“As a retired scuba diver I care for the ocean”

Awarded the MCS Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, Lesley Anderson looks after her local beaches

- Megan Shersby

Lesley Anderson, a retired nursery nurse and art teacher is a Marine Conservation Society (MCS) volunteer, collecting litter and surveying beaches.

Where do you volunteer?

I volunteer in the area around Blackness Castle, located in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, up the coast from The Three Bridges at South Queensferry. The footfall of visitors to and through Blackness has increased dramatically in recent years due to the John Muir Way walking and cycling route and because some of the popular TV series Outlander is filmed at the castle.