20 Students From St Edmonds School Portsmouth

St Edmonds Catholic School Portsmouth won the opportunity to send 20 of its students to become Ocean Ambassadors, fighting to save our fragile marine environment and coming back to educate their peers.

They will travel to Cornwall between the 30th of July and the 5th of August and learn first hand about marine conservation whilst learning to scuba dive.

DPC (Dive Project Cornwall) is a not-for-profit organization totally reliant on charitable donations to fund the accommodation, training and associated costs. The infostructure of the project (equipment) is already backed by some of the industry’s biggest names Suunto, Forth Element, Beuchat, DAN, DiverNet and Mikes Dive Store to name but a few and the education element is being facilitated by PADI, Marine Conservation Society.

Our Role as a Dive Centre of Choice for the Sussex area is to raise £3,975 to cover the base costs of sending the 20 winning students from St Edmonds School to Porthkerris for a week where they will learn about the marine environment and become qualified Scuba Divers. Furthmore we are here to support the Staff, Students and parents as they prepare for a life changing experience and then we will attend with the school and assist with the training during their week.

Although Sussex Diving & Leisure and the School have probally raises 30% of the required funds we still have a long way to go and every penny will get us closer to our goal.