Litter pick program achievements 

Wow! 🐝 The 21st Wyre Forest Franche cubs pack did an incredible job tonight! 🌟 With real determination, they litter picked their community areas and found litter dating back to 2003, 2007 & 2008! 🌍 They filled their bags with food packaging litter and made sure to collect every single piece they could see. 👏 It's amazing to see such young environmentalists taking action and making a difference! 🌿 Let's keep our communities clean and green! 💚 #YouthForChange #EnvironmentalHeroes #CommunityCleanup #MakingADifference #ProudOfOurCubs 🌟#LitterHeroes #educationmatters #scouts Keep Britain Tidy Wyre Forest District Council Wyre Forest Scouts A huge thank you to the leaders for having me back to deliver the litter workshop.

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Look at these little litter warriors from 21st Wyre Forest squirrels scouts who went out and about litter picking St Georges park in Kidderminster. A huge thank you to you all for taking part in our nations Great British Spring Clean campaign you really are the stars of your community. Wyre forest scout leaders across Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport on Severn are taking part in a litter pick until 31st March to support the GBSC. The squirrel from Wyre Forest 21 are definitely leading the way to become eco ambassadors of their group, look at their little faces they have had so much fun hunting out litter from the park and filling up a massive bag of waste. Squirrels are from 4 years old to 6 years old and the pride of us all in scouting of the effort and success of this pick is just glowing. Well done children and thank you leaders your support means the world to us all.

We only went and found Ant & Dec lol - a 2002 crisp packet What a wonderful visit I had on 14th & 15th March engaging the pupils at St Mary's RC Primary school in Evesham. The children learnt through the "Our Planet" assembly all about plastic pollution in our Oceans and the fantastic work being carried out by the Ocean Clean up group. The they al completed a litter workshop around their school and the community of Evesham. The children litter picked a massive 16 bags of litter from Evesham town streets and the park area finding litter that dated back decades. We even found Ant & Dec on a crisp packet dating back to 2002, but their oldest litter find was from 1996 making their oldest find 28 years old. I am always inspired by the pupils enthusiasm to clean up every piece of litter they can find large or small and the pupils of St Mary's really did get behind this challenge collecting over 500 pieces per litter workshop in the community areas. A huge thank you and well done to the children and staff what a fabulous week we had out and about in the great outdoors taking part in the Great British Spring Clean.

It was lovely to return to Abbey Park Middle school to take their year groups out litter picking as part of the Big School Clean and The Great British Spring Clean campaign. Over 180 pupils learnt about the impact litter has on the environment and how they can become their own litter heroes of their communities. We did 2 whole school assemblies and 7 litter workshops collecting a massive 14 litter filled bags from their local community areas. Some of the litter finds was a marathon wrapper. The Marathon Bar was officially discontinued in the year 1981 by Mars but was brought back in 1990's as a snickers bar. Alongside this litter the pupils also found crisps packets from 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002 and a lot more. The pupils at Abbey Park middle school litter picked community areas, Abbey Park in Pershore and their school grounds. The children did an amazing job and was determined to pick up every item of litter they could see. They way the children engage with this program really makes me proud but also inspired to keep going in my teaching to ensure we have a better cleaner community for them in the future. A huge Thank you to the staff and pupils for your support with our districts Anti-litter Campaign. Teachers Comments: We have been working alongside Karen and the Litter Warriors team for a number of years now and have always found her passion and enthusiasm for keeping Britain tidy admirable. Karen is great with the children and inspires them to always pick up litter through her insights into the history of packaging and by setting up competitions amongst the pupils. The Litter Warriors provide all the kit needed and safely dispose of any unwanted finds. Karen offers a great, worthwhile and meaningful experience for all the groups of children she works with; what she does will definitely make a difference for the future. R. Martin

This year I had the pleasure again to join Keep Britain Tidy and some of our amazing fellow litter heroes ambassadors to help promote The Great British Spring Clean 2024 to government and KBT sponsors who fund this wonderful campaign. It was great to hear from Mp's and Minister Robbie Moore who joined the #GBSpringClean parliamentary launch “Community action is incredibly important in the fight against litter, underlining the significance of events such as the #GBSpringClean. For many years we have been proud to support the campaign…” I also got the chance to meet world champions, Alexander Winship, Jonathan Winship and Sarah Parry, who cleaned up at the first ever Litter Picking World Cup with a UK team bagging 83kg of rubbish in just 45 minutes in Japan. They competed under the team name The North Will Rise Again, beat 20 countries in the Spogomi World Cup, held in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district. I always love to hear exactly what our MP's are doing to support our environment where waste, plastic pollution and litter pollution is concerned as I have many friends, schools, scout & girl guide groups and community groups cleaning up our community litter in many towns in Worcestershire. I am inspired with peace knowing that we are not alone in cleaning up and the bigger picture is shouting out too. The circular movement of waste is on it's way and in some areas already started with the bottle return schemes. I would like to thank our sponsors of the GBSC campaign for helping us to make this happen. This year we are spreading the word that the environment belongs to everyone! We are proud that hundreds of thousands #LitterHeroes from many different communities are uniting to help tackle litter – some of which has been in our environment since we were founded 70 years ago. Keep Britain Tidy celebrates it's 70th year in 2024 and I could not be prouder to be apart of such an amazing charity team.

