Big Help Out Litter Pick

Published: 14 May 2023

The Big Help Out was one of the centrepieces of the celebrations for the Coronation of HM The King and HM The Queen Consort, a national day of volunteering.

It was organised by The Together Coalition and a wide range of partners such as The Scouts, the Royal Voluntary Service and faith groups from across the United Kingdom.

The Big Help Out is to highlight the positive impact volunteering has on communities across the nation.

West Moors Town Council, already carrying out bi-monthly litter picks, saw the volunteer group grow even more today, to an impressive 40!

We met at the office at 9.45am, as we usually do. Equipment was handed out, roads were allocated, lots of new faces were greeted, and the Big Help out began, just after 10.15am, and finished at 11.50am. In between volunteers returning, there were refreshments being offered and lots of chatter and buzz in the office.

The 40 volunteers that so kindly gave up their Bank Holiday Monday morning to make our streets litter free once again, were mainly residents, however, we did have one Gentleman from Poole.

On being asked of his first impression of West Moors, Mr Cameron stated, “It is quiet, and from what I can see very clean”.

One of our regular litter heroes remarked, “It’s the cleanest town in Britain now I think!”, as the general opinion was that there was less today than in March.

So, either our volunteers were feeling very proud this morning, or our bi-monthly litter picks really are making a difference.
Either way, West Moors Town Council will continue with these clean ups until one day, all the blue sacks come back empty

Thank you to everyone involved.  Once again, Great Community Spirit and all volunteers are incredible.