Love Your Forest Campaign Inspiration Guide I Hubbub

#LOVEYOURFOREST Inspiration Guide

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WELCOME Litter is an on-going and stubborn problem. Polling by Hubbub UK revealed that 86% of the public believe that dropping litter is an anti-social behaviour - but litter levels haven’t dropped in the last 12 years. Last year, clearing up litter cost local authorities £682 million.

Love Your Forest is a collaborative project created in 2016 by Hubbub, Lucozade Ribena Suntory, Forest of Dean District Council, Forestry Commission, Foresters’ Forest and local artist and carpenter Glenn Redwood.

Each year 250 tonnes of litter are removed from the Forest of Dean. The cost to local tax-payers for keeping the area clean is over £430,000. Love Your Forest was designed to reduce littering in the Forest of Dean by actively engaging with the local community.

Following four years of testing innovative ways of tackling litter, we’ve made this guide for any local authority, school, community group, forest association, or anyone who wants to make a positive impact in their local forest or woodland. In here, you’ll find photos for inspiration and step-by-step instructions on how to deliver some of our interventions, whether you want to start a Love Your Forest campaign or just need a few ideas, this guide will help you get started.

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CONTENTS

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About Love Your Forest

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Engaging families, tourists, community and businesses • Trashconverter • Creatures of the forest • Con-venience Store • Litter free picnics • Food stickers • Litter picking

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Engaging schools • Assembly • The Trashconverter • Poster competition • Wildlife visit • Art workshop

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Engaging scouts, cubs, guides & brownies • Scouts and GirlGuide badge • Scouts and GirlGuide session

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Engaging motorists • Roadside gallery • Car sticker competition

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Engaging mountain bikers • Poster • Art sculpture

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Resource kit

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Partnering organisations

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ABOUT LOVE YOUR FOREST The main approach of Love Your Forest is to build on the pride local people feel towards their forest. As such, we use positive messaging to encourage people do the right thing by taking their litter home. Our interventions are fun and inclusive to people of all ages.

Throughout its four years the Love Your Forest campaign has emphasised collaboration. The campaign brought together an engaged and like-minded group of organisations. Regular stakeholder meetings ensured that these groups directed and steered the campaign to fit the personality of their area.

The campaign has evolved by listening to feedback in the community and addressing concerns and wishes of the local people.

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E N G A G I N G FA M I L I E S , TOURISTS, COMMUNITY & BUSINESSES

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TRASHCONVERTER The Trashconverter is an engagement piece that tours community events, schools, picnic locations and tourist hotspots throughout the year. It offers people the chance to swap their trash for treats, providing an incentive for people not to litter and raising awareness about litter in the forest.

How to start a Trashconverter What you’ll need: • Litter pickers • Gloves • Bin bags • Giveaways • Signage

What to do: 1. What will your Trashconverter look like?

• Think long term. In the Forest of Dean the Trashconverter was first trialled in a hired Hvan before it made a more permanent home in a repurposed horsebox. While the Hvan looked great, it required a lot of maintenance when used frequently and was expensive to hire. Owning The Trashconverter, in whatever form it takes, offers you much more flexibility and may be cheaper in the long run. For more information on why Hubbub bought a horse box instead of a van read here: http://bit.ly/2HyNLFq • Is it fit for purpose? Old vehicles can’t cover long distances and are prone to breaking down. Hvans may not be best choice if touring. If you’re using a horsebox or trailer, you’ll need access to vehicles, staff available that can tow it, and a contingency plan in case anything breaks down.

• Does it have to be a van or trailer? You could consider using a pop-up stall, a cart, or anything else you can think of.

• Think about the aesthetic. It doesn’t have to be big and expensive, but something with bright colours and lots of personality helps entice people over.

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2. Signage considerations • If you’re using vinyl stickers, will the owner of the vehicle let you stick it on?

• If you’re using magnetic vinyl, is the vehicle metal rather than plastic clad in places?

• If you’re using a foam board, is the one you’re using waterproof and recyclable?

• Do you want your signage to be permanently attached or do you need to take it off in transit?

3. Who will run your Trashconverter?

We find that at busy events it is recommended to have at least 2 staff members attending to The Trashconverter for: • Trading rubbish for giveaways.

