Beach Buddies will be holding its final event before Christmas with a beach cleaning session at Blue Point on Sunday morning, meeting at 10.30am.

We will then be having a break from beach cleaning team sessions over the festive period, but regular emptying of our special Big Beach Bins will continue throughout the period. If you spot one which is close to full, or overflowing, please let us know and we will deal with it immediately.

We have 15 bins all over the Island at the moment, and plan to at least double this number during 2016, which will be the 10th anniversary year for Beach Buddies. Anyone who may know of a potential sponsor willing to pay just ?1.87 a day to sponsor a bin please get in touch.

Everywhere we have a bin, the response from the public has been simply fantastic, and the beaches alongside the bins are in better condition than for at least 30 years. We would love to expand this project all over the Island's beaches, and also to other places such as glens, hillside walkways and the coastal footpath.

We will be going into Ramsey after Sunday's session for a brief get-together and some refreshments, courtesy of Beach Buddies, from around 12.30pm. All welcome. All ages, all abilities. It's nothing strenuous - we have lots of fit young volunteers to deal with any heavyweight finds!!

To everyone who has supported us during the year, even if you weren't able to come along and join in, have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

We will be back in action again in 2016 - the 10th anniversary year for Beach Buddies - and we have a lot of new ideas in the pipeline! Watch this space! :-)