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Keeping Bromsgrove Beautiful through lockdown

At Completely Bromsgrove we love to hear about the fantastic efforts of our local #litterheroes from our friends at Keep Bromsgrove Beautiful.

As part of their daily exercise many members of the group are taking their pickers and bags out and collecting up litter in their neighbourhoods – it’s actually a great excuse to get out on the cold days when staying indoor feels like the easy option. Being outside boosts your mood, and cleaning up your local area makes you feel good too. The team at Keep Bromsgrove Beautiful encourage local pickers to report their activity on the KBB Litter Log www.tinyurl.com/ KBBLitterLog. The group regularly reports the figures on to the KBB Facebook page and we were amazed at the numbers. It was wonderful to see that the restrictions in place over the last 12 months haven’t stopped the community focused group from getting out there and doing their bit! Including the efforts made during the Great British September Clean, which we reported on in the October edition of Completely Bromsgrove, since March 2020 their litter picking achievement is impressive. 568 volunteer hours have been spent collecting 422 bags of rubbish and recycling. Brilliant! Thank you and congratulations to all involved. In addition to these figures the team of Duke of Edinburgh Award Students who signed up to litter pick as their volunteering contribution have spent 41 hours collecting 41 bags of rubbish. The students began litter-picking close to home, but are now carrying out more targeted picks in areas where there is a build up of litter, like the industrial estates. Well done D of E team! It’s fantastic to see the Keep Bromsgrove Beautiful group continuing to be successful and supporting the students in their extra-curricular activities. KBB’s regular monthly group litter picks, which had been very well supported during 2019, have been put on hold in line with current restrictions, but this hasn’t stopped members of the group getting out, carrying out solo litter picks and making a difference to where they live. With the national focus on litter picking starting to increase it is hoped that there will be a change in behaviour and more people will start to love where they live and drop less litter. Until that happens the team at Keep Bromsgrove Beautiful encourage us all to “keep picking!”. Show your support for the group by following the Facebook page www.facebook.com/groups/