Litter continues to be a big issue nationally, with councils spending almost £1 billion of taxpayers’ money cleaning up our streets. This money could be better spent elsewhere if we each did what we can to help.

As part of our academy’s commitment to tackling the litter issues in our local community, we organised a series of litter picks throughout November.

Students volunteered to give up part of their lunch break once a week, to collect litter in the streets surrounding the academy site and we filled more than 30 bags from just four sessions!

Members of the community stopped to show their support and appreciation for the effort our students were making to clean up the area, with some residents commenting that we’d saved them a job for the weekend!

Litter picking is a great way to get some exercise, meet new people and show we care for the areas we live in. Why not get involved and clean up your own area? For help and advice see: https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/ or https://www.salford.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/salford-street-champions/