• Talking to people about what you’re doing.

• Encouraging people to share on social media.

• Handing out litter pickers and hi-vis vests.

4. Swapping trash for treats • Ideas for treats: hot drinks, popcorn, flowers, seeds or seed bombs, items made from recycled materials (e.g. pens and pencils) or postcards.

• What are you allowed to give away?

Some locations have permits and exclusive rights to serve food and drink, which may also need food hygiene certification.

• Do you need electricity? Ensure you have electric hook-up or a silent generator if electricity is needed.

• Make sure everything is easy to prepare.

You may have lots of people appear at once, so consider items you can preprepare or prepare very quickly.

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5. What locations will you visit?

• In the Forest of Dean, the most engaged audiences were children and teenagers, so schools are a good place to visit.

• Find out what you can give away in each location.

• Visit only 1 to 2 places per day, to give yourself time to be prepared.

• Try and visit local events or locations that will already be busy instead of getting people to visit each location.

6. What will you do with the waste?

• In order to carry collected rubbish you need a waste-carriers permit. If this is not possible to obtain you will need to liaise with the council or land owner for them to collect and dispose of the litter you have collected.

C R E AT U R E S O F THE FOREST Research studies in Rotterdam and Newcastle have found that people are likely to behave better when they feel like they’re being watched, even when nobody is around. Over the years, Love Your Forest tested different creatures made from litter that were mounted in the trees, watching over the forest.

Further testing is needed to see if watchful eyes are successful in the forest however they serve as a useful engagement tool in the crafting workshops and spark conversations to get people talking about litter in a creative way.

We worked with local artist, Glenn Redwood, to create ‘Communitrees’, faces that turned the trees into guardians of the forest, ‘Litter Critters’, insects made from litter, and ‘Litter Creatures’, large scale creatures of the forest.

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COMMUNITREES The Communitrees are faces made from litter and scrap materials, when attached they give the trees personality and become watchful guardians of the forest.

How to make a communitree What you’ll need: • 2 x pallet slats (remove any nails) • 2 x old vinyl records or paper plates • Litter (washed) • Paint • 25mm screws

What to do: 1. Take two pieces of pallet wood and place them together to make a cross shape.

Preferably the horizontal cross piece needs to be shorter than the vertical piece. Screw together with a couple of screws.

2. Paint the pallet pieces with any old spare paint. Old emulsion works well, but avoid poster paint or gloss.

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3. For the eyes of the Communitree it’s better to think large as the idea is the Communitree will be watching you. Vinyl records work really well, but litter or items found in your forest are a good option too.

4. If using a vinyl record for eyes, take the record, place it over a ceramic bowl and into a pre-heated oven set to 100 degrees.

Don’t go higher than this as it will melt the vinyl too quickly and burn it, causing dangerous fumes. The vinyl record should melt over the bowl in about 1 minute.

5. Carefully take the moulded vinyl record out of the oven and let it cool over the bowl for a few minutes. These can then be screwed to the pallet frame.

6. For the nose we used an old piece of foam wall insulation, which can be easily carved into a nose shape. The funnier the shape the better. If none of these materials are available, get creative!

7. The mouth can be made out of a paper plate, a cardboard cut out, or any litter you’ve found. Cut to make any funny mouth expression you like.

8. Decorate to make the Communitree come alive – their features can be painted, litter added for extra features, and old material can be used for hair, eyebrows and a beard if needed. Add colour to catch the eye.

9. Hang in a tree to help keep your area litter free!

LITTER CRITTERS Litter Critters are insects made from litter and can be decorated bright and colourfully.

These work best when installed in a swarm and are a brilliant workshop activity for children.

How to make a litter critter What you’ll need: • Empty bottle with a lid • Scissors • Hot glue gun and glue sticks • Paint or colourful material if no paint available • A selection of bottle tops, thin cardboard, buttons, any interesting bits of junk for modelling • Good old googly eyes

What to do: 1. Take an empty bottle (1 litre drinks bottles are good) with a lid and wash it out so it’s clean.

2. Squirt 1,2, or 3 different colours of poster paint in the bottle, put the lid on and give it a whack on something hard to mix the colours. For variation, you can fill the bottle with colourful old material such as cut up strands of unwanted clothes. You now have the body of your critter ready to decorate.

