How You Can Help

Join the Movement to Protect Our Oceans

Every action counts. By volunteering with the Final Straw Foundation, you’re helping to protect marine wildlife, restore our coastlines, and inspire communities to reduce plastic pollution and care for our blue planet.

Our volunteers are at the heart of everything we do. Whether you’re rolling up your sleeves at a beach clean, representing us at community events, delivering inspiring school workshops, or creating digital content that motivates others to act, you’ll be making a real difference where it’s needed most.

Together, we’re not just removing litter; we’re restoring habitats, protecting wildlife, educating the public, and building a future where our oceans can thrive.

Volunteer Roles – How You Can Help

Beach Clean Lead Volunteer

Lead the charge against ocean pollution! Support our team by:

Setting up equipment
Guiding volunteers
Sorting litter into recyclable and non-recyclable waste

No prior experience is required, just enthusiasm and a love for the environment.
Time commitment: 3 hours per event (09:30–12:30 or 13:30–16:30).
Training provided.

Event Volunteer

Help us spread the word at local fairs, markets, and environmental events. You’ll:

Raise awareness about plastic pollution and ocean protection
Engage with the public
Sign up new volunteers

Water Quality Tester

Water Quality Volunteers play a vital role in helping the Final Straw Foundation monitor and protect the health of the Solent’s coastal waters. Through regular water sampling and data collection, volunteers contribute valuable information that helps identify pollution issues, track environmental changes, and support evidence-based conservation efforts.

Gather and record water quality samples and data
help build a clearer picture of the challenges facing our marine environment while supporting restoration and protection projects across the region.
Raise awareness, inform local communities, and drive positive action to improve the health of the Solent for wildlife, people, and future generations.

All training is provided, and it takes around 45 mins – 1 hour of your time.

Fill Out Our Volunteer Form

Duke of Edinburgh Volunteer Form

Find Your Way to Make an Impact

Join a Beach Clean

Help protect and restore our coastline by removing harmful litter before it reaches our oceans. Every piece collected helps create safer habitats for marine life while bringing communities together to care for the places we love.

Inspire at Community Events

Be a voice for our oceans by engaging with the public at local events. Help raise awareness about plastic pollution, encourage positive action, and inspire people of all ages to become part of the solution.

Empower the Next Generation

Support our school workshops and educational programmes, helping young people discover the importance of healthy oceans and the simple actions they can take to protect them for years to come.

Spread the Message

Use your creativity to help us reach even more people through photography, videography, social media, design, writing, or behind-the-scenes support. Every story shared inspires more people to take action.

Make an Impact

Together, We Can Make Waves

Protect. Restore. Educate.

Join our volunteer community today and be part of a growing movement creating cleaner beaches, healthier oceans, and a more sustainable future for everyone.

Restoration projects

Ways to Get Involved

Make Us Your Charity of the Year

Bring your team together through fundraising, volunteering, and conservation projects that create real, lasting change for our coastlines and marine life.

Join 1% for the Planet

Show your commitment to protecting the planet by becoming a member of 1% for the Planet. This globally recognised initiative enables businesses to donate 1% of annual sales through financial and in-kind support, helping fund environmental action where it’s needed most.

Volunteer as a Team

Swap the office for the coastline and join us for beach cleans, habitat restoration projects, and community events. It’s a rewarding way to strengthen your team while making a positive impact on the environment.

Let’s Create Lasting Impact Together

Every partnership helps protect wildlife, restore coastal habitats, and educate communities about the importance of healthier oceans. However you choose to get involved, your business can be part of a growing movement creating cleaner coastlines and a more sustainable future.

Support Us! Fundraise or Donate

Your generosity helps us protect coastlines, oceans, and countryside from the harmful impact of plastic pollution. Every donation, big or small, fuels our mission to clean beaches, educate communities, and inspire change.

Donate via JustGiving

Donate Via Paypal

Sign Up with Run for Charity

Donate Via Aviva

Donate Via Give as you Live

Help Restore Our Marine Habitats

Be part of the movement bringing our coastal ecosystems back to life. By volunteering on our restoration projects, you’ll play a hands-on role in rebuilding vital marine habitats, supporting biodiversity, and helping our seas thrive for generations to come.

Our restoration volunteers are making a real impact. Whether you’re scrubbing oysters ready for restoration, building oyster habitats, constructing seahorse hotels, or supporting future marine conservation projects, you’ll be helping to create healthier, more resilient coastal environments.

Together, we’re restoring habitats, protecting marine wildlife, and giving nature the helping hand it needs.

Restoration Events Coming Soon

Our volunteer restoration days and workshops will be announced throughout the year, depending on the project. If scrubbing oysters, building oyster homes, or creating seahorse hotels sounds like your kind of day, we’d love to have you on board.

Register your interest today and be the first to hear when new restoration events are released. Together, we can restore our seas, one habitat at a time.