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5th October 2024 Litter Pick

LITTER PICK

A warm thank you from Claygate Parish Council to all the volunteers who gave up their time on Saturday October 5 to take part in the community litter pick. With a great communal effort, we are keeping Claygate green and clean.

Please look out for advertisements of the next clean-up event—refreshments are provided to all volunteers.

source: Claygate Courier, October 2024 issue, page 8

To discuss the pink signs on the Parade which have been installed since the gum-cleaning in support of the Keep Elmbridge Tidy Campaign.

This was discussed and the Chairman noted that a condition of having the work done was that the signs have to be in place until April 2025. He has a note in his diary to raise the matter with EBC again at that time.

(extract from Environment, Highways, and Transport Committee meeting, 3rd October 2024, item 15)

To answer any questions from members of the public.

A question was raised on our Litter Picks and why we don’t hold them more than twice a year and also if we really needed to supply food and refreshments afterwards which incurs costs. It was explained by Cllr Holt that this is also a chance for the residents of Claygate to be involved in more of a Community Event and that the refreshments enabled people of Claygate to spend time chatting and getting to know each other and also the Councillors.

(extract from Environment, Highways, and Transport Committee meeting, 3rd October 2024, item 5)

Saturday 5th October

at 7.30pm

Hare Lane Car Park

Parish Council Litter Pick

FURTHER INFORMATION

September 2024

Posted by CPC on Facebook 24th September 2024

12th September 2024

To discuss arrangements for the forthcoming litter-pick on 6th October—to include discussing any quotes for the possible replacement of the hi-vis vests.

It was agreed to go ahead and purchase 50 new hi-vis vests with Claygate Parish Council printed on the back. ACTION: Clerk Cllr Moon to get the banners and posters up locally in the village and onto social media as soon as possible. ACTION: Cllr Moon

(extract from Parish Council meeting, 12th September 2024, item 19)

August 2024

To confirm arrangements for the next community Litter Pick being held in October and discuss the possibility of a small prize for the largest bag of litter picked by the Scouts.

Cllr Moon requested a fund of up to £150 to buy three new banners on which we would be able to change the date, time and location for each new event. He suggested taking the image of the man from the Parade Sign and adding this with him holding a litter picker to add a bit of fun to the banners. This was proposed by Cllr Moon and seconded by Cllr Freeborn and carried unanimously. ACTION - Cllr Moon ACTION - Cllr Holt. (She has previously offered to organise a chocolate prize to the Scout who collects the biggest bag of litter.)

(extract from Environment, Highways, and Transport Committee meeting, 8th August 2024, item 16)

June 2024

To confirm arrangements for the next community litter pick being held in October and discuss the possibility of a small prize for the largest bag of litter picked by the Scouts.

The next litter pick will be held on Saturday 5th October at 10am. Cllr Holt informed the committee that the Scouts were a 'Yes' to help but unfortunately the Hub was unable to participate this time. Cllr Holt is still waiting to hear from the Guides and Brownies. ACTION - Cllr Holt to organise a small prize for the biggest bag of litter collected.

(extract from Environment, Highways, and Transport Committee meeting, 6th June 2024, item 13)

To report on the actioning of items from the previous minutes.

Cllr Holt had tried to contact Sandra Cunningham at Claygate Primary School regarding a possible competition for a picture to be added to the banners for Clean Up days, but without success. It was agreed that Cllr Moon would add something to the social media pages offering this competition to all children in Claygate. ACTION - Cllr Moon

(extract from Environment, Highways, and Transport Committee meeting, 6th June 2024, item 7)

Previous Litter Picks

CLEAN-UP DAY REACHES ALL AREAS

Enough volunteers came along to cover all areas of Claygate on a very successful Clean-up Day in January. Large amounts of litter were pulled from verges, garden fences, hedges and elsewhere. The Parish Council thanks everyone enormously who turned out to help on a very cold day and Donna Holt, who chairs the council, says: “I felt a special kind of satisfaction every time a new piece of litter went into my clean-up bag and it was great driving around Claygate afterwards seeing the newly cleaned up streets.”

The next Clean-up Day is planned for May 4 from 10am-12 noon, meeting in the Hare Lane Car Park (where parking will be free for the duration of the litter pick). The collection of rubbish will be followed by a barbecue lunch with tea, coffee and juice. We hope to see you on the day!

source: Claygate Courier, March 2024 issue, page 6