Clean for the Queen – and win £1,000 for your community!
In the run up to The Queen’s 90th birthday on 21 April 2016, Keep Britain Tidy is urging millions of people to pick up litter and improve the appearance of the places where they live. Cotswold District Council wants to take this initiative one step further and – thanks to the generosity of its waste service provider Ubico Ltd – is offering a prize of £1,000 to the community that does the best job.
From now until the end of March, communities across the District will be able to enter the Council’s £1,000 prize competition. Applying to enter couldn’t be simpler – just email cdc@cotswold.gov.uk or call 01285 623123 and provide the location scheduled for a litter pick, together with the name of a community representative who is willing to liaise with the Council. We will expect that person to take ‘before’ and ‘after’ photographs of the area being tidied. It would also be useful if we could have details about the size of the work party. When the competition concludes, the representative should be prepared to meet a panel of CDC judges at the clean-up location to assist them in assessing the improvements.
Cllr Sue Coakley, CDC Cabinet Member for Health, Environment and Communities, hopes that local groups across the District will take up this challenge:
“We live in an extremely beautiful area and many residents take great pride in its appearance. This national campaign provides an excellent opportunity for them to get outdoors in the Spring weather and help rid the Cotswolds of unsightly litter. The award of the £1,000 prize is an added incentive, but I think every volunteer will be a winner if they can help tackle this blight on our environment.
“We can supply bags, pickers, gloves and high visibility jackets for clean-up work, but it would be of real benefit to our environmental team if we could stagger the take-up over the next few weeks, as we have limited resources. We can also arrange special collections of filled bags after litter picks. Please call 01285 623123 if you require this assistance.
“I should add that the winning group will be required to spend the prize money on improving or maintaining the appearance of their community.”