Gavin Williamson, MP for South Staffordshire, helped out two community groups this weekend who were taking part in the national clean-up event, Clean for The Queen.
Across South Staffordshire, more than 80 people turned out in Perton and Essington for the national Clean for The Queen tidy-up events which took place over the weekend.
Friends of Essington joined with local schools and groups to clean up the area beginning at the Scout and Guide HQ in the village. Simultaneously, Perton held a similar event with 1st Perton Scouts helping out to litter pick around The Parkway area, with 36 bags of litter being collected.
Altogether, across the UK more than a million people have been out and about clearing up the places where they live to help celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday in April.
The campaign, backed by organisations including the Women’s Institute, the National Trust and the RSPB, as well as businesses including McDonald’s, Costa, Greggs, KFC and Wrigley and anti-litter charities such as Keep Britain Tidy and the Campaign to Protect Rural England, was the biggest community-led clean-up the country has ever seen.
Clean for The Queen is about everyone working together to give the country a big spring clean ahead of Her Majesty’s birthday and I am so pleased that so many people came out in force to support it.
Campaign Director, Adrian Evans said: “On behalf of the campaign, I would like to say a big thank you to residents from Perton and Essington for supporting Clean for The Queen campaign. This has been a campaign that has seen a million people stepping out of their front doors to make a difference to the way places look in every corner of the UK.”
After the even Gavin said: “It was wonderful to see so many residents come out for the Clean for The Queen campaign at the weekend. I would particularly like to thank all those involved, especially those who attended with Friends of Essington and the Perton residents who came out on a cold Saturday morning to join in.
“I hope that this event encourages more residents to take better care of the area in which we live. Litter is a problem that councils across the UK spend the best part of £1billion clearing up every year. We are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful area which we should take pride in and I am so glad that so many South Staffordshire residents got involved.”