Sussex Bay is home to the UK Blue Natural Capital Lab

Collaborative leaders:

Paul Brewer

Sponsor and Partnerships

Director for Sustainability & Resources Adur & Worthing Councils.

Communities

Radical Collaborators.

Dean Spears MBA

Overall Lead, Head of Blue Natural Capital

Design UK's first Blue Natural Capital (BNC)
Lab, operations, programmes.

Lewis White Phd

Seascape Research Lead

Co-producing with partners our first Seascape Recovery Plan.

Welcoming all into safe spaces

With communities, we are developing our participation thinking.

We’re shaping ways for people who do not normally get involved in the marine sector to do so. If you have ideas, we would love to hear from you. At our launch in June 2024, Dean Spears from the team said: “Whoever you are, whatever your background, whatever your care: you, we, are Sussex Bay and you are all welcome”.

Working with:

Consultant Advisors:

Rob Alcroft

Funding Strategist

Founder at Wayforward and experienced Chair of charities and voluntary groups.

Sarah Hadwen

Links to Fishers

Supporting events and projects.

Sam Zindel

Project Strategist

Co-MD at Propellernet Digital Marketing and Founder of Low Carbon Leaders.

Diana Alcroft

Links to Nature Groups

Director at Wayforward & Consultant for Marine & Coastal Restoration Projects.

Anna Ford

Independent Communications Consultant

Nature, climate and science storytelling.