About the event

Our coast is home to an amazing variety of seaweeds. Discover where and how they grow.

Seaweeds play a huge part in ocean ecosystems and food chains, providing food and a home for other animals. Seaweed can also produce more oxygen than forest on land and store blue carbon.

Coastal Rangers is a group of young people with an awareness and passion for their local coast.

They are the guardians for Seaham’s coastline with a commitment to explore and protects its precious tidal habitats.

Rangers is aimed at 10 to 14 year-olds who will have access to a range of exciting hands-on opportunities, activities and tasks linked to the Seaham Coast. They will assume a sense of custodianship for the area and will be involved in its care and development.

Rangers will run initially as a Seascapes supported project with a view to becoming an independent, autonomous group by summer 2024. The group will meet monthly.

This is an outdoor event, so please wear warm and weather appropriate clothing and outdoor suitable footwear.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL. All children need to be accompanied by a parent/carer, and wear outdoor suitable clothing and footwear.

Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this event is part of the SeaScapes ‘Intertidal Interactive’ Project. To find out more please visit www.exploreseascapes.co.uk