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is amazing’’

                                                     Tell Theresa!

                                                                                                                  This spring we’re asking young
                                                                                                                  members to send a message to
                                                                                                                  Theresa May about protecting our
                                                                                                                  seas. The message will be a huge
                                                                                                                  chain of friendship bracelets.

                                                                                                                    Children can download the
                                                                                                                  bracelet at wildlifetrusts.org/
                                                                                                                  bluebelt, colour it in and send it
                                                                                                                  to us at the address on the link.
                                                                                                                  We’ll join all the bracelets up and
                                                                                                                  give them to the Prime Minister,
                                                                                                                  asking her to be a friend of the
                                                                                                                  sea as part of our campaign for
                                                                                                                  more Marine Conservation Zones.

                                           The face says it all: Lola           Here are a few from children who
                                               Hilliard in touch with           have already got colouring
                                                   nature in Cornwall

  Ninety seven per cent of our planet      Nine year-old Hazel made this whale  White, from Kent Wildlife Trust, says:
is water, and our seas are our life        from beach driftwood                 “Our projects are as much about
support system, so we must ensure                                               giving children confidence and
they are protected. If we can inspire                                           developing their self-esteem as they
our children to build a personal                                                are about nature. Involving children
relationship with our seas, they are                                            in the decision-making process helps
more likely to care for it in the future.                                       to lead their learning. Giving them
“It’s not planet Earth,” said one 11                                            positive experiences in wild places
year-old. “It’s planet ocean. If we                                             ensures they will have a deeper
don’t keep it running the world won’t                                           relationship with their environment
be as beautiful as it is now.”                                                  later in life.”

  Once children have formed a                                                     Children and adults alike should be
connection with the sea, we can                                                 able to experience the joy of wildlife
encourage them to make decisions                                                and wild places in their daily lives. If
for themselves, and help them to                                                we help to lift barriers and provide
realise that they can make a                                                    opportunities, together we can make
di erence where they live. As Fiona                                             this a reality.

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