A man in a blue polo shirt, gestures with his hands while speaking to an audience. Another man in a red hat and a high-visibility vest stands next to him with his arms crossed.

Community presenters

Help us to reach more people across communities and support us in our fight to secure cleaner, healthier, better protected seas.

Please note: You must have a volunteer account with us to sign up as a community presenter

What's involved?

Inspire and educate your local community. Once trained in our presentations, you'll help to raise awareness about the Marine Conservation Society, our work and marine conservation issues by:

Offering face-to-face community talks in your area
Offering online presentations
Offering assemblies in schools
Promoting talk opportunities to your local community groups and networks.

A community presenter for Marine Conservation Society presenting in a classroom | Image credit: Sean Flinn

Training support

Our online training will help you to learn or grow your skills when standing up to represent the charity, helping you to share your passion and the work that we do.

You can access the courses below at any time. The links below training will take you to an external site called 'EdApp', where you will need to register to access the information.

Required training

This is the Marine Conservation Society: our brand

This module will take approximately 10 minutes.

An emperor penguin chick is in the middle of its parents. The chick has its mouth open. They are all surrounded by a snowscape.

Health and safety training

This module will take approximately 10 minutes.

3 common dolphins swimming in and out of the ocean

Safeguarding training

This module will take approximately 20 minutes.

Optional training

A blue jellyfish swimming in clear azure blue waters in Scotland. It appears ethereal with long thread-like tendrils coming from it's white bell-shaped body. It appears to be swimming towards the surface with its bell concave towards the surface.

Speaking with confidence

This module will take approximately 10 minutes

Running talks online via Zoom

This module will take approximately 5 minutes.

Watched all the required training?

Now you have watched the training and have a volunteer account, please fill in our sign up form.

We will email you to share some final information, and then we'll add you to our list of Community Presenters!

Fill in the sign up form

This project is funded by the Government's Green Recovery Challenge Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England, the Environment Agency and Forestry Commission.