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Kathryn

About Kathryn

Kathryn Hodgson was born in England in 1979. She has lived in the UK, Egypt, South Africa and New Zealand and is a trained scuba diving instructor and Great White shark safari guide. She is the author of No Damage (December 2014), the Managing Editor of The Scuba News New Zealand, a freelance writer, public speaker and co-founder of the marine conservation cause Friends for Sharks (August 2014). In 2015 she organised and completed a 10-month global speaking tour in aid of shark conservation: 87 events, 8 countries, 7000 people. www.kathrynhodgsonauthor.com http://nz.thescubanews.com www.friendsforsharks.com

Friends for Sharks Engagement

Nicholas and I are delighted to share with you some very special Friends for Sharks news

 
…. we are engaged to be married!

We have spent the past two weeks on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands providing our Friends for Sharks event for the local schools and Friday 13th March turned out to be a day we […]

By |March 19th, 2015|Blog|2 Comments

London Events Success

We are in the City of London this week providing a variety of shark conservation events for adults and children. We started off with a lecture for the London School of Diving and then spent a day providing shark art for children and adults at SEA LIFE London Aquarium. Both events were great fun, we […]

By |February 20th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on London Events Success

SEA LIFE London Aquarium Shark Art

We had a great day at SEA LIFE London Aquarium today providing free shark art for children and adults. It is half-term and the aquarium was full of enthusiastic children (and adults!) of all ages, who thoroughly enjoyed creating shark art and learning about the different species of sharks.

 

We were positioned next to the shark […]

By |February 18th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on SEA LIFE London Aquarium Shark Art

Farewell Cornwall!

How time flies! We have reached the end of our time in the South West of England. During our winter in Cornwall we have been interviewed live on BBC Radio Cornwall about shark conservation, completed a Freezing Swim for Sharks in Padstow harbour, met many wonderful shark enthusiasts and thoroughly enjoyed the stunning scenery of […]

By |February 8th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Farewell Cornwall!

YHA New Zealand Sponsorship

The people of New Zealand have been incredibly supportive of our work and upcoming tour of both the North and South Islands and we have booked a number of events with various audiences; all of which we are really looking forward to. Just days ago we announced our partnership with a family-run New Zealand business […]

By |February 5th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on YHA New Zealand Sponsorship

Fundraising Raffle Success

Our fundraising raffle was a huge success and we have raised £300! This brings our grand total to £4803!
 

We are absolutely thrilled to have raised this much money towards shark conservation and our World Tour for Sharks. These funds will provide essential support for our marine educational events for adults and children around the globe […]

By |January 28th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Fundraising Raffle Success

Friends for Sharks PUBLIC lecture in London

One of our lectures in London is now open for public attendance! We are very pleased to announce this following recent interest in us providing a public lecture in London and we hope to see you there. Be sure to come along and join us if you can, as this is our only public lecture […]

By |January 15th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Friends for Sharks PUBLIC lecture in London

Dive Media Sponsor Q&A

Today we would like to introduce you to one of our sponsors, DiveMedia Solutions, and the founder of this company Lee Taylor-Watson. DiveMedia Solutions produced our fantastic Friends for Sharks website and if you are looking to develop a brand new online presence or refresh your existing website, the DiveMedia Team can certainly help you. […]

By |January 15th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Dive Media Sponsor Q&A

World Tour for Sharks Launch

We successfully launched our World Tour for Sharks with Newquay Marine Group on 9th January 2015 at Cornwall College. The lecture  we gave marked the beginning of our tour and is the first of many events to come in countries including England, Canada, The Cook Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Cambodia and Thailand.

 

There was a […]

By |January 13th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on World Tour for Sharks Launch

Freezing Swim for Sharks Success!

It has been a cold but exciting start to our New Year, with the fantastic success of Nicholas’s Freezing Swim for Sharks!

 

 

Nicholas prepared to brave the cold waters (9-10C) of Padstow Harbour at noon on New Year’s Day in just his swimming shorts, rash vest and hood and was greeted by overcast skies and a […]

By |January 1st, 2015|Blog|1 Comment