The Great Shire Youth Litterthon
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On Wednesday 30th October on a very wet and cold wintry day, the Great Shire Youth
Litterthon took place………
This was in response to a questionnaire completed by pupils at Portway School - which
cited litter as a serious issue. The event also promoted environmental awareness -
particularly recycling.
The event was organised by Shirehampton Community Action Forum (SCAF), Portway Community School and BCC Youth Service. Thanks also to our local Councillors - Pat Roberts & Spud Murphy and Mr Neil Sykes, headmaster at Portway School for their support. The purpose of the event was to have a litter pick/fun day at the school during half - term week. The event was timed to coincide with Youth/Volunteering events happening of all over the country as part of the MADD/CSV "Make A Difference Day"
The pupils at the school were involved in many aspects of making the day a success - they came up with the event name, designed the posters, and appointed the team leaders that organised the litter pick.
The event began at 10am with hot soup & fresh bread rolls to fortify the crews!
After a detailed Health & safety briefing all volunteers were kitted out with a very
fetching plastic tabard with CSV Logo's, heavy duty protective gloves and hand-held litter
pickers and bright blue collection sacks. Then Kevin & Anne (the Team Leaders)
organised the crews into litter pick areas, put out and labelled the recycling boxes for
collecting different materials e.g. plastics, aluminium cans. The Litter pick went on
until 12, and resulted in a fantastic haul of 20 huge plastic sacks full of rubbish and
recyclables. Lunch was followed by the opportunity for all the young volunteers to spend a
couple of hours on the Avon Youth Association Bus.
A very big THANKYOU to everyone who took part - especially in such bad weather. Thanks
also to BCC for the loan of the hand "pickers" and safety gloves and to
Resourcesaver for the supply of recycling boxes and to Councillor Spud Murphy for covering
the cost of a very welcome fishcake/sausage & chips lunch to all who took part. Thanks
also to Avon Youth Association for supplying their Youth Bus & Staff free for the
event
It is hoped that after the success of this event it will be the first of many…
For more information about this/future events or info about SCAF please contact Ash Bearman, @ Shirehampton Public Hall - 0117 982 9963