ITV Big Clean Up
>> Posted 31/08/06
Where: St Matthew's Community Centre
When: 17th September 2006 10am-4pm
The ITV sponsored event to clean up the environment is taking place in 20 different locations nationally. 6000 volunteers across the country will be taking part, which includes 300 for the Leeds project.
New youth volunteering charity v are funding the event and, in the case of the Holbeck project, Groundwork Trust are helping us find sites and are donating equipment.
Volunteers can meet at the St Mathew's community centre in Holbeck at 10am on the day and then teams will go to predetermined sites around Holbeck to atke part in the clean up.
Along with over 300 volunteers, Councillors Adam Ogilvie and David Congreve will be joining us on the day and Yorkshire TV will be filming from the site all day.
The aimm of the project is to highlight issues such as fly tipping, littering and graffitti as major social and community issues whilst taking a potitive step towards remedying these problems in communities.
One full time volunteer from CSV will be appointed to manage each of the 20 clean up exercises.
