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News Update : 31-MAY-26

Since the last news update, we have:

a) Continued with our twice monthly litter picks (a reminder that we go down to one a month from June onwards – alternating between the first Saturday and Wednesday of the month) :

9 volunteers met at Lindow Common on Wednesday 06-MAY-26. We covered the surrounding area as well Sainsbury’s & Hooper’s car parks, Parkway, Albert Road and Alderley Road. We collected at least 9 bags.

6 volunteers met at The Honey Bee on Saturday 09-MAY-26. We covered Altrincham Road and the area behind the hotel (which is always really bad). We collected at least 8 bags and were very happy to welcome some new volunteers.

b) Continued with our solo picks. Areas covered include Styal Road, Bollin Hill, Cliff Road, Browns lane, Dean Row, Adlington Road, Wilmslow Park North, Styal Road, Manchester Road, , Walpole Way, The Leisure Centre and Knutsford Road.

Many thanks to everyone who did a solo pick – especially Andy, Alex, Ian, Gareth, Ann, Grazyna. Apologies if I have missed anyone.

c) Continued to support students doing litter picking for the voluntary section of their Duke of Edinburgh scheme.

d) Were grateful to Alan for reporting some fly tipped Nitrous Oxide Cylinders to Cheshire East.

e) Supported the Beavers who enjoyed a litter picking activity on Monday 18-MAY-26 at Wilmslow Rugby Club (tidying up after an event at the weekend). Well done ! They are keen to do it again at some point and extend to the cub section as well – which is great news! Photo of Wilmslow beaver group litter picking at Wilmslow Rugby Club

f) Reported some Japanese Knotweed (an invasive species) that was spotted, during a litter pick, near the Waters roundabout, to Cheshire East.

g) Contacted “Alderley In Bloom”. Some of our committee will be joining them at a Cheshire East presentation on waste and recycling.

News Update : 02-MAY-26

Since the last news update, we have:

a) Continued with our twice monthly litter picks :

4 volunteers met on Wednesday 01-APR-26 at the entrance to Lacey Green park. We were pleased to welcome a new volunteer (Alan). We covered the surrounding area and Browns Lane. We and collected 9 bags altogether.

6 volunteers met at Bank Square on Saturday 04-APR-26. We focussed on the town centre and collected 10 bags.

b) Continued with our solo picks. Areas covered include : Wilmslow Park, the path along the Bollin below the bypass, the long path from Trust Ford to Dean row shops, Summerfields, the path from Hazelwood to Adlington Road, Styal Road, Lacey Green Road, Barlow Road, Station Road, Alderley Road, Walpole Way, the Leisure Centre, Dean Row Road, Arlington Road, Wilmslow Park North, Fairford Way, Altrincham Road, Rectory Fields, Manchester Road, Mobberley Road, Morley Green Road, Butterfly Bank, Stockton Road, Knutsford Road and The Carrs.

Many thanks to everyone who did a solo pick – especially Chris E., Jonathon, Andy, Alex, Ian, Gareth, Helen, Liz, and Chris M. Apologies if I missed anyone !

d) Continued to support students doing litter picking for the voluntary section of their Duke of Edinburgh scheme.

e) Chris M. represented us at a conference of local litter picking groups in Sandbach on 11-APR-26. There were some interesting presentations (from Cheshire East & Keep Britan Tidy) and he made some useful contacts from other litter picking groups – e.g. Alderley In Bloom. One of the outcomes is that representatives from the Clean Team are hoping to join Lisa Maddock (Cheshire East) when she makes a presentation to Wilmslow High School.

f) Supported Jonathan who is kindly litter picking as part of his company’s scheme that allows him 2 days additional leave for voluntary work.

g) Liaised with a local Beaver Scout group who are looking to run a litter picking session.

h) Held a committee meeting where we decided to reduce the number of organised litter picks from 2 down to 1 each month (due to difficulties finding leaders and the increase in solo picks). A separate email with more details was sent out on 15-APR-26.

i) Reported some fly tipping, on the Jim Evison playing fields, to Cheshire East.

News Update : 30-MAR-26

Since the last news update, we have:

a) Continued with our twice monthly litter picks :

7 volunteers met at The Farmer’s Arms, in pleasant sunshine, on Wednesday 04-MAR-26. We collected 11 bags. The areas covered included Alderley Road, Broadway, the High School entrance, Parkway, the area around BP garage and parts of Sainsbury’s car park. Tom & Dan, the two recently appointed full-time Rangers, employed by Wilmslow Town Council, came to introduce themselves. They routinely collect lots of litter around the town during their work to improve the street scene, which also involves mud & vegetation scraping/sign cleaning and removal of obsolete signage. We enjoyed a “post pick” coffee in the new coffee outlet sited near the front door of the pub, run by the landlord’s daughter Holly.

5 volunteers met at Summerfields on Saturday 04-MAR-26. We covered the surrounding area including Colshaw Drive. We collected 10 bags.

b) Continued with our solo picks. Areas covered include the leisure centre, the town centre, Dean Row Road, Moor Lane, “The Temp” (communal garden), the area around Hazelmere Care Home, Grange Park Avenue, Styal Road, Lacey Green, Morley Green Road, Altrincham Road, Adlington Road, Hough Lane and Prestbury Road. Many thanks to everyone who did a solo pick – especially Gareth, Ann, Helen, Liz, Margaret, Wil, Chris E., Alex and Andrew. Apologies if I missed anyone !

c) Reported some fly tipping on the Lindfield Estate to Cheshire East.

d) Manned a stall at the inaugural “Wilmslow Community Fair”. This was an event organised by Wilmslow Town Council and held in The United Reformed Church on Sunday 08-MAR-26. It was a showcase for local community groups. 45 groups manned stalls and 1333 visitors attended. We welcomed quite a few visitors to our stall. Hopefully, some of them will be tempted to become litter pickers. See the following website for more information about the event, a video and some photos (including one of the Clean Team) :
https://www.wilmslowtowncouncil.gov.uk/connectedwilmslow-fair-review/

e) Continued to support existing, and welcomed new, students doing litter picking for the voluntary section of their Duke of Edinburgh scheme.

f) Continued efforts to include Wilmslow Fire Brigade in a future litter pick.

g) Further planning for our attendance at a conference of local litter picking groups which is being held in Sandbach on 11-APR-26

h) Contacted Cheshire East to see if there is a way that they could provide us with free parking at our litter picking events. Unfortunately, this is not possible.

i) Liaised with a potential volunteer who wants to litter pick as part of the 2 days that his company allow for community activities.

News Update : 28-DEC-24

Since the last news update, we have:

a) Continued with our twice monthly litter picks :

7 volunteers met at Bank Square on Wednesday 04-DEC-24. We were pleased to welcome 2 employees from “Pets At Home” to our pick. We covered town centre and collected at least 11 bags. We reported some damage to the flower beds in Bank Square to ANSA.

2 volunteers met at Summerfields on Saturday 07-DEC-24. We covered the surrounding area and collected 4 bags. We have also reported some fly tipping on the bypass to ANSA.

b) Continued with our solo picks. You are all doing a great job.

c) Heard back from Tesco that our bid for funding via their “Stronger Starts” scheme had been unsuccessful.

d) Litter picked around the “Wilmslow Winter Wonderland” event, in the town centre, collecting at least 3 bags. Special thanks to Helen and Ian.

e) Continued the planning of the AGM which is going to be on Tuesday 04-FEB-25. Further details will be sent out nearer the time.

News Update : 29-SEP-24

Since the last news update, we have:

a) Continued with our twice monthly litter picks :

11 volunteers met at Summerfields on Wednesday 04-SEP-24 including some volunteers from Wates Builders who are refurbishing the fire station. We covered the surrounding area collecting at least 11 bags.

9 volunteers met at The Farmers Arms (Chapel Lane) on Saturday 07-SEP-24. We headed off to cover a wider area than normal including Altrincham Road, the town centre and the Alderley Road bypass roundabout. This was because the immediate area had undergone a solo pick during the week. We collected 12 bags and some recyclables (which were taken to home and put in the silver bins)

b) Continued with our solo picks.

c) Explored a funding opportunity from Tesco.

d) Lent some equipment to “Praetura Group” (a financial services company with offices at Barons Court on Manchester road). 6 of their volunteers did a litter pick as part of “World Litter Day”.

e) Provided some bags to residents of Colshaw Farm. Riverside now own Colshaw Farm estate and the land in the valley. Some volunteers are getting involved with a tidy up exercise. They are also in discussions with Riverside management to provide funds and resources to repair a footpath and a couple of footbridges in the valley.

f) Reported some fly tipped tyres to ANSA

News Update : 01-JUN-24

Since the last news update, we have:

a) Continued with our twice monthly litter picks (which formed part of our “Spring Clean” 2024 week) :

There was a small turn out on Wednesday 1^st May despite the nice weather. We met at The Parish Hall and collected 4 bags.

Once again there was only a small turn out on Saturday 4^th May. We met at The Honey Bee and collected 6 bags.

b) Held an extra “Spring Clean” pick. We met in Sainsbury’s car park on Monday 29^th April. We collected at least 15 bags. We then went to the Coach and Four for some drinks and a chat.

c) Continued with our solo picks.

d) Reported some fly tipping (at the rear of Broadway Meadow car park) to Cheshire East

e) Continued support for a local student, Joe, who is doing a fantastic job as part of the volunteering section of his Duke of Edinburgh award.

f) Stuart attended the annual town meeting and represented the clean team – presenting information about our activities.

g) Received notification about the “Wilmslow In Bloom” judging day – which will be on 02-JUL-24. We normally try to clean up the town and the judging route in advance. We will send out a request for help nearer the time.

h) Received some poster designs from Wilmslow High School pupils. We will be reviewing these and potentially using them in some signage around the town.

i) Received information from Terry Burgess at CETRA (Colshaw Estate Tenants and Residents Association). They have re-arranged their big clean up weekend in early June. We have a schedule pick in the Summerfields area on Wednesday 05-JUN-24 but Terry has asked if we could also help out on Sunday 09-JUN-24 – even if it is just for an hour or so.

j) Had confirmation from our web hosting company that the website will be migrated sometime before 05-JUN-24. There may be some disruption as part of this exercise – and it is possible that we may struggle to send/receive emails whilst any issues are resolved. Fingers crossed that the website carries on working !

Wilmslow CleanTeam

Volunteer group helping to clean up the litter in Wilmslow

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