Important:   Litter can be contaminated, so we have put together some information to help you handle it safely. Please click on this link to have a read through our Health and Safety Guidance before you go out litter-picking.

 

Mick May (Patron)

Mick May (Patron) has spent over 2 and a half decades working in the charitable world, as a trustee, an executive, a chair and a patron.

In 2003 following a 20 years working in the financial markets he took up full time employment in the voluntary sector as Executive Director of a Groundwork Trust, of which he remains a trustee to this day. In 2005, he established Blue Sky, often described as “the only company in the country where you need a criminal record to work there”. This wins commercial business in the nation’s supply chains which it delivers by teams made up wholly of ex-offenders; over the subsequent decade it has employed more than 1,200 individuals. In February 2013 he stepped down to pursue a range of trustee and chairing roles.

With a background in local government procurement and a keen appreciation of how an improved environment can make life better for everybody, Mick feels he has much to offer CleanupUK. He was a CleanupUK trustee from 2015 to 2017.

Mick was appointed OBE in the 2016 New Year’s Honours.