3. If you have a ball pit ball to hand, this makes a very good head which can be glued on at the lid end of the bottle. Don’t worry if you don’t have a ball, as a circle of card can be cut to make a face.

4. The face can be decorated as creatively as you want, with either felt tips or paint. Googly eyes can be glued on to make a really good face.

5. Decorate your bug in a bright and colourful way!

Optional extras: • If you would like to add some feet to your litter critter, bottle tops or straws can be glued on the underside.

Six or eight is a good number.

• You could also add a sting tail of your choice, maybe using a discarded plastic fork.

• Wings can be glued on the back either using plastic knives or using the thin cardboard.

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L I T T E R C R E AT U R E S Litter Creatures combine the best elements of the forest creatures from previous years. They have the size and personality of the Communitrees, and like the Litter Critters they remind people the impact litter has on wildlife.

How to make a litter creature What you’ll need: • Lots of cans and other litter (washed) • Length of batten wood • Thin plyboard • Willow whips (soaked so flexible to use) • Bamboo cane • Chicken wire • Staple gun/staples • String • Cable ties • Jigsaw • Drill 11

• Wire cutters

What to do: *These instructions are to make a litter fish, but similar techniques can be applied to other creatures.

1. For the fish’s head, make a template and cut around some thin plyboard. Repeat this process so the head has two sides to work on.

2. To create the scales cut into the cans through the opening in the can. Get an old pair of scissors and cut it so you have a clean rectangle of tin to cut into a scale shape. You will need plenty of cans to make a colourful head - raid the recycling bin!

3. To make the fish head 3D, cut a few lengths of wood (approx. 10cm) and place between the two sides of the head, towards the back end. Screw the fish head sides into the wood so the space between the two sides get smaller towards the fish’s face.

4. The tricky bit is fixing the head to the body. Drill two holes into the spacing pieces of wood, one at the top and one at the bottom of the fish’s head. Slide a bamboo cane into each hole and pop a screw into the canes to fix in place. Join the ends of the bamboo together at the back, this will help create the structure of the fish’s body.

5. Get your soaked willow whips and create rib framework around the two bamboo poles, tying string or cable ties to fix the whips in place. Put each ‘rib’ at regular intervals along the spine.

6. Wrap your chicken wire around the frame so it creates a cage.

Cut the wire neatly and join so it holds together, but remember to leave a large enough hole to allow filling the fish.

7. Fill the fish with clean litter. Add colour by filling bottles with old material or old paint. Most litter is colourful anyway.

8. Once the frame is filled finish tying up the wire so the litter can’t spill out.

9. The tail can be added to last.

Colourful foam, willow or anything bright can be added as a tail. Be creative!

10. Hang the fish in a tree near a river or seaside.

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Things to consider: • Where will they go? Think about the places in the forest with the highest footfall, so you can attract as many people as possible. You’ll also need to work with the owners of the land to make sure you have permission to install them.

• How will you attach them? The creatures need to be secured safely so they don’t blow down and injure anyone or cause further litter in the forest.

• How will people know what they are? Clear signage next to the creatures helps people understand that they are part of your campaign and why they are there. It’s also useful to say that they are made from litter picked from the forest floor, creating a direct link between the artworks and their purpose.

• How will you attract people to them? Consider where you might promote the creatures, e.g. online or in local shops and organisations. You may also want to use other methods to encourage further engagement, for example Love Your Forest ran a ‘Communitree’ and ‘Litter Creature’ trail with a map for people to find them. Each location had a code and once all sites had been visited the code wrote out a sentence for people to then enter a competition.

CON-VENIENCE STORE The ‘CON-venience store’ was a litter shop of horrors, stocked with litter found in the forest, highlighting the quantity and permanence of litter that’s dropped in the forest. There were a number of vintage and unusual findings including decades old crisp packets, 40-yearold drinks bottles with cork stoppers, old pull-ring drinks cans and one old croc — the other one might still be lurking in the woods!

What you’ll need • A location to host the shop. If you’d like to use an empty shop to host your Litter Shop of Horrors, you’ll usually need to work with your local council to help you with gaining permission. If you’re unable to use an actual shop there are plenty of other ways you could show people the impact of litter on the forest.

