The Charities
Any profits from the day with be split between two charities; Bite-Back and the Marie Curie Cancer Charity
Bite-Back
Formed in 2002, Bite-Back continues to be the UK's only organisation dedicated to the protection of sharks by reducing consumer demand for its meat and fins.
With the law of supply and demand at its cornerstone, Bite-Back works together with restaurants, fishmongers and retailers to remove shark products from menus and fish counters, effectively lowering the trade in this threatened species.
Bite-Back's ongoing success has seen the organisation take on more mainstream marine conservation issues including campaigns to significantly reduce the trade in other threatened species; lowering levels of oceanic pollution and; protecting fragile coral reefs. Each campaign has been developed to empower the public to become more resolute in its commitment to conserving the oceans, at a local level, through awareness, education, motivation and inspiration.
Bite-Back's campaigns continue to focus on establishments that sell non-sustainable pelagic fish - shark, marlin and swordfish - and plans, with its supporters, to levy sufficient pressure on supermarket chains to end their trade.
Other fish species widely regarded as endangered or threatened, but regularly appear on fish counters and menus, will also feature in the programme.
Founder and campaign director, Graham Buckingham, says: "Bite-Back presents an exciting development in the way we can all contribute to protecting threatened fish species by choosing what we buy, from where and how we can support the marine environment by reducing domestic pollution."
Marie Curie Cancer Charity
Marie Curie Nurses provide free nursing care to cancer patients and those
with other terminal illnesses in their own homes.
Employing
more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, we
expect to provide care to around 25,000 terminally ill patients in the
community and in our hospices this year, along with support for their
families.
We mainly care for people with cancer but we also care for people with other life limiting illnesses. Our services are always free of charge to patients and their families.
The charity is best known for its network of Marie Curie Nurses working in the community to provide end-of-life care for patients in their own homes.
We have nine hospices across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and two centres for palliative care research. We also run the world-renowned Marie Curie Research Institute, which investigates the causes and treatments of cancer.
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