Keep it clean

Community groups sign up for clear up campaign

(Date of issue: Monday, 28 February 2011)

A wide range of community groups and local volunteers have signed up to take part in a Stanwix Big Tidy Up event this March.

Local school children, students, sports groups, church volunteers and community groups have all pledged their support. So far, the following have offered up their help:

• Stanwix Primary School – litter pick in St Michael’s Church grounds and have also took part in a poster competition promoting the Big Tidy Up week
• University of Cumbria (whose students are planning a ‘Wednesday in the Woods!’ litter picking event on Wednesday, 9 March). The students/residents will also be asked not to park on Tarraby Lane on Monday, 7 March to allow highways improvements to be made
• Glenmore Trust (Healthland’s Helping Hands) – litter pick around Eden Bridge gardens and Clarke’s Field on Thursday, 10 March
• Friends of Rickerby Park – litter pick in park on Saturday, 12 March.
• Trinity scouts (cubs, brownies, guides and adult volunteers) and Boys Brigade
• Cricket Club (young cricketers will litter pick the path from the club gate to Etterby Street on Saturday, 12 March)
• Probation Service
• Stanwix Community Association
• St Augustine’s parish volunteers
• St Michael’s parish volunteers.

Between Monday, 7 March and Saturday, 12 March, Carlisle City Council and partners, are planning a comprehensive clean-up of the Stanwix area and are asking the local community to lend a hand.

Volunteers who want to take an active part in making their local environment cleaner, greener and safer, are being asked to take part in a community litter-pick. This will be held on Saturday, 12 March, between 10am and 3pm.

Anyone that wants to take part should meet at Stanwix Community Association Hut, Church Street, Stanwix at 10am.

All equipment will be provided by the City Council. Anyone interested in taking part, should contact 01228 618556 or 01228 817200 for more information.

Cllr Jacquelyne Geddes, Ward Councillor for Stanwix Urban, said:

"The week long Big Tidy Up event has already attracted lots of support and a wide range of groups have pledged to take part. This is great news for the community and will have a lasting effect on the local environment.”

In some areas, the City Council will be asking residents to move their vehicles, at certain times, so allow mechanical sweeping to be done.

In addition to the litter picking event, Carlisle City Council will also be doing the following in the Stanwix area during the Big Tidy Up week: additional road sweeping; litter picking; removing fly posters; removing graffiti; cleaning gullies; shrub bed maintenance; removing weeds; minor highway repairs and other general maintenance work.