Hundreds of Salfordians have volunteered to give the city a right royal clean up.
The volunteers, including homeless men and women, Salford Angels Women’s Institute, local parks and railway station friends’ groups and schools have come forward to take part in Clean for the Queen.
The national initiative aims to tidy up Britain this weekend March 4-6 ahead of the Queen’s 90th birthday in April.
Barry Matley from the Manchester City Mission/Quarterway daytime project, said that their night shelter guests jumped at the chance to volunteer when it was suggested.
“They’re really looking forward to it. Often homeless people don’t feel useful so this is something where they can give something back,” he said.
Around 12 of the guests will clean the area around the Windsor Centre and Lance Burn health centre in Churchill Way, moving on to Clarendon Park if time allows.
Other volunteers include the Friends of Green Grosvenor Park, Broughton who plan to clean up debris left in the park by the Boxing Day flood, the Friends of Patricroft station and local scout groups who are teaming up to spruce up the area around the station and staff from the Novotel Hotel, Worsley who plan to clean up a small wood near the hotel.
Councillor Gena Merrett, executive lead member for housing and environment, said: “It’s great to see so many people coming out to tidy up their local area. I hope people who are tempted to drop litter see all this hard work and do the right thing and dispose of their rubbish properly.”
Salford’s clean up crews are:
Schools
St Edmunds RC primary school – along Manchester Road alongside other primary schools and staff from Tesco Walkden
St Pauls CE primary school – around Manchester Road
Bridgewater Primary School, Little Hulton – school grounds and outside, especially St Edmunds Walk
St Augustines CE primary school – church path and footpath between Temple Drive and Bolton Road, Pendlebury.
Lower Kersal Primary School – litter picking around local streets
St Paul’s School Council, Walkden – around school and local streets
Friends groups and parks
Friends of Buile Hill Park, litter pick in the park
Friends of Peel Park, cleaning up the park and neighbouring streets 11am to 1pm Saturday March 5
Friends of Ordsall Parks and Salford Angels W.I will be litter picking in and around Monmouth Park and and Ordsall Park
Friends of Green Grosvenor Park, Broughton – clearing flood debris around the park
Friends of Patricroft Station and local scout groups cleaning litter from around the station and Green Lane
Victoria Park – clearing litter from the park
Community and business clean ups
Carbon Creative – cleaning up Waters Edge Business Park
Windsor Albion Co-operative – cleaning up around Trenham Place
Hamilton Davies Trust, Irlam – cleaning up around Liverpool Road
Mount Skip residents – cleaning up Eastham Way, Little Hulton
Windsor Centre, Churchill Way – cleaning up around the centre
Salford Victoria FC – litter picking around Station Road,Swinton
New Barracks Co-op – litter picking around Regent Square Park, Huddart Close, St Ignatius Walk, King Edward Street and Tatton Street, Ordsall
Beat the Trash – litter picking around Hamilar Avenue, Liverpool Road with tea and cake for the volunteers.
Beautiful cleaners – cleaning up around Clifton Green
Little Hulton Together – meeting at Cyn’s Tavern, Hulton District Centre, 2.30pm on Saturday March 5 and cleaning up around Manchester Road and side streets
Works4u, Weaste Lane – local young people litter picking
Living Ambitions – cleaning up Albert Park and Grecian Street
F&B – cleaning the public footpath from Linnyshaw to Blackleach
Montondale, Eccles, cleaning up litter on public footpath
Tesco, Walkden – backing people in Walkden and Little Hulton in cleaning up Manchester Road and Bolton Road
Oakwood Drive Residents, Walkden – litter picking down Oakwood Drive to Manchester Road, playing fields, Bluebell Woods and back to Oakwood drive. Meeting 11am Saturday March at the top of Oakwood Drive
Team Trinity – cleaning up St Stephens Park and neighbouring roads
Novotel hotel – staff clearing up a small wooded area on Worsley Brow
Vicker Close, Clifton – residents clean up
