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

Wilmslow Clean Team And Friends Of Lacey Green Park March 20155 volunteers met at the Leisure Centre on Wednesday 4th March and collected a total of 12 bags of litter.
It was disappointing to see the state of the astroturf football area at the Leisure Centre – 3 bags were collected there alone. There was also a lot of broken glass and laughing gas canisters in that area too. The pitch is no longer rented out and it seems that maybe the organisation that runs the Leisure Centre are not taking responsibility for the upkeep of the area.
A lot of litter was found in the border of the Leisure Centre car park and Alderley Road.  Some shrubs have been cut down in this area and a lot of litter was recovered.  We were disappointed by this as we thought that we had removed most of the “historical” litter from this area.
On Saturday 7th March, 5 volunteers from Wilmslow Clean Team met up with a task force from Friends Of Lacey Green Park. We met by the park entrance. The Friends concentrated on the park itself, collecting litter and spraying dog poo yellow.  There is a serious dog poo problem in the park.  The Clean Team spread out around the surrounding roads and paths.  Between us we collected a massive haul of 29 bags plus some other random objects (e.g. the back of a television).  The Friends brought some of their children along.  It was great to see them  involved on this task, especially as they were all really enjoying themselves and thoroughly aware of the problems litter causes.
So – a good start to March with a total of 41 bags collected.
Plans are almost complete for the 2014 Spring Clean Week later in the month – so the monthly total will shoot up.
Well done everyone

 

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 !