The Big Tidy Up - Sparkbrook

Friendship’s Housing Officer, Tracey Withers rallied volunteers together to support litter collecting sessions in the streets of Sparkbrook in Birmingham in March 2009.

Braithwaite Road and Gladstone Road benefitted from the clean up efforts of children and teachers from local Christchurch School, residents, the police, fire brigade, environmental wardens, neighbourhood support wardens and housing officers.  Friendship’s MD Jonathan Driffill also joined the volunteers to lend a hand.

Keep Britain Tidy is calling on residents the length and breadth of England to do their bit to improve the quality of their communities.

The 2009 Big Tidy Up launched at the beginning of April and is aiming to build on last year's success when it established itself as the Country's biggest ever litter pick.

Since its launch in September 2008 more than 12,000 groups have registered and collected almost 24,000 bags of rubbish.