On the 90th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Keep Britain Tidy and Country Life Magazine have launched the Clean for the Queen campaign to get the country tidying for this landmark occasion.
It is hoped that an army of volunteers across the country will rally together to help tidy up their local areas.
Fareham is holding its own 'Clean and Green for the Queen' campaign which will not only aim to clean up litter, but will also improve the horticultural features around the borough, alongside the Fareham in Bloom initiative.
Around 2.25 million pieces of litter are dropped on the streets of the UK every day, with 30 million tons of rubbish collected from England's streets each year.
Here in Fareham alone we collect over 700 tonnes of street litter from our bins and streets each year across the Borough.
We think Clean for the Queen is a great initiative inspiring us all come together, encouraging the local community to help clean up the borough to make it a beautiful place for us all to live and work.
The main clean-up event in Fareham will take place on Friday 4 March at Portchester car park and Precinct from 10am – 3.00pm
A team of Council Officers, members of Portchester Community Association, Carillion Facilities Management, along with the Fareham in Bloom Volunteer Team will work with the community to spruce up the area.
This will include:
· A litter pick
· Removal of weeds in the gutters
· Re-varnishing street furniture
· Re-planting shrubs beds in the car park
Information taken from the Fareham Borough Council website, for more information on this event and about clean-up events in Fareham please contact the StreetScene team 01329 824842 or http://www.fareham.gov.uk/clean_and_tidy/cleanforthequeen.aspx
For more info about the Clean for the Queen initiative please visit www.cleanforthequeen.co.uk 