Rise Up Clean Up Margate

RISE UP CLEAN UP MARGATE CIC (RUCU) is a community-driven movement aimed at protecting Margate’s beaches and keeping our waters clean.

RUCU was set up in 2020 as a response to the litter crisis affecting Margate's coastline and native wildlife. We want to inspire people to come together as a community and seek creative solutions to tackle the litter issue.

RUCU is entirely volunteer led. We organise regular beach cleans on Sundays throughout the year (weekly during the busy summer months and monthly in autumn/winter) and everyone is welcome. You can join us on one of our organised beach cleans or contact us if you have an idea about running your own litter pick.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BORROW EQUIPMENT please contact us via the email: info@riseupcleanup.co.uk.

If you want to know more about what we do in addition to the beach cleans, such as working with the council to make meaningful long-lasting changes (e.g. installling water fountains to reduce single use plastic, providing free litter bags at stations on the seafront, facilitating art on new recycling bins along the Thanet coast) and the Rise Up Residency ocean conservation art activations - check out our website www.riseupcleanup.co.uk and follow us on social media @riseupcleanup