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30/10/2026

🌊 Winter swimming safety tips! ❄️

A big thank you to Dee, swimming coach from , for sharing her top 3 tips to help you stay safe in the water this winter.

💙 1. Take it slowly – Enter the water nice and slowly, giving your body time to adapt to the cold.

💙 2. Be prepared – Warm up before you swim to help reduce the risk of cramps, and always use a tow float.

💙 3. Never swim alone – Have a swimming buddy with you. Look after each other!

Cold-water swimming can be wonderful, but staying safe always comes first. 🌊

Thank you, Dee, for sharing your knowledge and helping our sea swimming community stay safe!

28/10/2026

Thank you, local businesses! 💙🌊

Every raffle and pebble drawing prize you donated helped us raise the funds to make the Mass Dip happen. It made a huge difference, and we couldn’t have done it without you.

Now it’s our turn to give back. Local businesses are the fabric of our community, so let’s support them: visit, tag, share and tell a friend. 📣

OKI SAUNA
Luna Hut Sauna
CasaMex
Bam Bam | Burgers • Wraps • Peri Peri • Milkshakes
Bombay Avenue
The Cavendish Hotel Eastbourne
Cineworld Cinemas
Yani Yanev

Our local artists, seamstresses, photographer and videographer from Creative Eastbourne

Giovanna Miranda

Naida | Designer • Maker
Katie
𝕬𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗
Harvey cooper
Gavin Edwards

26/10/2026

🌊 “The sea is our jewel in the crown.”

Thank you to Josh Babarinde MP for joining our Mass Dip and standing up for our sea.

💬 “We rely on it for our physical and mental health, for our local economy, for tourism.”

Getting sewage dumping under control is a must. It needs to be under control.

🏄 On his paddleboard, Josh forgets about everything and just feels relaxed. That’s what the sea gives us, and it’s worth protecting.

Thank you, Josh, for being the voice of the sea. 💙

👉 Want to help? Visit the Clean Water Bill website set up by to see how you can get involved, and join our Mass Lobby to ask Josh to strengthen the Clean Water Bill before it’s passed by the government.

24/10/2026

💙 A massive Thank you to everyone who came today during Austen.

🌊 Our sea community came together to celebrate and protect our water for generations to come.

✨Thank you to Josh Babarinde OBE MP for an inspiring speech about reclaiming our water systems.

Thank you
Surfers Against Sewage for making it happen
Dee Dee Thorogood- OPEN WATER SWIM COACH
Joe and Trunk’s and Hunk’s
Maya and Creative Eastbourne
Emma Community Action East Sussex for handing our community award 🙌
The Belgian Cafe for providing an incredible venue!
And everyone who participated and came to support us in making waves for cleaner seas. 🌊💙

24/10/2026

🌊Come and join us inside at the Belgian Cafe for the Mass Dip event,
Saturday 24th October, 11am-1pm

The bad news is that Storm Austen is coming!
The good news:
The event is still ON, indoors, and will be at:

The Belgian Cafe
11- 23 Grand Parade
Eastbourne
BN213YN

This is a family-friendly free event, we will have activities, speech and raffle.

● MP Josh Babarinde speech
● Pebble Art Competition
● Raffle with prizes donated by local businesses

A massive thank you to The Belgian Cafe for making it happen
Creative Eastbourne for organising the pebble competition and the banners workshop
Surfers Against Sewage for creating the event with us
Dee Thorogood- OPEN WATER SWIM COACH for being there with sound safety advice
Trunk’s and Hunk’s and Eastbourne Sea Swimmers Pevensey Plungers for collaborating with our event

We are looking forward to seeing the sea loving community get together and make some waves for clean water 🌊✨

23/10/2026

Mass Dip
Saturday 24th October, 11am-1pm

The bad news is that Storm Austen is coming!
The good news:
The event is still ON and will be at:

The Belgian Cafe
11- 23 Grand Parade
Eastbourne
BN213YN

11.30-12.15pm: speeches with MP as guest of honour
11am-12.15pm : pebble competition, get a raffle ticket
12.30pm: winner announced

22/10/2026

🌊 EASTBOURNE MASS DIP 2026 , LET’S MAKE WAVES FOR CLEAN WATER! 🌊

📅 Saturday 24th October | 11am–1pm
📍 Lifeguards Beach,

Our Mass Dip journey began in 2024, when Josh Babarinde OBE MP MP joined our community to support the fight against sewage pollution in our seas.

Since then, our sea-loving community in Eastbourne has shown that local voices can help drive change for future generations.

This year, alongside Surfers Against Sewage , we’re taking our message further. 🇬🇧🌊

We’re calling for a new vision for water:
💧 Reclaim our water system
🌿 Protect our health and environment
🚫 Stop the polluters. Stop the sewage.

With the Clean Water Bill, we have an opportunity to demand a better future for our rivers, seas and communities.

This year, our Mass Dip is part of the Mass Lobby, bringing communities together to ask their MPs to speak up in Parliament and strengthen the Clean Water Bill.

Every voice matters. Together, we can make a difference!

✍️ Please sign to send an email to your local MP to strengthen the Clean Water Bill:
🔗 https://cleanthebill.org/

This is a family-friendly free event. Don’t worry if you are not swimming, you can take part in
our beach activities to help us raise funds for Surfers Against Sewage:
● Beach Clean
● Pebble Art Competition
● Raffle with prizes donated by local businesses

For the dippers, lifeguards will be on site on the day. Please register before you enter the
water, partner with a swim buddy and listen out for water safety instructions. We do ask all
participants to be responsible for themselves and dip at their own risk.

Bad weather plan: Please refer to social media for weather updates. The safety team on the
day will make the final call. If the water is too rough to enter, please stay for our group
photo.

22/10/2026

🌊 EASTBOURNE MASS DIP 2026 , LET’S MAKE WAVES FOR CLEAN WATER 🌊

📅 Saturday 24th October | 11am–1pm
📍 Lifeguards Beach,

Our Mass Dip journey began in 2024, when Josh Babarinde OBE MP MP joined our community to support the fight against sewage pollution in our seas.

Since then, our sea-loving community in Eastbourne has shown that local voices can help drive change for future generations.

This year, alongside Surfers Against Sewage , we’re taking our message further. 🌊

We’re calling for a new vision for water:
💧 Reclaim our water system
🌿 Protect our health and environment
🚫 Stop the polluters. Stop the sewage.

With the Clean Water Bill, we have an opportunity to demand a better future for our rivers, seas and communities.

This year, our Mass Dip is part of the Mass Lobby, bringing communities together to ask their MPs to speak up in Parliament and strengthen the Clean Water Bill.

Every voice matters. Together, we can make a difference!

✍️ Please sign to send an email to your local MP to strengthen the Clean Water Bill:
🔗 https://cleanthebill.org/

This is a family-friendly free event. Don’t worry if you are not swimming, you can take part in
our beach activities to help us raise funds for Surfers Against Sewage:

🌊 Beach Clean
🎨Pebble Art Competition
🎟️Raffle with prizes donated by local businesses

For the dippers, lifeguards will be on site on the day. Please register before you enter the
water, partner with a swim buddy and listen out for water safety instructions. We do ask all
participants to be responsible for themselves and dip at their own risk.

Bad weather plan: Please refer to social media for weather updates. The safety team on the
day will make the final call. If the water is too rough to enter, please stay for our group
photo.

19/10/2026

💙 5 days to go before our Mass Dip
on Saturday 24th October, 11-1pm at Lifeguards Beach.

12pm:
🌊Mass Dip
11-1pm:
✨Beach Clean
🖼️ Pebble art competition with
🎟️ Raffle

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