[dropcap type =”circle”]L[/dropcap]ocal MP Victoria Prentis organised a Parliamentary launch calling on schools, businesses and community groups to get outdoors, get active and help clear up North Oxfordshire
“The Great British Spring Clean” follows on from last year’s very successful “Clean for The Queen” campaign and brings together many of the anti-litter organisations in the UK. Costa Coffee, McDonald’s and LIDL are just a few of the companies also supporting the initiative.
Community groups including parish councils, residents’ associations, Girl Guides and brownies and Scout and Cub troops are encouraged to organise their own litter pick or event in the coming weeks or over the campaign’s big clean weekend over 3-5 March.
Victoria said: “Since coordinating the Parliamentary campaign for Clean for The Queen last year, litter has become something of an obsession. I was therefore really keen to help Keep Britain Tidy with this year’s initiative “The Great British Spring Clean”. We should do all we can to encourage people to go out and clean up their communities. The initiative also provides a useful opportunity to raise awareness of the problems litter causes. I am really hoping people in North Oxfordshire will get behind the campaign and was delighted to see so many of my colleagues at the launch. If you are planning your own event locally, please do get in touch. You can also register a clean-up on the campaign’s website – www.greatbritishspringclean.org.uk – where there are also a lot of useful downloadable resources.”
Keep Britain Tidy Chief Executive, Allison Ogden-Newton, said: “It was fantastic to see Victoria support our campaign. The Great British Spring Clean is about getting all Britons who care about their environment to take action and I’m looking forward to seeing lots of people out and about, contributing to cleaning up their communities on 3rd 4th and 5th of March.”