The Great British Spring Clean is back this month helping to tidy up local communities

The sun is back out and spring is here, so get stuck in and clean up your community is the message for residents this month. 

Liverpool City Council is encouraging residents to get involved in litter-picking events taking place during the Great British Spring Clean. 

The annual cleanliness campaign, run by Keep Britain Tidy, returns from Friday 21 March to Sunday 6 April. And this year, even more people are being urged to become a #LitterHero and pledge to clean up their local area. 

To celebrate the start of the cleaning fortnight, the Council is hosting a special launch event in West Derby next Friday. Anyone ready to make the pledge and help to remove rubbish from the streets is welcome to come down to St Mary’s Church from 9.30am. 

Children from local primary schools will be leading the way, with pupils from Blackmoor Park Infants and Juniors joining members from Liverpool City Council and the Neighbourhood Police team to clear up litter left around the area. 

For anyone not local to West Derby, there will be a number of community litter picks taking place across the city during the Great British Spring Clean fortnight.

The Great British Spring Clean is a national event that takes place every year and asks people to protect the places they love by pledging to collect bags of litter. Last year, over four million people pledged to Keep Britain Tidy. 

In Liverpool, 52 community events and activities took place during 2024’s Spring Clean, with over 1500 bags’ worth of rubbish taken off the streets. 

To maintain good litter habits year-round, the Council joined forces with Keep Britain Tidy three years ago and launched Keep Liverpool Tidy. The collaboration focuses on education, engagement and enforcement around littering and dog fouling and closer work with volunteer groups across the city.  

Since the start of the partnership, there has been a positive increase in community litter-picking, with campaigns like the Great British Spring Clean bringing an annual boost to activity.  

Anyone interested in creating their own litter-picking activity can contact keepliverpooltidy@liverpool.gov.uk for more information. People can also get in touch to learn more about Liverpool’s established litter picking groups who operate throughout the year.

Councillor Laura Robertson-Collins, Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities, Neighbourhoods and Streetscene said:

“Previous Great British Spring Cleans have been a huge success and it’s fantastic to see so much interest in this year already. The launch day and surrounding events are a great way to get involved and help make Liverpool a cleaner, greener place to live and visit. 

“Keeping our streets clean is everyone’s responsibility. It might not be your litter, but you can make a huge difference by joining in with a community litter-picking event. 

“The Council is investing money to clean up the city and tackle the issue at its source, but there’s only so much we can do. I encourage everyone to sign up to an event in their local area or set one up if there isn’t one already. We’ll always be on hand to support where we can. 

“We also want to use this Spring Clean to say a huge thank you to the volunteer groups and Friends Groups for their hard work all year round. Not only do they make a massive positive impact to the city, but they’re also a great place to meet new people and get out in nature.” 

All community events will be shared on Liverpool City Council website.

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