Cirrus Logic join SOS Puffin

We love to encourage our sponsors to get hands on with our conservation work. The team from Cirrus Logic were more than up to the challenge.

As a registered charity, the Scottish Seabird Centre depends on the generosity of our sponsors to continue to develop and expand our education and outreach work. We are very lucky to have partners whose funding enables us to do this.

One such partner is Cirrus Logic, who we were delighted to work with for the first time this year.

Cirrus Logic is a global leader in audio and voice integrated circuits for the world’s top smartphones, tablets, digital headsets, wearables and emerging smart home applications.

Their work aligns well with the Scottish Seabird Centre’s mission to help visitors engage with and interpret our stunning marine wildlife and habitat, through interactive exhibitions, education programmes, science events and guided boat trips.

Cirrus Logic are keen to do more to support the environment. In addition, as the world’s largest audio semiconductor company, Cirrus Logic supports the STEM curriculum as it is critical to developing the Engineers of the Future. They appreciate the need to engage people of all ages in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in an accessible, thought-provoking way.

We were delighted to receive a donation to help fund our programme of Live Science Shows throughout the school summer holidays. The Shows use an engaging central character, interactive experiments and props to inspire some of our youngest visitors in the wonders of science and the natural world.

As part of our partnership, Cirrus Logic staff were also keen to help conserve our stunning coastal environment in a more practical way.

Staff and families from the Edinburgh office took part in a Saturday beach clean, helping remove all manner of litter, from cigarettes and plastic straws to a pair of discarded socks! In the afternoon they were able to see first hand the work they helped fund, enjoying their own Live Science Show performance.

We were also pleased to invite a team of eight staff from the Edinburgh office to join one of our SOS Puffin work parties on Craigleith. Being engineers, they were naturally very organised and efficient! The team made real impact cutting back the invasive tree mallow, which must have been a very different experience from computers and digital technology.

We are extremely grateful to everyone at Cirrus Logic for their support, both financially and in terms of willing hands and enthusiasm!