysters, with the final result looking fantastic.

Watch the video to see how we created this masterpiece here.

A multigenerational group joined in and made a human pyramid to symbolise strength in working together with the coastal agencies. Thank you to all the Stronger Shores partners and Soul2Sand for making this day and incredible art possible, and those who came along to visit and join in!

Stronger Shores is funded by Defra as part of the £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programmes which are managed by the Environment Agency. The programmes will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate.