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Artisan Market + Litter Picking – Saturday 21st March 2015 *** Wilmslow Spring Clean Week 2015 Event ***

*** CHANGE OF PLAN ***

We were initially hoping to have a stall at the Artisan Market where our volunteers would be on hand to spread the word about our work and to encourage involvement from new volunteers and local businesses.

This has fallen through though.

Instead, our volunteers will be in and around the market in the morning (and possibly later on too).  So – feel free to stop us for a chat if you want to find out more about our work.

Litter Picking Summary – 4th -> 7th February 2015

The 2 litter picks scheduled for February are now complete.

Wilmslow Clean Team Litter Pick The Cars 4th Feb 20153 volunteers met at the Parish Hall on Wednesday 4th February.  2 of them went off and collected litter in the surrounding area whilst the 3rd tidied up the car park and swept up some leaves.  6 bags of litter were collected altogether.

6 volunteers met in the Summerfields car park on Saturday 7th Wilmslow Clean Team Litter Pick Summerfields 7th Feb 2015February. They tidied up the car park and the surrounding roads – e.g. Dean Row Road. Some of the hedgerows in the area, especially on Dean Row Road near Colshaw Drive and bordering the offices and Kids Unlimited nursery are in a disgusting state.  The Clean Team did their best but the trees and plants make it almost impossible to get at some of the litter.  We were surprised at how bad the litter problem was and collected 17 bags which is higher than average. We may well have to organise another litter pick in this area.

Litter Picking Summary – Saturday 12th January 2015

12 volunteers turned out on a very windy morning. We met at the Farmer’s Arms and spread out in all directions.

We collected around 16 bags of litter.

We were delighted to welcome 4 new volunteers – especially one young student from Poyton High School who was volunteering as part of his Duke Of Edinburgh award.

Well done everyone

Litter Picking Summary – Wednesday 7th January 2015

7 volunteers turned out for the first litter pick of 2015 – split into 2 groups.
2 of the volunteers targetted The Carnival Fields, collecting up lots of bags of general rubbish, some larger items and a couple of matressess!
The other 5 met in Bank Square and focussed on the town centre. The areas covered include Church Street, Grove Street, Alderley Road, Grove Avenue, Hawthorne Lane, Manchester Road, Green Lane, Swan street, Hawthorne Grove, the railway station, the Leisure Centre and St Anne`s Parade.  They collected around 6 bags of litter and returned 2 shopping trolleys to Waitrose.
Well done everyone !

 

Wilmslow Improvements Walkabout – Thursday 11th December 2014

Sally, one of our volunteers, represented Wilmslow Clean Team on a walk around the town to identify problem areas and creating a wish list of suggestions that will make the town look better.  Ansa, Cheshire East Council and Wilmslow Town Council and Incredible Edible were also represented.
Here are a couple of litter related suggestions :
  • Pulling out scrubby, prickly bushes in certain areas where litter collects, and replacing with grass  (e.g. the hedge between the bp petrol station and Alderley Road)
  • Installing new bins near the station.
It was good to hear everyone passing on their thanks for the work that the Clean Team are doing