We’d like to thank the following organisations for their support:
With the REACH project (Click here for details)
- Churngold, Ecosurety and Brown & Brown for their generous donations to fund research for the project
- Clevedon’s Climate and Nature Partnership for their sponsorship of the 2025 launch of the REACH project (esp. Helen Wood)
- Proteus Marine Renewables for helping to plan, attracting attendees, and for support on the launch day (esp. Cara Donovan)
- Sustain Heating Ltd for their support with initial planning for the Hub and offer to supply a solar panel for the pierhead
Swansea University for carrying out tidal current measurements at the pier head, with particular thanks to Prof. Ian Masters and Dr Thomas Lake
Swansea University Masters Students Lee Herbert, Sarah Krahl, Edmund Mortimer, Moyosore Odude and Umar Raja for developing a tidal stream turbine concept suited to the pier head
With the student workshops (Click here for details)
- Edwards Vacuum for their sponsorship to cover running costs of the 2026 OurTide Renewable Energy Workshop
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy provide various software licenses (e.g. CAD software, MS Teams for virtual meetings) for their staff members who volunteer with OurTide.
- Clevedon Sailing Club have provided their club house as a meeting venue and workshop
- STEM Ambassadors (for DBS checks and advice around safeguarding)
- Clevedon Pier have offered access to their unique structure for workshop participants to measure the tidal stream
With our website and branding
- CoeCreative led the development of the OurTide branding, including mentoring A level art students from Clevedon School (below)
- Nuvola host this website and mentor the website development team
- Clevedon School, for their general enthusiasm for the project and for the development work of these fantastic students:
- Branding – Lucy Edwards and Lewis Hall.
- Website Work – Taijan Dean, Tom Collins and Lewis Preston.
Thank you also to the following Individuals:
- Clevedon School – Tom Helme – head of Art, who has coordinated the students for the branding work
- CoeCreative – John Coe for the branding of the charity.
- Clevedon Sailing Club – Mike Bachelor – for his insights and general help
- University of Bangor – Matthew Lewis for the early stage advice and sending components related to developing a model turbine.
- Clevedon Pier – Steve Sparks, enthusiasm and award-winning Pooh Sticks off Clevedon Pier.
- Dave Lowther – designer and maker of the new workshop model turbine electronics and mobile phone app