Litter Picking to Clean up our Regional Communities - November
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Published 30 Nov 2021 in Communities
1 Hour, 20 Regional Community Hub Sites & over 212 Colleagues, Active Members & Young People.
Our November Local Community Litter Pick took place on 25th November with 167 bags of litter collected from our local community streets. A big thank you and well done to everyone who took part! 🗑
Our community litter picks are there to show how proud we are of our local communities, by working together to tackle the issue of litter on our high streets, local green spaces and residential areas. Along with the support of our colleagues and active members, together, we did just that!
With all 20 of our Regional Communities attending, the day was a big success with some dry weather at this time of year. It just shows that even just one hour of your time and the smallest of activities, can and does have, a real impact – so a massive thank you to everyone that took part!
Have a look at some of the pictures and videos we captured below:
Banbury litter pick
Bicester RC and surrounding stores
Bucks RC litter pick
Central Oxford litter pick
Cheltenham & Gloucester Litter pick
Cotswolds RC
Forest of Dean RC litter pick
Kidlington & West Oxon litter pick
Leamington & Warwick Litter pick
Sedgley & Dudley litter pick
Shropshire litter pick
Shropshire Litter pick 2
South Staffs RC litter pick
Stroud litter pick
Stroud litter pick 2
Swindon litter pick
Walsall RC litter pick
West Oxon RC litter pick
White Horse litter pick
Wolverhampton litter pick
Wyre Forest litter pick
Banbury - "Quote from a member during the pick: ‘Well done. I’ll try and join you on the next one!"
Bucks - "Great team building day really enjoyed our litter pick"
Central Oxford - "We had two comments from people while we were out saying how amazing it was to see us back out and helping the community"
Cheltenham & Gloucester - "Thank you for all you are doing to keep our local area clean."
Forest of Dean - "from one of our members who took part…… “what a fantastic thing you are doing for the local community”
Kidlington & NW Oxford - "fantastic what you are doing in the community"
Leamington & Warwick - "Great activity, hope you do this again soon"
Sedgley & Dudley - "Hannah from Wild Earth Movement really enjoyed being part of the day and looks forward to working with us again"
Shropshire - "Thank you so much for what you are doing very much appreciated"
South Staffs Villages - Quote from a local lady - "Good to see you supporting and working hard to keep village tidy thank you"
Stroud - "Great to see colleagues and members working together in the local community "
Swindon - "Lots of bags of litter collected well done Swindon RC team"
Walsall -
"It is so lovely to see you all out doing this, Walsall needs more of this. Well done to you all” - Member of the public.
“I’ve never done one of these litter picks before, it’s a great way to help the community and to meet other members of the Society at the same time” - Colleague taking part.
West Oxon - The member who helped said "I really enjoyed it, Nice way to spend my Thursday morning, Glad I could help"
Wolverhampton - "some residents on the estate stopped to talk and asked about us and said ''thank you for what your doing for us we would like to do something like this for our local area, can we join next time''
Wyre Forest - "fantastic team work ,lovely to see our local community litter-free"
The next event will take place in January, so keep a lookout for more information on this and how you can be involved.
Not sure which Regional Community (RC) you fall under?
Click here to find out which RC is closest to you. For sites in the Regional Communities – a full briefing will be issued shortly for colleagues.
For Keeping it Local sites please click here for opportunities to get involved in local litter picks.
Use your Colleague Volunteering Hours (or log them if you take part in volunteering!)
The great news is that you as a colleague can use the time given to support one of our litter picks as volunteer hours. Click here to view the society guidance on safe volunteering for this type of activity.
Volunteering hours must be agreed in advance with your line manager, fall in line with the business needs and be recorded. For more information on recording your volunteering hours please visit the Colleagues Connect by clicking here.