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Great British Spring Clean brightens up a wet Easter

Residents of Laverstock & Ford Parish, are avid Wombles and do their best to keep the streets where they live looking lovely. This year the Milford Area Preservation Group, the Old Sarum Litter Wombles, and residents of Bishopdown Farm accompanied by local Scouts have all held community litter picks

Published: 18 April 2024

Residents of Laverstock & Ford Parish, are avid Wombles and do their best to keep the streets where they live looking lovely. This year the Milford Area Preservation Group, the Old Sarum Litter Wombles, and residents of Bishopdown Farm accompanied by local Scouts have all held community litter picks, in a variety of weather conditions!

During the Easter holidays Laverstock & Ford Parish Council joined forces with two local Housing organisations, Abri and Selwood Housing, and the Old Sarum & Longhedge Community Centre to hold a slightly soggy – Litter Pick-Me Up, made bearable by a supply of cake and hot drinks provided by the Community Pantry. The event was also supported by Idverde who supplied hoops, bags and high vis jackets for the litter pick around Old Sarum and Longhedge in April.

Ricky Chahal, Abri‘s Community Safety Officer joined Cllrs Lynn, Williams and Jones and Parish Council Operations Officer Richard Heather to run the event. Councillor Estelle Williams said “thank you to everyone who came, we were particularly impressed by Mrs Samway who joined us during her lunchbreak with her daughter and son, who is doing his Duke of Edinburgh Award and has been enjoying a number of volunteering experiences locally as part of this“.

Numerous items were unearthed from hedges, having been dumped over garden fences, along with twelve bags of litter. Most of these items could have been taken to the Household Waste & Recycling Centre at Churchfields which is open 9 – 4pm (closed Thursdays). If your large goods are unsuitable for reuse, the council can collect these from outside of your property for a charge. They are unable to enter your property to collect large items and cannot collect any commercial items.

This is not a complete list, if you cannot see an item, phone 0300 456 0102 as some other items can be collected by special arrangement, including beds, mattresses, sofas, chairs and tables, cupboards, fridges (must be emptied of food), freezers (must be emptied of food), washing machines, cookers, bicycles, carpets (must be rolled and no longer than 6ft/1.8m in length), computer items, electrical items, garden furniture, portable heaters/coolers, toys, trampolines if dismantled fully, single items under 50kg.

SEE HERE FOR MORE INFO: https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/large-item-collection

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