For example, hosting a pop-up stall at a local market or on an ice-cream cart.

• Litter, and lots of it! Carry out a litter pick in your forest and split items into collections that can be displayed in the shop. Particularly look out for items with dates from several years ago so you can make a ‘vintage collection’ and for interesting objects that you might not expect to find to add an element of humour and amazement.

• Signs, stickers and packaging. Blackboards for ‘specials’ boards and a designed sign will create a professional look to the shop.

Consider printing stickers and paper wrapping to put on some of the items with messaging about litter and encouraging people to love their forest. Clear jars are also a great way of displaying smaller items so they look like sweets.

• Shop themed extras. Having a cash register, shop keeper name tags and an open/closed sign add an extra touch to make it seem like a real shop.

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LITTER-FREE PICNICS Picnics are a brilliant way to spend time with friends and family and enjoy the outdoors. However, with all those sandwich packets, food wrappers and drink cartons, it can be easy to leave some of your picnic behind. Every year to engage in the conversation of National Picnic Week, Love Your Forest runs a competition to win a litter free picnic kit to increase online engagement with the campaign and get people thinking about creating zero waste and litter free picnics to reduce litter in their forest.

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How to start a litter-free picnic competition • Put out social media about the competition, using social media cards or photographs to brighten up the post.

• Ask people to share their tips for creating a litter-free picnic and to tag #LoveYourForest.

• Encourage people to take part with an enticing prize.

• Share some tips to get people started (some suggestions below).

• Choose the best tips to be the prize winners at the end of National Picnic Week.

Litter-free picnic tips: • Use leftovers or make something fresh at home. This sounds simple but by making everything at home, you won’t have to worry about accidentally leaving the odd packaging behind at the end of your picnic.

Mix leftover veg or meats with pasta for a delicious picnic meal.

• Use Tupperware and flasks. These reusable products are an easy way to keep litter at home. Not only is Tupperware great for pastas and sandwiches but we also recommend using them for any cold meats or fruits. If you’re one put off by plastic Tupperware discolouring or collecting odours, try glass containers.

• Bring a bin bag with you. Having a separate bag for your litter means that other items won’t get dirty and your litter won’t blow away.

• Share Hubbub’s video with tips on having a litter-free picnic: http://bit.ly/2vXi4T5 • Share Hubbub’s inspiration guide: http://bit.ly/2lod5nN

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Ideas for items to put in a litter-free picnic kit: • Tupperware • Enamel mugs & plates • Beeswax wraps • Reusable straws • Net bags • Bamboo cutlery

FOOD STICKERS Takeaway food packaging is a commonly littered item.

To encourage people not to litter, Love Your Forest approached local businesses and provided them with stickers to put on their takeaway boxes with messages such as “Don’t be trashy, put me in the bin!”. These stickers can be found in our resource pack.

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LITTER PICKING A great way to engage the local community and make a difference in your forest is by hosting a litter picking event or combining forces with an existing litter picking group.

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Promote it to the community. Think about who might be interested in coming to your event and where they might spend time. Community groups and centres, leisure centres, faith groups and Facebook pages are a good place to start.

Come equipped. Make sure you bring plenty of litter pickers, gloves and bin bags. Hoops to attach bin bags to are also really helpful, and it’s always a good idea to bring childsized litter pickers and high-vis vests.

You can contact your local council to see if they are able to support with

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any equipment.Make it fun. Try jazzing up your litter pick to make it more appealing! You could hold a silent disco clean-up or arrange a litter scavenger hunt.

Make it safe. Contact your local council/ landowner/Forestry England in advance to ensure that the area is safe for you to litter pick and see if they can provide or help create a risk assessment. Some places, such as beside the road, are sometimes best left unpicked if it puts your volunteers in harm’s way. You’ll also need to make sure that whoever is taking away the rubbish has a waste disposal licence.

Bring refreshments. Bring along a thermos of tea or some delicious snacks to reward your fellow litter pickers with and make them want to come again next time.

Reward your volunteers. Keep a log of volunteering hours and provide a certificate or small gift when they reach a milestone. A rewards system is a great way to keep your volunteers coming back and letting them know they are appreciated for their hard work.

