Clean For The Queen, An Hour That Made A Difference

Last weekend we were joined by members of the Middle-Wyches WI and the Middlewich U3A to help to make Middlewich a tidier place that we can all be proud of.

Over 30 people met up at Town Bridge car park where they split into groups for an hour's picking at a variety of previously identified areas around Middlewich. This was part of the nationwide "Clean For The Queen" for which we were pleased to have the company of Fiona Bruce MP.

Everyone cheerfully worked hard to improve the appearance of the areas they covered, one example being the garage area near to Cledford Primary School. Incidentaly a number of discarded soda syphon charging capsules were found at this location.

Many areas around town had been identified as being in need of similar attention and we covered most but not all the them so there is plenty more work to do. Some of the teams were caught in action at the following locations:

Town Wharf

A Refreshing End

Live from TESCO !

An excellent turnout for Clean for the Queen was rewarded by refreshments provided by Tesco.

A full report will be posted soon.

Clean For The Queen - It's This Saturday

There will be an extra-special litter pick this Saturday 5th March. We are taking part in the national event organised as a birthday gift for Her Majesty the Queen. Clean Team members will be joined by members of the Women's Institute and the U3A to help to make Middlewich a tidier place that we can all be proud of. We are expecting lots of extra helpers on Saturday and will split up into teams to cover as much of the town as possible.

All equipment will be supplied and there will be an experienced person guiding each team around the town. Meet at 2pm at Townbridge Car Park. We will litter pick for an hour before making our way to the main Tesco Store where Tesco have very kindly offered to put on light refreshments for us all.

Everyone will be made very welcome and it promises to be a very sociable event, so please come along and help to make the event a success.

If you can't make Saturday (or even if you can, but want to pick some more), then don't forget we have our usual litter pick on Monday 7th March, meeting at Morrisons Car Park.
 

Very best wishes,
Janet

Janet Chisholm B.E.M.
Chair – Middlewich Clean Team

Spotted A Site Needing A Clean-Up?

As mention in our previous post "Clean for the Queen - we are all in it together" we are getting set for a good clean-up on 5th March 2016 with a good number of spots identified as needing attention but are they areas you would choose? Only way to find out is to let us know about any area in Middlewich that you have spotted and we'll let you know if we are covering it or if we can add in to the sites for the day.

So to nominate a site needing a Clean for the Queen (or any other time when it come to that) please email us at enqs@middlewichcleanteam.co.uk . You can also contact us via our Facebook page.

Our next Litter Pick

Good morning everyone.

Middlewich Clean Team's next Litter Pick will take place on Monday 8th February – meeting at 2pm at Townbridge.

Don't forget that we will be having an extra Litter Pick next month. We will be taking part in an extra-special 'Clean for the Queen' event on Saturday 5th March. Please save the date in your diaries,
for more details click here .

Very best wishes,
Janet
Janet Chisholm B.E.M.
Chair – Middlewich Clean Team

Nurseries and Playgroups

On Monday 3rd February Janet and I went as planned to the nurseries and playgroups in Middlewich, this is our eighth year of visiting the nurseries and playgroups!

Playbox children "keep it clean".   Photo: Hilary Jones

Our visiting programme was:

1. 9.30am Playbox, Community Centre 
2. 10am Peter Pan
3. 10.45am Rainbow
4. Lunch
5. 1.15pm Early Learners Nursery
6. 2pm Tommy Thumbs

We went to each nursery and playgroup and we talked to the children about the importance of putting litter in the bin and the role of Middlewich Clean Team. We let them have a go with our junior crocodile litter pickers placing litter into our bin. Then we sang our song which they all love to do, complete with actions. (To the tune of Frere Jacques)

"See some litter, see some litter,

pick it up, pick it up,

put it in the bin, put it in the bin,

keep it clean, keep it clean"

Then the children were awarded a MCT sticker. The idea is to teach the children that litter belongs in the bin and not on the ground.

Clean For The Queen - we are all in it together

We are joining forces with Middle Wyches WI and Middlewich U3A on 5th March to litter pick in the town to start off the Clean For The Queen initiative. The aim of the initiative is to clean up Britain in time for the Queen's 90th Birthday on 21st April which will be a national event taking place over the weekend 4-6th March.

The volunteer groups are ready.     Photo: Hilary Jones

The preparations for the joining up of our Middlewich volunteer workforce have been made and all are thrilled to work together and help present a clean and sparkling Middlewich. All local organisations and residents are invited to join us and there will refreshments when we have finished.

The litter pick on 5th March will start from Seabank Car Park, Town Bridge at 2pm.