We are excited to be writing to you regarding
Telford & Wrekin's Borough-wide support for, "Clean for the Queen" - a nationwide campaign
over the weekend of March 4th, 5th & 6th to mobilise 1 million people to
clear up Britain in time to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 90th
Birthday this year.
The Telford Green Spaces Partnership and Telford
& Wrekin Council are joining
forces to take part in this celebration to help clean our nation and
we're currently inviting businesses, schools,
Councillors, 'Friends of' groups and community groups to support the
biggest ever clean-up of the country. Companies in Telford who have
already promised support include McDonalds, Tesco, Costa Coffee Shops
and Asda
and we have plenty more we are starting to approach to make this a truly Borough-wide event.
You may have already
seen information about this initiative in the media and you might already be
planning an activity and if so we would love you to join forces with our Borough-wide
event. If you haven't planned an event/activity yet then we would like to
invite you to participate.
The aim is
for businesses, schools, community groups and others to nominate the area in Telford & Wrekin they will be responsible for during the
celebratory weekend then register their event at http://www.cleanforthequeen.
Plus (although not mandatory) for every
person that also signs up to Telford & Wrekin's Street Champion Scheme they
will receive free of charge: a high-vis vest; pair of gloves; litter picker;
hoop and black bags for the waste - Please email Tina
for details of the Street Champions Scheme (pride.officer@telford.gov.uk)
Following your event we have a small budget
available to pick up sacks of collected rubbish - all that we ask for is that you
take as many photos of activities and collected rubbish as possible and if you have access then post
these to Facebook and Twitter.
Clean for The Queen is a campaign led by Country
Life, supported by Keep Britain Tidy and Garfield Weston Foundation.
Together we aim to inspire people to take action and enjoy a few
hours together litter-picking to make the places where we live more beautiful.
For Her and for us all we want to attack the blight of litter and as such all UK litter charities have come
together in support of this campaign together with a growing range of
companies, land managers and associations. For further information about the nationwide
campaign please go to http://www.cleanforthequeen.
Join us! Let's Clean for the Queen.
Tina
Brasenell
Environmental Engagement
Officer Chair, Telford Green Spaces Partnership
Facebook: Pride
in Your
Community Facebook: Telford Green-Spaces
Email: pride.officer@telford.Email: ChairTGSP@gmail.com
