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What We Do

The Sea Turtle Trust is a UK-based charity that promotes the conservation of Sea Turtles in the Atlantic Ocean.
Our current focus is on the Leatherback Turtle which is globally threatened and is classified as ‘Critically Endangered’ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). It faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future.
We have established a partnership with the main sea turtle conservation group in Gabon (West Africa) - Aventures Sans Frontieres - and are committed to raising funds for their vital work monitoring and protecting one of the world’s most important nesting beaches, at Mayumba and their Education Centre at Pongara.

Nesting Leatherback, Pongara, Gabon

SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS

WESTON SOMMERS (Kansas, USA)

STURRY C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL, KENT

IRINA GOODWIN, SOUTHAMPTON

PEACHES GELDOF
MRS RAINE, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK

DAVID MURPHY TOWING BRACKETS LTD

ACE EQUIPMENT
XZ RESOURCES (DICK HENDRY)
3D COMPUTER SERVICES
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND
HILLHALL NURSERY CENTRE
STRANGFORD LOUGH YACHT CLUB
CAMPHILL ESTATE, ABERDEEN
DOROTHY NEWTON
NORMA PRICE

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Recent News...

peaches geldof nominates sea turtle trust as her 'favoured charity' !

TV presenter and fashion icon Peaches Geldof has designed an 'Eco-Chic' bag to replace plastic carrier bags at the Golden Square Shopping Centre in Warrington. Concerned about the impact of plastic bags at sea on marine turtles, Peaches has nominated the Sea Turtle Trust to receive all proceeds of the sales of her bag(...more).

Peaches has also designed a colourful beach hut for Bluewater Shopping Centre. This will be auctioned soon, with the proceeds being donated to The Sea Turtle Trust.

life-sized turtle model donated to turtle charity in gabon

Philomena with turtle model The life-sized leatherback model made by Dick Hendry, Glasgow, has now been sent to Aventures Sans Frontieres in Gabon where it is being used for educating local people about the urgent requirement for turtle conservation.

LEATHERBACK FILM DOCUMENTARY

Brian Black filming nesting leatherback in Gabon The Chairman of the Sea Turtle Trust, Dr Karl Partridge, visited Gabon in February 2005 with Brian Black (Byword Productions) to make a documentary about turtle conser- vation. This was screened on UTV Live in January 2006.

National Parks & wildlife service, dublin, supports TURTLE PROTECTION IN GABON

Mayumba Beach, Gabon During winter season 2007-08 the Irish government supported Aventures Sans Frontieres and the Wildlife Conservation Society with a € 15,000 grant to protect the internationally-important Mayumba beach in southern Gabon for Leatherback turtles. This funding was obtained following leatherback publicity activities by the Sea Turtle Trust and on foot of evidence from satellite tracking by University College Cork that turtles feeding in Irish waters migrate south to the West African coast and may nest there.

Support Our Work

If you share our concern for Sea Turtles and would like to help us to help them, why not take positive action now!

Make a Donation to help our campaign work..
Organise a Fund-raising Event such as a sponsored cycle, etc.

Ring us on: 028 44 830537 or email: karlpartridge<remove this>@btopenworld.com.

RECENT FUND-RAISING EFFORTS

Irina Goodwin, a student at Southampton University raised £125.51 by dressing up as Captain Jack Sparrow and rattling her can during Rag Week.

Eleanor, Michael and Isabel, three children from Sturry C.E. Primary School in Canterbury, Kent, raised £37.60 by running a charity event during the school's Charity Week.

Dede Smyth (USA) made a donation to the Sea Turtle Trust in honour of her nephew Weston Sommers in place of a Christmas present.

The Sea Turtle Trust says thank you and well done to all of them.

Recognised as a Charity by the Inland Revenue (Ref: XR82604)