Volunteer with Blue Flag
Blue Flag
Volunteers Wanted
Are you looking for new beaches and marinas to explore? Looking for new ways to volunteer your time? Are you interested in supporting Swim Drink Fish?
If you answered yes to these questions, you may be the perfect Blue Flag Volunteer!
Blue Flag is an award for environmentally-friendly beaches and marinas. Swim Drink Fish operates Blue Flag Canada, working with Blue Flag International to ensure that all Blue Flag sites meet the same stringent environmental standards used across the world.
We need trained volunteers like you to visit Canadian Blue Flag beaches and marinas and conduct control visits to ensure that they are meeting the required standards.
Here’s how to become a Blue Flag volunteer:
Sign up for the program using the form below.
We’ll send you the orientation package and a short video that explains the program.
If you’re interested in leading a survey at a Blue Flag beach or marina, you can sign up for the online training in July.
You will conduct your visit in July or August and submit your report to us.
The total volunteer commitment is one day for the site visit, about two hours for training, and about half an hour to review the orientation package.
We’ll teach you everything you need to know to inspect a beach or marina and share your report with Swim Drink Fish. This is a great chance to learn more about sustainable beach and marina practices and to spend a day by the water.
A list of the Blue Flag beach and marina locations is below. If you don’t live near a site but want to learn about the program anyway, you’re welcome to register.
Get in touch.
Interested in becoming a Blue Flag volunteer? Email georgia@swimdrinkfish.ca and state you would like to become a Blue Flag Volunteer in the subject line. We look forward to hearing from you!
Blue Flag Beach and Marina Volunteer Locations 2023
Parlee Beach (Provincial Park)
Port Burwell Municipal East Beach
Quick facts
Swim Drink Fish became the National Operator for Blue Flag Canada in early 2020.
Swim Drink Fish is a registered charity that uses community science and communications technology to inspire people to know and safeguard their local waters. Learn more at www.swimdrinkfish.ca.
Swim Drink Fish is one of 51 National Operators in the Blue Flag International network.
A single Blue Flag beach can attract more than $2-million in revenue for the surrounding neighbourhood each year. (Source: Determining the Economic Impact of Beaches - Lake Huron Shoreline from Sarnia to Tobermory)
Beach water quality is like weather. It changes every day. Beach monitoring seasons and start dates vary across Canada. Check Swim Guide for the latest updates. For the latest updates, if the Blue Flag is up, then water quality results have passed regional standards.
Anyone interested in applying for Blue Flag Canada certification for 2024 can learn more here.
About Blue Flag
Blue Flag beaches meet 33 criteria across four categories: Environmental Education and Information, Water Quality, Environmental Management, and Safety and Services.
Blue Flag marinas meet 38 criteria across six categories: Environmental Education and Information, Environmental Management, Safety and Services, Water Quality, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Social and Community Involvement.
Read for about Blue Flag criteria here.
Email georgia@swimdrinkfish.ca if you’d like to become a Blue Flag Volunteer in the subject line.
We look forward to hearing from you!