I would like to officially welcome Wychbold first school on to our districts anti-litter campaign, in February 2024, I spent two days at the school teaching the pupils about plastic pollution in our oceans and the local community. 195 pupils engaged in a litter pick activity within their school and local community areas. The children were an absolute pleasure to engage with as their determination to clean up every little piece of litter was clear to see. The children asked if they could litter pick all day as they enjoyed looking after the local environment and loved protecting the wildlife from bring harmed by littered waste. The pupils found litter dating back to the 1990's and cleaned up all the bushes, streets and parkland close to their school. The children have expressed a interest in adopting their street so they can continue to help keep Droitwich spa clean and litter free. All the children received their certificate and I cannot wait to hear all about their involvement in the Great British Spring Clean campaign 2024 with their families. The pupils also helped me promote our national Keep Britain Tidy campaign by litter picking on the ITV central news on Friday 15th March 2024 whist I was being interviewed. A huge thank you to the school staff, pupils and parents for their continued enthusiasm to help Keep Droitwich community Tidy and litter free.

More than 10,000 children have now joined the fight against litter thanks to an education programme funded by Wychavon. Pupils at St Peter’s C of E Academy Droitwich helped the Little Litter Warriors scheme reach the milestone after 450 of them took part in specialist workshops. Children spent three days picking the streets around the St Peter’s Church Lane school as well as in Lido Park. Pupils filled more than 160 buckets with rubbish plucked from roads, paths and hedges, with the oldest dating back to the 1990s.A group of children in a circle with litter pickers cheering Little Litter Warriors was created by Keep Britain Tidy Litter Heroes Ambassador Karen Blanchfield, as a way of raising awareness of the impact of littering and inspiring young people and spread the anti-litter message. The scheme launched in March 2021 after Wychavon agreed to fund free sessions for all schools as part of its anti-littering campaign. The sessions have proved so popular, Wychavon has now extended the funding for another two years. As well as taking part in a litter pick, with the extra challenge of seeing who can hunt out the oldest piece of litter, schools are provided with resources to continue educating children about littering after the session. They are also encouraged to join Wychavon’s Adopt a Street volunteer litter picking programme to support pupils to continue to help clean up their community. The scheme has achieved major recognition after winning a Gold International Green Apple Environment Award 2023 in the education and training sector. Karen Blanchfield, founder of Little Litter Warriors, said: “I go out daily litter picking the same areas month on month collecting the same amount of littered waste, showing that there is a need for change in our future behaviours. “The program was set up in order to inspire our children to grow up respecting the environment and becoming the new generation of adults to care. The children are taught through a fun and engaging workshop ensuring they think about the impact of their litter decision. I have returned to many schools where the pupils have told me of their litter picks with their families, how they have adopted their street and even shaped changes within their school. These children inspire me to keep teaching these sessions year on year and having Wychavon council support my educational litter program ensures we can keep achieving these future goals together.” Cllr Emma Stokes, Executive Board Member for Resident and Customer Service on Wychavon District Council, said: “I’m delighted our anti-litter message has now reached more than 10,000 young minds and by extending the funding for this scheme we plan to reach many more. If your school has not had a session yet then please get in touch with Karen. “Through Little Litter Warriors we are not only helping to inspire good behaviours in our young people we hope they will take with them into adult life, but we also hope they will take what they learn back to the adults in their lives and have a positive impact on their behaviour as well.” Get in touch littlelitterwarriors@outlook.com

Ombersley 3rd Droiwich Brownie pack spent time with me in October 2023 to complete the litter workshop. We choose to help out our local community doctors by clearing up the litter in their car park. At a close glance the car park looked quite clean but once again the children proved us all wrong collecting buckets full of litter from the bushes. Many face masks and discarded medical packaging was found alongside normal food on the go packaging litter. Thank you to the Brownies and their leaders for joining Wychavon's anti litter campaign. Thank you to the medical centre for allowing us to litter pick your site. Wychavon council fund these litter workshops 100% free to community groups to support their #antilittercampaign. #ombersley #droitwichspa https://www.wychavon.gov.uk/environmental-crime/littering#school_sessions https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/ https://www.ombersleymedicalcentre.co.uk/