A team of dedicated âPlanet Protectorsâ have begun the first stage of a huge clean up operation in the Church Ward area of Seaforth.
The clean up crew, made up of pupils from Rimrose Hope Primary School, teachers, councillors and volunteers, have taken to the streets of Church Ward to clean up unsightly litter from their community.
Led by ward councillors and funded through Sefton Council, the summer Church Ward Clean-Up programme runs until August 31st and encourages youngsters from around the area to help clean and tidy the area where they live.
Pupils from Rimrose Hope, dubbed the âPlanet Protectorsâ were tasked with identifying a number of different locations which they believed were in need of cleaning.
Areas identified included
⢠Kings Park
⢠Gordon Road
⢠Corinthian Street
⢠Thomson Road
⢠Sandy Road
Lawrence Crilly, Head Teacher at Rimrose Hope, said: âThe children take their responsibility for caring for our world very seriously. They know that caring for our world begins with caring for our local area.
âIt was great for the children to meet many other local grown ups on our walk setting a great example for them to follow. They met Cllr Cummins of Church Ward, John the ‘Sweeper’ who keeps our streets clean come rain or shine and French, the barber, who is supporting the campaign by giving haircuts to the cleaning crew!â
Cllr Paul Cummins, a Sefton Council Cabinet Member, Church Ward Councillor and Chair of Governors at Rimrose Hope, said: âWe wanted to use the summer holiday period as an opportunity for the community to get together and improve the area where they live.
âWorking with the âPlanet Protectorsâ from Rimrose Hope, we identified a number of grot spots that will now be cleaned and tidied through a number of litter picks, which take place every Wednesday during the summer holidays.â
Fellow cabinet member and ward councillor Cllr Daren Veidman added: âAs a reward any children who attend and help at two or more of these litter picks will receive a voucher for a free hair cut from a local hairdressers and a family pass for a show at the Plaza cinema!
âAt our first clean up we collected more than 12 bags of rubbish. Not only did we clear away common litter items but we also removed TVs, a bike, bricks, wood, scaffold poles, footballs and more which had been dumped or left out in public.â
The next Church Ward Clean-Up event will be held on August 3rd at Gordon Road, with the junction of Rawson Road, from 10am.
Residents can simply drop in to the clinic, which will be set up at a stall in the outdoor market place at The Strand Shopping Centre on Stanley Road, from 10.30am-4pm on Friday 29 July, with no need to pre-book.
Building on eight successful years, the 10 Minute Shake Up campaign aims to inspire children to build confidence in being active, develop new and longer-term physical skills and, most importantly, have fun! Children and young people need 60 minutes of physical activity a day so Better Health have chunked up activities into 10 minutes to help make getting active be easy and fun.
