25/08/2026
🎬 WHAT A WEEKEND!
The second Surf & Conservation Film Festival is a wrap. And wow, North Devon, you showed up.
✅ 350+ people joined us across the weekend at Freshwell Camping
✅ 100 of you came down for Saturday's free family day. Beach cleans, live water quality testing, rock pool rambles, a river-themed bouncy castle and more
✅ Incredible films from the Save The Waves and Edinburgh Conservation Film Festivals, under the stars
✅ Two brilliant panels bringing together surfers, scientists and conservationists on accessibility in the water and the health of our rivers
✅ Live music from Laura Kate and Jack Dayman
✅ And, drumroll... over £4,000 raised for projects improving water quality across the North Devon World Surfing Reserve
None of this happens without the community. Massive thanks to:
🙌 Everyone who came down, joined a workshop, bought a raffle ticket and got stuck into a beach clean
🙌 Our volunteers, who gave up their weekend to make it all run smoothly
🙌 Our brilliant panellists, speakers and stallholders
🙌 And our sponsors who made it all possible: The Manor House Inn, John Fowler Holiday Parks, Ocean Pitch Campsite, Croyde Bay Holiday Resort, The Thatch Croyde, Blue Groove, Beyond the Break, Holidays in Croyde, Surfing Croyde Bay & Woodstock Windows
🙌 Also those who donated raffle prizes: Salt Atlas, Line-up Lab, Surfing Croyde Bay, Surfing Croyde Bay, Blue Groove, Neap Coffee, Ocean Pitch, Biffen’s Kitchen, Beyond the Break/Duck Dive, Croyde Holiday Park, Patinar Skate Shop, Beach Hut Croyde/The Hub, Little Pink Surf Shop Croyde, Second Skin Surf Shop Braunton, John Fowler, Woodstock Windows, Brends, Dryrobe, Holidays in Croyde 💙
Want to keep the momentum going? Join North Devon Biosphere for Rise Up for Rivers at Arlington Court, Sat 12 Sept, 10:30am–3:30pm, and train as a citizen river water quality tester!
