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Community Clear Up Day

Shotley Bridge,Consett,DH8 0RE

21 Mar 2015

00:00

This year the Trust has arranged its annual litter pick to coincide with ‘Community Clear Up Day’, a national initiative by the Keep Britain Tidy organisation. We will also be helping to support the Litter Free Durham Initiative. Meet at the Golden Flower car park at 9.30am and bring gloves. Bags, pickers and tabards will be provided, if you don’t have them. A dozen volunteers picked up 20 bags of litter from within the conservation area.

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Spring litter pick

Meet Golden Flower car park at 9.30

Spring Litter Pick

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Summer litter pick

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Annual Litter Pick

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Big Spring Clean

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Big Tidy Up

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