Are you ready for another litter blitz in Hartlepool? Here's where it will be

Members of the Hartlepool Big Town Tidy Up group will converge on the Jesmond and Throston areas of town on Sunday, September 27.

They will be there from 9am to 1pm in one of the regular ward cleans which are being planned by the group.

Plans for the

A spokesman for the group said on its Facebook page: “Covid-19 restrictions mean we cannot do the clean as we would normally. Therefore there won't be any specific meeting point nor start time.”

Anyone interested is being urged to start at a time to suit them and tidy a part of the ward which is best for them.

"This way we can continue our hard work in a safe manner,” said the spokesman.

The Hartlepool Mail revealed earlier this month how 35 people from the Big Town Tidy Up tackled the last ward clean when they descended on the marina area and were joined by four members of the Marina’s own staff.

Hartlepool Big Town Tidy Up members want to hit every ward in Hartlepool within a year and have already blitzed four parts of town since the start of summer.

Their crackdown in the Marina, Burn Valley, De Brus and Headland areas has seen around 170 bags of litter collected so far, and around 30 people have been turning out to join in the mass clean-up each time.

Group members have collected everything from abandoned bags of dog dirt to gas canisters.

They have taken more than 4,000 bags of other people’s rubbish off the streets of the town and they won’t be letting up in their battle for clean streets.

The band of volunteers has the support Hartlepool Borough Council in their efforts to make a difference and want to get across the message that ‘this is everyone’s fight’.

Group founder Jason Bland, who co-founded ‘Big Town Tidy Up’ with Danny Oram, set it up 18 months ago.

Jason previously told the Hartlepool Mail: “We want to bring a bit of pride back to the town and not look at litter all the time. This is a really positive movement and it is growing.”

To find out more about the Hartlepool Big Town Tidy Up, visit its Facebook page.

A message from the Editor:

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our advertisers - and consequently the revenue we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you taking out a digital subscription.

Subscribe to the Hartlepool Mail website and enjoy unlimited access to local news and information online and on our app. With a digital subscription, you can read more than 5 articles, see fewer ads, enjoy faster load times, and get access to exclusive newsletters and content. Visit here to sign up. You can subscribe to the newspaper with 20% off here. Thank you.