The “Clean for the Queen” campaign is encouraging as many volunteers as possible to head on to the streets and pick up litter, helping the country to look its best ahead of the birthday celebrations.
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All are welcome to help out on the litter pick and make Stonehouse clean in time for the Queen’s 90th birthday in April.
“It’s a nice thing to do for the Queen’s birthday and I think it’s a nice thing to do for all the residents to keep their streets clean of litter”.
Redditch MP Karen Lumley will join forces with Conservative group leader Coun Juliet Brunner at Matchborough Centre on Saturday (March 5) and members of community groups to get Matchborough spick and span.
A campaign to get people out and about cleaning up their communities is being backed by Birmingham City Council.
“Residents across the district work hard all year round to keep their local areas tidy and clean and a place people can be proud of, and the “Clean for the Queen” initiative fits really well with our New Deal programme and our “People Can” campaign, which means everyone in the district working together to improve and protect the quality of life in Bradford”.
THREE litter picks are being held in Halesowen this weekend as part of the national Clean for the Queen campaign. However, I am not sure of the success of this initiative in the long run.
Volunteer Nigel King, from Oakwood, said that litter was not as big a problem when the Queen came to the throne in 1952 as it is nowadays.
Almost 100 MPs, community groups, 200 local authorities, housing associations, high street retailers such as John Lewis and M&S, Costa, McDonalds and Greggs, schools, Guides, Scouts and Cubs, Women’s Institute groups and individuals all joined the effort. But we should do this for ourselves, not for the Queen.
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Thousands are expected to take part in this weekend’s special clean-up – but for all the fanfare and fuss, it is unlikely the monarch herself will see much of a difference.