Spread the word. Let other people know about the hard work of your volunteers and encourage people not to litter the area by putting a sign up to say the area has been cleared by local volunteers.

ENGAGING SCHOOLS Love Your Forest’s educational programme aimed to encourage the next generation of foresters to take their litter home and focused on the issue of litter around primary and secondary schools. A variety of activities were offered to different schools in line with their curriculum.

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A S S E M B LY A talk about the impact of littering accompanied by short, engaging videos can be a good way to start the conversation with children about litter in the forest.

Our videos can be found at: • CON-venience store: http://bit.ly/2Xo3EW5 • Communitrees: http://bit.ly/2HT11I7 • Litter free picnics: http://bit.ly/2vXi4T5

THE T R A S H C O N V E R T E R A visit from The Trashconverter encourages children to pick up litter in exchange for a reward. In the Forest of Dean, it has become a very recognised and loved part of the campaign for the children. Go to page 6 for a guide on how to run a Trashconverter.

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ANTI-LITTER POSTER COMPETITION Year 5 & 6 primary school students were invited to design a poster encouraging people to ‘Keep the Forest of Dean clean and take their litter home’.

The winning posters were displayed on the district council’s street cleaning vehicles to reward the winners and encourage others not to litter. Find the Love Your Forest poster template in the resource pack.

W I L D L I F E V I S I T A volunteer took hedgehogs and rabbits to schools and explained the impacts litter may have on them. This is a very emotive way to engage children on the subject of forest littering.

Primary school children were challenged to use scrap materials and commonly littered items to make into either a ‘Communitree’ or ‘Litter Critter’. Go to page 8 for a guide on how to make these.

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ENGAGING SCOUTS, CUBS, GUIDES & BROWNIES To engage with primary and secondary school children outside of school, the Forest of Dean District Council developed a Love Your Forest badge for scouts and guides to earn. The badge was offered to groups who conducted a litter pick and had a visit from a member of the Love Your Forest team.

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SCOUTS AND GIRLGUIDES BADGE

The #LoveYourForest badge is suitable for all age groups (4-18years), across Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers Always be prepared: 1. Make contact with your local district commissioner (Scout Association) or division commissioners (Girlguiding).

Getting those high up in each organisation to buy-in to the campaign makes reaching the individual groups a lot easier. The commissioners are very helpful and willing to communicate your message to all the groups which they look after.

2. Design your badge. Design a badge to reflect your campaign. This may need to be signed off by the Scout Association/Girlguiding groups if you are including their logo. Badges can be ordered through providers such as One Stop Scouting Ltd, and are inexpensive. Give badges free of charge to the groups which take part.

Remember, leaders as well as the young people like to earn them (for camp blankets), so include them too.

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3. Prepare your paperwork. Provide a simple litter pick log sheet so groups can record what they find. Ask that this is returned to you in exchange for the badges. The log sheet should record information such as the number of people involved (children and adults), how much litter was collected, how long the litter pick took and where the litter pick took place. The sheet should allow space to record what was collected and in what quantities. You could ask for other information too, for example, was the litter near to a bin? Could it have been recycled?

Provide a risk assessment for the litter pick.

Suggest that the group leader identify the area to be litter picked and risk assess it in advance of the session. It’s useful to provide a one-page sheet of litter facts (i.e. how long individual pieces of litter could last) and information about the campaign so this can be used by the Scout/Guiding leader during the evening.

SCOUTS AND GIRLGUIDES SESSION

What you’ll need: • Badges for the groups to earn • Litter bags • Bag hoops • High-vis vests • Litter pickers

How to earn the badge:

Suggest some criteria for what you would like groups to do to earn their badge. Such as:

1. Spend about 10-15 minutes to introduce the #LoveYourForest campaign, the badge and discuss why litter is a problem. Use flash cards and ask the children how long they think the bits of litter displayed on each flash card lasts.

2. Run through some basic health and safety information about picking litter (i.e. don’t use your hands to pick up rubbish, alert an adult if you find broken glass/syringes, road safety, and washing hands after the session.

