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We are a team of four 'oldish' men taking part in the World's Tough Row from La Gomera Canaries to Antigua in December 2024. We are raising money for three charities including The Final Straw

Final Straw Foundation are a registered charity working with local communities and businesses to highlight the impact of plastic pollution on our environment and to try to minimise the amount of plastic entering our local seas and wider oceans. They started in Emsworth, Hampshire in 2018 as a group of volunteers giving their time to help clean up their local community spaces and, in time, the surrounding areas. They originally focused on encouraging businesses to cut back on the amount of disposable, pointless plastic that is used. They ran a few beach cleans and started talking to the local communities in the Solent area, and grew from there.

They work with many different types of business on sustainability and to help them find ethical and sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic in their activities. They have a very busy school outreach programme and have reached thousands of children in the Solent area through assemblies and workshops. They work with community groups, giving talks and running activities and encouraging people to avoid single-use plastic and how to best dispose of it if they do need to use it. They still run regular beach and community clean-ups. It is a great way to get back in touch with nature, with benefits that include the obvious clear-up of litter, meeting like-minded people, and getting some often well-needed headspace and connection with nature.

For more information on our event please visit https://lessonsfromaboat.com

Thank you for visiting

Steve, Jon, Dan and Jason