East Haven, Angus
Gold Award
Winner of Coastal Category 2024
RHS Scotland Award Resilience and Overcoming Adversity Award
RHS Gardening for Wildlife Award
Visiting East Haven?
About Us
East Haven is one of the earliest recorded fishing communities in Scotland dating back to 1214.
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The octocentenary of the village was celebrated with a wide range of gardening and heritage projects in 2014.
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A new charity called East Haven Together (EHT) was subsequently established in 2015. A sustainability strategy linked to the United Nations Global Development Goals underpins the charitable aims of East Haven Together which are to:
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Protect and promote the heritage of East Haven
Protect the natural heritage of East Haven
Protect and enhance the natural environment of East Haven
Promote the needs and interests of East Haven and its residents.
Protect wildlife
Develop and maintain a sustainable community
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EHT works with a range of partners across Scotland and beyond to achieve on local, national and global goals and priorities
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What We Do
Care for the whole area so that you can enjoy your visit. East Haven is one big coastal garden
Help look after the coastal path. Provide cycle racks
Provide clean public toilets between March and Remebrance Sunday
Provide a dog friendly environment. Pick up any dog poo left behind.
Carry out regular beach cleans and litter picks on the coastal paths. Provide bins.
Protect the dunes, wildlife and coastal habitats. Plant Lyme and Marram grasses to prevent erosion
Provide safety equipment such as a public access defibrillator and lifebouy
What We Need You To Do
Please walk or cycle if possible. There is little car parking space in the village. Active travel improves health and well-being and reduces carbon emissions
Respect all users of the beach and coastal paths
Pick up after your dog and keep it under control at all times
Please take your litter home or leave it in the bins provided.
Keep to paths. Don't take vehicles onto the beach. Use the BBQ plates on the picnic tables instead of lighting fires.
Take responsibility for your own safety and enjoy your visit.
Volunteer with us !
Download a copy of
Scotland's Outdoor Access code
Activities
Bringing Change
Join Us
You Can Make a Difference
Volunteer Your Time
An hour in the gardens
Volunteer Your Time
An hour on the beach
Every Action Counts
Support our Work
Make a donation
Make a Difference
Every Action Counts
Native Recycled Heathers from the Dunhill Cup 2023
Collaboration
East Haven Together is a grassroots community-led organisation. We carry out multiple consultations to ensure that voices are heard not just at a local level but also nationally when it is important to influence strategy and policy development.
We work in partnership with many other communities and groups across Scotland. Also with a wide range of organisations, businesses and NGOs.
We are very grateful for all the support we receive from everybody and also from those who support us financially with grants and donations.
Every penny counts and goes back into helping East Haven achieve it's charitable aims and priorities.
Some of Our Partners
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Coastal Communities Network
Keep Scotland Beautiful
Tayside Biodiversity Partnership
Angus Council
NatureScot
Universities and Colleges
Local Schools
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Butterfly Conservation
Marine Conservation Society
Tayside Coastal Adaptation Forum
Volunteer Scotland
Sustrans
Angus Tourism Co-operative
Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Dundee and Angus Birds
Carnoustie Community Council
Local businesses
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Some of our Funders
​​Carnoustie Golf Links
The Co-op, SeaGreen, VAA,
The Haven, Dunhill Cup Foundation, For Carnoustie, SSEN,
Angus Council, Sustrans, Local Giving, SeaGreen, Neighbourly, LEADER.
CONTACT US
East Haven Together (SCO45824)
If you would like to contact us please
e-mail the Trustees
easthaventogether@gmail.com or
message us through our Facebook Page
OurEastHaven
Photo: Ben Leng