Council supports Keep Britain Tidy’s campaign for Great British Spring Clean
Cheshire West and Chester Council is promoting Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean campaign and the Your Streets team has organised litter picking events across the borough.
The Great British Spring Clean and Great Big School Clean 2025 will take place from 21 March to 6 April, and you can pledge to pick up a bag of litter – or more – right now.
Members of the Council's Your Streets TeamCommunity litter pick events will be held in the following locations between 12 noon and 2pm. Everyone is welcome and equipment will be provided:
- Tuesday, 25 March - Sycamore Park, Lache
- Thursday, 27 March - Festival Park, Ellesmere Port
- Friday 28 March – Brook Street Car Park, Neston
- Tuesday, 1 April - Winsford Marina Car Park
- Thursday, 3rd April - Castle Park Car Park, Frodsham
The Council’s Your Streets team also has a toolkit available for individuals and groups of up to 30 volunteers to arrange clean-up events in their own communities.
The toolkit, which is available throughout the year not just during the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, includes litter-picking grabbers, bags and full instructions for the collection of filled bags.
The Council’s Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Pride, Councillor Stuart Bingham said: “It’s wonderful that so many groups and individuals have already organised litter-picking events and clean-ups in their communities to join this campaign.
“I’m pleased we are able to promote the use of the toolkit through our Your Streets initiative to help individuals and groups make a difference in their area. I’m looking forward to hearing about the results achieved across the borough at our community events.
“Litter-picking is a simple activity that can really make a huge difference where you live. Our teams work hard every day and are doing all they can to keep the borough clean and looking beautiful, but we really value the contribution of volunteers during the Great British Spring Clean as well as through the rest of the year. Thank you to everyone who plays their part across the borough. We can all be #LitterHeroes!”
You can pledge your support for the Keep Britain Tidy campaign on their website.
If you would like to tell us about a litter pick in your local community or speak to our team to see how they can support, please email: YourStreets@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk.
Keep Britain Tidy’s website states that litter-picking is a simple action that anyone can do to make an immediate and visible difference to the environment where we live, work and play. In fact 97% of people surveyed after 2024's campaign agreed they felt they had made a difference to their local area, and 86% said they felt part of a national movement that is taking action to tackle litter.
Last year, an army of amazing #LitterHeroes pledged to pick more than 425,000 bags of litter!
ENDS
Full link to pledge site:
https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our-campaigns/great-british-spring-clean
Link to Your Streets information:
