Gurteen Bay & Dogs Bay Conservation

16/08/2024

14/05/2024

🌾 A huge thank you to the local students from Clifden Community School and Scoil Éanna Roundstone who volunteered their time and helped out today with the planting of more marram grass. This grass is vital in order to stabilise the sand dunes.

💙 It’s brilliant to see the next generation playing their part and showing enthusiasm to save our beaches from coastal and human erosion.

18/04/2024

We are so excited to be a part of this upcoming series of community courses, all about how we can protect our beaches and dunes into the future.

These courses are open to anyone over 18 who wants to learn about dune systems and climate change, and gain practical skills on how to protect coastal ecosystems. Each course is two days, spread across two separate weekends 🐚

Location:

📍Dog’s Bay, Co Galway: 27th April & 18th May

Learn more, and sign up for an event here:
https://www.leavenotraceireland.org/press-release-new-2-day-course-to-empower-local-communites-to-protect-their-coasts-is-launched/

16/07/2023

🦺 PROGRESS ANNOUNCEMENT

🌊 We’re delighted to share that with some of the funds raised to date we’ve been able to complete the installation of the chestnut fencing on Dogs Bay. The sand dunes are unstable and have been eroding fast, this fencing is essential in order to reestablish the dune system.

🐚 The cost of this project is substantial and we’re relying on the generosity of the local community and visitors to the area to support us. The next phase is the installation of this fencing on the Gurteen Bay side.

💶 Thanks to everyone that has donated so far, if you love our beaches and have yet to donate and would like to help then please find the GoFundMe link in the bio above. You can also support by sharing this link. Every little bit raised will help us save our two beaches so that they can be enjoyed for years to come.

18/07/2022

📣Fundraiser Update📣

🎯We are over half way there!

💙 A big thank you to the following for some recent offline donations, this generosity is very much appreciated.
Connemara Credit Union Community Fund, who donated €5,000
Michael Halliday, who donated €1,000 from the proceeds of his book ‘Roundstone A History’
Roundstone Development committee for their €1,000 donation

👆🏼Full fundraiser details and the GoFundMe link to donate can be found in the link above