1. Find out about local litter problems and why it is a problem.

3. Ask the groups to organise themselves into smaller groups of 3-4 children.

2. Do a litter pick either in their community and signpost them to where they can borrow equipment.

4. Give each group a bag (with a hoop to hold it open if possible) and some litter pickers.

3. Record the types and amount of litter they have collected.

5. Litter pick for about 30minutes.

6. At the end of the session go through the litter and discuss the impacts.

4. Talk to others in their community about what they have learned, such as friends, family and school.

5. Think of some ideas about how to prevent litter and share these with the #LoveYourForest campaign.

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How to run a session with the group:

7. Give out small ‘thank you’ treats which can grow awareness of the campaign.

8. Litter log sheets can be completed after the session by the group if they wish and returned after the event in exchange for their #LoveYourForest badge.

Things to consider: • Make it fun. Take some spring scales to weigh each bag and have a mini-competition to see who can collect the most litter.What was the most unusual item they found on the litter pick? A lot of litter will have a best before date, get the children to look at the dates if they can - and then work out how old the litter is.

• Think about timing. Scout and Girlguiding groups tend to run during school term times only.

Groups can start as early as 4.30pm (younger children) but may run later in the evening 7- 9pm (usually the older age groups).

Therefore, it’s best to run the badge during March-October as the darker nights make it difficult to litter pick during the winter months.

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• Bring groups together. To help with resourcing see if a group is happy to join in with another local group.

Some sessions can run for a whole evening with the younger children starting and the older children finishing at the end.

• Waste disposal. Remember to advise what should be done with the litter collected. Can it be taken home and put in the refuse bin, or is there somewhere it needs to be left to be picked up by the council?

• Think about the location.

Remember to check with who owns the land if they are happy for the litter pick to take place.

ENGAGING MOTORISTS Roadside littering is a problem in many communities across the UK. The forest is no exception, with a significant number of rural roads making it tempting for motorists to discard of their litter. Cleaning up from the roadside is expensive and has safety challenges for those litter picking. We wanted to trial positive community building approaches to engage motorists in the Forest of Dean.

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ROADSIDE GALLERY Love Your Forest addressed the challenge of roadside littering by reinforcing a sense of pride in the area and encouraging motorists to do the same through social norming.

A roadside gallery was installed on A and B roads around the forest, featuring members of the local community holding up messages of pride for their area with our antilittering slogan.

Things to consider: • Are there any health & safety restrictions?

In the Forest of Dean, it was not possible to do regular litter picks along the roadside, which made it more difficult to measure the success of the intervention.

• Decide where the signs will go and gain relevant permissions.

• Recruit local people to be photographed.

Consider having diversity in age, gender and ethnicity to be inclusive and represent your local population.

• Ask your local people to write a positive message about why they love their forest and why people should look after it.

• Photograph your local people in the forest or in recognisable local places. Consider hiring a professional photographer to capture high resolution photos and using a range of locations to photograph in.

• Print your images in A3 or A2 to make sure the signs are visible to vehicles. Think about what material you want to print on – will the signs be staying out permanently and need to be extra durable or will they only come out periodically? Is the material you’re using recyclable?

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CAR STICKERS To further engage motorists, Love Your Forest ran a car sticker competition. Custom made window stickers were produced for motorists to proudly display the campaign’s key message ‘#LoveYourForest – keep the Forest of Dean clean take your litter home’ in the rear window of their car.

How to start a car sticker competition • Design, print and distribute stickers. Find businesses and local places that are happy to give out the stickers or have them on their counter.

• Create the competition. Cars who are spotted with the sticker in their window can be entered in to a weekly prize draw.

• Raise awareness about the campaign using the competition. The competition winner is announced alongside a weekly litter article in the local newspaper.

These articles can explore various topics around litter including the impact on wildlife, how to get involved in the Love Your Forest campaign, celebrating local litterpickers and busting common myths around littering.

• Spot car stickers that have been placed in cars. In the Forest of Dean, the project partners all contributed by spotting cars in their local area with a window sticker, noting down the registration plate and comparing it with the database of recorded registration plates with stickers to see if they are new.

• Source prizes. These could be donations from local shops or attractions, Love Your Forest branded reusable items, or any other prize of value that would entice people to take part in the competition.

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E N G A G I N G M O U N TA I N B I K E R S The Forest of Dean is home to some of the best cycling terrains in the country. People visit from all across the UK to take on the forest’s variety of trails which challenge riders of all levels and abilities. The vast majority of cyclists clearly love their forest and take their litter home but discarded bike related items including sports drinks, energy gels, and discarded inner tubes can still be found across trails and after bike events.

