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A community-driven movement aimed at protecting Margate’s beaches and keeping our waters clean. Inspire.

To inspire people to come together as a community, and seek creative solutions that will tackle the issue of litter on our beaches.

07/05/2026

PLEASE NOTE that the beach clean will not be happening this Sunday 10th as previously advertised.

We have had to postpone till the following Sunday 17th May at 11am - meet us at our usual spot, the octopus beach hut. All equipment provided. All welcome.

Despite us booking our regular beach cleans (as required by TDC) in January it appears someone has booked in the Malle Beach Run at the same time, without checking pre-booked events - so we will not be able to access the beach.

Who knows…perhaps would like to make a donation to Rise Up Clean Up Margate CIC (click the link on our website!) to help preserve our beautiful beach environment once they’ve finished racing on it!

All donations help us to continue running the beach cleans, restocking the TidyPac stations along the seafront with free-to-the-public rubbish bags and allowing us to continue spreading environmental and ocean conservation messages via projects like the current amazing new recycling bins that are being painted by local and national artists all along the Thanet coastline. 💪

03/05/2026

Have you spotted our new look refill bag stations along Margate seafront? Do you use the free bags in them?

team have just installed these new stations and Sara & Lilly, who you may spot regularly leading our beach cleans, have just added all the info decals. 🙌

These handy stations are filled daily by our brilliant team of Rise Up Clean Up volunteers with free bags for disposing of general rubbish & dog waste - in order to help keep our beach clean.

The stations get a battering from our wild coastal weather so they need replacing every few years and these are paid for by kind donations from the public & local businesses as well as money raised and donated previously by the

If you’d like to donate, as a one off payment or a regular direct debit, please go to the website and hit the DONATE NOW button.

Thank you for your continued support & join us on the next beach cleans on Sunday 10th May at 11am.

11/04/2026

Join us this Sunday 12th April for our regular community beach clean on Margate Main Sands. Same time, same place - all equipment provided! See you there!
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09/03/2026

HUGE THANKS to all the amazing volunteers who came out in the foggy weather to join the beach clean at Main Sands on International Women’s Day 💪

50 volunteers collected 38 bags of litter. Great job everyone!

We think this is the highest number of volunteers we’ve had in winter and look forward to you joining us again during the busy summer cleans!

In the meantime the next one will be held on Sunday 12th April 11am.

And don’t forget it’s the Great British Spring Clean 13th-29th March. Keep your eye out on social media for local litter picks or even do your own. You can borrow equipment from one of the hubs - there are 6 in Thanet (enter your postcode into the CleanupUK website for details).

02/03/2026

Join us this Sunday 8th March for our regular community beach clean on Margate Main Sands. Same time, same place - all equipment provided!

It’s International Women’s Day on Sunday too so after the litter pick why not go along to Margate Caves where want you to have your say about the plans for Power of Women Plus - arts & culture led programming for women, non-binary, trans and gender non conforming people of Thanet. Driven by community and collaboration. Get involved!

There’s also some great events at and celebrating International Women’s Day!

And don’t forget ’s Great British Spring Clean kicks off this month 13th-29th March. So if you’d like to organise your own beach clean or litter pick in Thanet you can borrow equipment from one of the Hubs. Check the website for your nearest hub - they may be holding a special litter pick that you can join.
https://www.cleanupuk.org.uk

07/01/2026

Join us for our first community beach clean of the year this Sunday 11th January at 11:00am on Margate Main Sands. Meet at the Octopus hut opposite Arlington House. All equipment provided. Help us keep our beautiful beach litter & plastic free!

Who watched The War Between The Land and The Sea on over the holidays? This Dr Who spinoff has a strong environmental message and also features local legend 😍

And what about THAT ending 😮. We probably won’t be using such strong tactics on our litter picks - but maybe we should be. What do you think?!

03/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🥳

A huge THANKS to all our wonderful volunteers - whether you come once or join us regularly your help is much appreciated!

We look forward to seeing even more of you this year on Margate Main Sands - helping to keep our beautiful beach litter free!

Here are the upcoming dates - still 11am on the 2nd Sunday of the month until the warmer busier months when we move to weekly beach cleans.

And don’t forget if you’d like to litter pick at other times, alone or as a group, you can borrow equipment from the hubs in Thanet. Go to the website to find your nearest hub.
https://www.cleanupuk.org.uk

14/12/2025

Thanks heaps to our amazing volunteers, including SANTA, who came out this glorious sunny morning for the community beach clean on Main Sands.

12 bags of rubbish removed and 1 dead RAT 🐀 reported.

Please remember if you find dead wildlife (birds or other) DO NOT TOUCH - report to the council via the website so that they can remove it safely.
https://www.thanet.gov.uk/info-pages/wildlife-reporting/

The amazing Air Ambulance were on the beach today. They are a charity providing helicopter emergency medical services for Kent, Surrey & Sussex and were there to transport a patient for hospital care. Give them a follow and support the work they do 👏👏👏

Next beach clean Sunday 11th January 11am!

09/12/2025

Join us this Sunday 14th December at 11am for the last community beach clean of 2025 on Margate Main Sands!

And if you’re feeling festive there’s also a Christmas clean up at The Oval Bandstand & Gardens on Saturday 14th December at 2pm - wear your Christmas jumper & bring along the little elves - there’ll be small gifts for tiny helpers.

Take a break from spending money* and spend some time helping to keep our community litter free!

* but if you do please shop local, shop independent and shop single-use plastic free!

05/11/2025

Join us for our November beach clean this Sunday! If you want to come along and get involved, find us at our usual spot - the octopus beach hut on Main Sands at our later start time of 11.30am.

As always, no special equipment or previous experience is needed to help out with a beach clean, just come dressed for the weather!

Hope to see you on Sunday! 🏖️

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Margate Main Sands
Margate

Website

https://www.riseupcleanup.co.uk/

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