We are all Sussex Bay

• Attend or host a community event
• Share ideas for seascape recovery
• Add your event to the Sussex Bay map

From Spring 2026, as we celebrate our second year, community groups across the region have asked for more ways to take part in the work of Sussex Bay and to connect with others who care about our nature. In response to the interest from communities, we are expanding the opportunities to get involved. This includes a mixture of free and low cost across community events, workshops, citizen science, creative activities and conversations about the future of our seascape.

We are grateful to our partners for their help in delivering these events and creating opportunities for people to connect with the coast and with each other.

A pinnacle of our anniversary activities is our sponsorship of the Brighton Festival event “Sounds of the Ocean” at The Old Market in Hove. This immersive performance brings together music, imagery and storytelling inspired by life beneath the waves, creating a powerful connection with the ocean and the importance of protecting it. We would love to see you there.

Celebrate by taking part.
As part of our second anniversary programme, partners across Sussex Bay are hosting a range of community activities, including the following exciting activities so far. Sussex Bay is all of ours. Lets celebrate it together:

• Sounds of the Ocean at The Old Market Theatre
• Tea and cake with the Sussex Bay team at Shoreham Port café
• Sussex Dolphin Project cruise
• BARCO BASH community carnival
• Seabird walks with binoculars
• Coastal health walks
• Activities for children and young people
• Talk with Sussex Students’ Union
• Kelp walk at SEA LIFE Centre
• Question and answer session about the work of Sussex Bay
• Colonnade House summer events
• Talk at Shoreham Port Sustainability Week
• Neurodiverse workshop
• July seafood festival
• Hastings Fishermen’s Museum events
• Bognor Regis Museum events

Check out our activity map.

Explore the activity map to find events across Sussex Bay, or add your own.
Sussex Bay is growing through the energy and ideas of the people who care about our coast. We are creating a shared map where community groups, residents, businesses, visitors and anyone interested can discover what is happening across the area. Take a look at the activities already taking place by exploring the map, or add your own event, project or idea so others can get involved too. This is something we are building together with the community, so we warmly welcome your ideas, feedback and suggestions as it develops. By sharing what you are doing and connecting with others, you are helping build a stronger, more collaborative Sussex Bay.

Check out our activity map.

Here are a few more ways you can get involved in Sussex Bay.

  • Check out our work as the UK’s Blue Natural Capital Lab, testing cutting-edge approaches to finance and restoration. Share your ideas with us.

    • Come to a free Sussex Bay event—like beach cleans, nature walks or art workshops. We’ll promote them on our #SussexBay TikTok, Instagram, BlueSky, Linkedin accounts.

    • Be a Sussex Bay Champion. Help spread the word in your area and reach out to us with your ideas as we build this programme together.

    • Subscribe to our free e-newsletter and follow us on social media #SussexBay

    • Share your ideas or stories about the sea with us.

    • Take part in citizen science: report marine sightings or changes to the wonderful groups and organisations working across Sussex Bay, including Sussex Dolphin Project.

    • If you are able, donate to our Crowdfunder or a project you love.

    • Get involved in local events—from beach cleans and seaweed workshops to climate cafés

    • Join creative, wellbeing or community-led programmes along the coast.

    Start a project or idea in your neighbourhood—we may be able to support it.

    • All welcome. We love Sussex Bay as much you do.

    • Be a responsible guest: follow “leave no trace” principles.

    • Take your litter home and leave the beach and river clean.

    • Use local shops and cafes if you can.

    • Walk, cycle or use public transport if you can.

    • Choose sustainable providers when you eat, stay, or shop if you can.

    • We know that the majority of businesses really care about their connection to nature. We have a thriving BCorp movement across Sussex Bay with lots of opportunities to get involved as we do business better together.

    • Lend your time, space or skills to local projects.

    • Offer your team a volunteer day to help nature.

    • Support Sussex Bay through donations or collaboration if you can.

    • Collaborate with us as a pro bono partner—we welcome skills, space, and services.

    • Support local nature projects through donations or staff volunteering

    Join a network of coastal innovators working for a healthy marine economy, share your ideas with us.

  • We have a packed schedule and love meeting people, running and sharing events and learning more about what makes Sussex Bay the special place it is. Contact us and lets chat.

  • Don’t be shy! We’re all Sussex Bay and we would love to hear your ideas and feedback as we deliver projects together that enable people, nature and economy to thrive: contact us.

    • Sussex Bay Champions. We’ll announce ways to get involved soon.

    • A simple toolkit for schools, groups or youth leaders.

    • Posters and social media images to help you spread the word.

    • For community groups and organisations: a new way to upload your details and project online to collaborate, share ideas and save costs together.

    • Much, much more and a few surprises, to be announced.