Tag Archives: litter-picking

The Great British Spring Clean

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

If  you live near Yardley Road and are fed up of litter in the gutters and on the pavements then here is a chance to be pro-active. Meet outside the Great Western Pub at 10am. Volunteers will be given equipment … Continue reading →

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Keep The Green Clean!

Posted on March 11, 2019 by

After a particularly busy litter-picking session this winter the Village in Bloom Team came up with the idea of working with local schools to organise a Local Anti-Litter Campaign. They put their heads together and decided on the catchy slogan … Continue reading →

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Community Spirit on Grand Union

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

The weather looked off putting on Sunday for the scheduled clean up on the Grand Union canal, but it dried up and we had a great turn out of around 10 people come along. We pulled out rubbish from the … Continue reading →

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Canal Clean Up Continues

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

Canals & River Trust sent their litter-picking boat along our patch on Wednesday. Also we had around 20 volunteers out on Sunday for our clean up including 3 very helpful guys from Shirley Sea Cadets in their kayaks. We picked up … Continue reading →

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Litter-Picking Champions around AG

Posted on March 30, 2018 by

Our planned Litter Picking activities in March around the area were unfortunately snowed off, both times! However because people are unfortunately still dropping litter there is always a need to help keep our streets clean and tidy. One of our … Continue reading →

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Successful Tidy Up

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

Thanks to all the volunteers who came out to help out on the Canal Clean up on Sunday. There was litter-picking, painting and seed-sowing. Steve and Brian even managed to reach the bag of rubbish that had been hanging in … Continue reading →

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Down the Cut this Sunday

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

This Sunday (23rd April), volunteers are invited to join the Canal and River Trust to help clean up and tidy the stretch of Grand Union Canal that the Neighbourhood Forum has ‘adopted’. Meet at the old Vineries Canal Bridge at … Continue reading →

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