Children's help needed for the clean up

Remember scenes like these?

  

Well sadly the landowner hasn't been left with such lovely memories!  He provided litter bags for people to use but it seems that even with his efforts, loads of litter has been left behind.

    

 

John Taylor - MA VetMB MRCVS from Mansion Hill Veterinary Practice has written to the schools in the village to suggest a community initiative involving the children in clean up this area, he wrote

"As I'm sure you're aware, the children and families had great fun in all the snow sledging down the hill immediately to the right of Astrop Road immediately over he bypass.

Unfortunately, a huge amount of litter has been left behind despite the best attempts of the farmer to supply a litter bag.  I regularly run and walk dogs down the public footpath and it's a shame to see our village like this.  Most of the litter is plastic sledging material with some drink containers. I'm sure it wasn't malicious dumped; most looks as though it would have been lost then covered by the snow.

However, I don't think it's fair to expect the farmer to pick up the rubbish and would like to do something about it.

I wonder if you might be interested in a school litter pick as part of your environmental and community education lessons.  I would be willing to liaise with the landowner, and supply the surgery truck, gloves and staff to help pickup and recycle as much as it as we could.

I appreciate there are health and safety implications, but think this would be a great opportunity to increase future generations'awareness of human impact in the environment.

Kind regards

John Taylor

The Primary School have taken this on board and have organised an after school working party for Monday 15th March, meeting in the main reception area of the school at 3.30pm

Surprisingly after repeated attempts to contact the senior school there has been no response, which is disappointing as many of the students of Chenderit age would have been among the many people enjoying the slopes.

Update on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 6:14PM by Website

Thanks to everyone who turned up yesterday to help clean up the litter after the sledging.  The primary school's eco club supplied willing 
 volunteers to turn an eyesore back into part of the village we can all be proud of. Sheep and walkers may safely roam again!

John