Organising a community clean up

Do you want to make a difference to an area in your local community?

 

A community clean up is an organised litter pick event. It’s held by a group of local residents for a specific area like a back alley. It’s a great way for residents to get together to look after their local environment, and an opportunity to get to know others in your community, as well as providing health and wellbeing benefits.

If you organise a community clean up event we can help by:

  • providing free tools to borrow such as spades and rakes
  • removing rubbish – you collect it, we’ll take away
  • keeping you safe – we can provide simple advice
  • getting the word out – we can help publicise your event and help you to keep it tidy afterwards

What do I do?

1. Gather a team and set a date

2. Notify the us using the link below

3. Feel proud about the difference you have made to your local community

Apply for a community clean up here: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Please give 7-14 days notice!

Public Liability insurance

It’s not compulsory to have insurance in place for your group, but it is good practice to have insurance cover for your group.

Insurance protects the group and group leader should a volunteer make a claim for an injury sustained while volunteering.

Setting up a policy for an individual group will require payment of a fee to an insurance company and this may be beyond the reach of some groups. In this instance, alternatives include checking whether your local Parish can provide insurance.

If you’re volunteering as part of a faith group or as a member of a charitable organisation, its existing public liability insurance may provide cover for your activity.

Please note Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council accepts no liability for any loss or damage to property or injury to persons arising from activities carried out by person or group of persons engaged in Community Environmental Care activities and that whether or not these activities are part of a national campaign or otherwise.