Love Your Forest aimed to engage with this audience through the knowledge that mountain bikers are often highly active on social media and that there were certain areas in the Forest of Dean where mountain bikers congregate at the start and end of trails.

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POSTER A range of anti-litter posters were created for mountain bike businesses to display and communicate the issue to customers, these can be found in the Love Your Forest resource pack.

ART SCULPTURE A highly visual art installation which related the issue of littering directly to mountain bikers was created. Love Your Forest commissioned litter-artist Michelle Reader to produce a bespoke piece of artwork using bike-related litter and displayed it outside a mountain biking centre.

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RESOURCE KIT Over the years we’ve developed lots of resources such as school activities, posters, stickers, social media cards and loads more. They’re now available for your to download! Follow the link below.

MORE I N F O R M AT I O N Want to know more about Love Your Forest? We’ve put together a 2016 - 2018 Impact Report where you can dive into the details of the campaign and how we measured its success.

Visit www.hubbub.org.uk/love-your-forest to download the Impact Report or to request a resource kit.

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A B O U T T H E PA R T N E R I N G O R G A N I S AT I O N S A special thank you to all the organisations and individuals in the Forest of Dean whose passion and enthusiasm brought Love Your Forest to life over the past few years.

Hubbub We’re a charity that creates environmental campaigns with a difference. We’re positive and design playful campaigns that inspire people to make healthier, greener lifestyle choices, which more often than not help save money and bring people together.

Lucozade Ribena Suntory Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) is one of the largest soft drinks manufacturers in the UK and Ireland. Its much-loved brands include Lucozade Energy, Lucozade Sport, Ribena and Orangina. Located in the heart of the Forest of Dean, LRS’s Coleford factory has been producing great-tasting drinks since 1946. As such, it has a responsibility and opportunity to ensure future generations inherit and enjoy a healthy planet. The business is driven by its promise to work in harmony with nature so that people can enjoy great-tasting drinks they can feel good about. For further information please visit www.lrsuntory.com/sustainability Forest of Dean District Council The Forest of Dean District Council is responsible for keeping public land and highways across the District clear of litter. This involves cleansing of towns and villages, A & B roads and other highways. The council is also responsible for the removal of fly tipping on public land and emptying litter bins. The Council spends in excess of £400,000 per year on litter clearance so changing the anti-social behaviour of littering is of high importance.

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Forestry England Forestry England manages and cares for the nation’s 1,500 woods and forests, with over 230 million visits per year. As England’s largest land manager, we shape landscapes and are enhancing forests for people to enjoy, wildlife to flourish and businesses to grow. Forestry England is an agency of the Forestry Commission. For more information visit www.forestryengland.uk Foresters’ Forest The Foresters’ Forest is a £2.5m National Lottery Heritage Fund Landscape Partnership Programme to raise awareness and participation in the built, natural and cultural heritage in the Forest of Dean. The programme consists of 38 exciting projects being delivered by 32 partner organisations and community groups. Find out more at www.forestersforest.uk Glenn Redwood Glenn is a local artist, forester, and carpenter. He manages The Trashconverter, has developed all the creatures of the forest, carries out visits with the schools, scouts and guides, as well as many other contributions. He’s worked on Love Your Forest since the very beginning, bringing valuable knowledge of the area, practical skills, and artistic flair to the campaign.

Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Tourism Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Tourism (WVFDT) was formed in 2006 and is the official Destination Management Organisation representing the interests of almost 400 members. The area covers the three counties of Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire and Herefordshire and is the only cross border tourism association in the UK working with tourism businesses and stakeholders in Wales and England. Managed by a 11-strong voluntary board, supported by professional advisors, the Forestry Commission and the AONB, it is funded by member subscriptions, the Forest of Dean District Council, Monmouthshire Council (via VisitWales), the Forestry Commission, and grant funding for specific projects. Tourism in the Forest of Dean and Monmouthshire contributes £141.5 million and £158.1 million respectively to the local economies. WVFDT members include tourist attractions, accommodation providers, outdoor activities, pubs & restaurants, food producers, events and services.

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