Welcome to our amazing Duke of Edinburgh volunteers! With our environment facing an unprecedented amount of plastic litter that is choking our oceans and causing untold dangers to wildlife, we at the Final Straw Foundation know just how important it is to keep this waste off our streets, beaches and parks. This is where we…
Category: Schools
Drain Art Competition!
Look at these brilliant examples of drain art, aren’t they great? But we think our local children can do even better, and are looking for some fantastic designs to be submitted to be painted on our local drains to raise awareness of litter washing straight out to sea! Did you know that most drains on…
Saving Christmas Jumpers across the Country with the Great Christmas Jumper Swap!
Christmas is drawing ever closer, the smell of pine and the sound of Christmas songs playing in the shops surround us, building the excitement for the festive period. In recent years, the Christmas jumper trend has become increasingly popular. It is estimated that we Brits will buy up to 12 million new Christmas Jumpers before…
Wicor Primary School Superstars!
We have been working with Wicor Primary School, who are very dedicated to reducing their environmental footprint and reducing plastic waste. Here is a post written by the children that has gone onto their school blog, which we are reproducing here! Interview with Bianca Carr, Final Straw Solent We have a strong environmental curriculum through…
Fabulous school children!
So far this term, we have been into 11 local schools to give assemblies. With an average of between 200 – 400 children in each school, that means that we’ve reached in the region of 3,000 children this term already, talking about how we can all do our bit to reduce the amount of pointless…
