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The spring 2013 community grant deadline has now passed. We had a fantastic response and have now awarded grants to 24 applicants, including schools, tenants groups, social enterprises and traders associations to name a few. We have also awarded a further 30 groups with Capital Clean-up Kits, for both land and waterway clean-ups. These groups are now busy making use of their grants and kits, in the sunshine we hope. Visit our Project Dirt page to see some of the fantastic blogs and photos that our grant recipients have posted to document their Capital Clean-ups. http://www.projectdirt.com/cluster/capitalcleanup/
Capital Clean-up of the month
In June 2013 we are introducing the Capital Clean-up of the month. Tell us about your inspiring activities and tweet or Facebook a before and after picture and you could win a £50 voucher to buy more equipment and materials to help take your project further. Perhaps you’d now like to do some planting to brighten up the space you've cleaned up, or plant up some tree pits in your street. Perhaps your group is growing and you need more equipment to carry out future events.
Each month, we’ll announce a winning clean-up who will receive the £50 voucher. To put your clean-up forward as clean-up of the month tweet us @capitalcleanup using #capitalcleanupofthemonth or post on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/capitalcleanup
1. Simply Tweet or Facebook one before and one after photo of your clean-up
2. Tell us in the tweet how many volunteers were involved and how many bags of rubbish were collected – you can easily shorten this for twitter to 17Vol/6Bags
3. Also tell us what you plan to do with the £50 Voucher – i.e want to buy planting for street tree pits
Capital Spring Clean Week: 9-17 March 2013
Thanks to all those who volunteered to make Capital Spring Clean Week a huge success. Despite the near freezing temperatures we saw 22 clean-ups taking place in the capital, led by over 260 volunteers from Local Authorities, tenants and residents groups, conservationists, scouts, housing associations, corporate volunteers and more. So far we know that during this week of activity, near to 300 bags of rubbish were collected and 41 tonnes of fly-tipping and other heavy waste removed from London’s streets and green spaces. Thanks to all those involved in this fantastic achievement.
Are you holding a Capital Clean-up this spring?
Download our posters to help promote your event - click on the links below, save, edit and distribute!
Download A4 poster.
Download A3 poster.
Download the press release template below. The press release includes a quote from the Mayor of London and you can insert information about your event and organisation.
Download press release template.
Press releases must be sent to Nicola for approval before being sent to press, contact nicola.murphy-evans@london.gov.uk at least 5 working days in advance.
About Capital Clean-up
Capital Clean-up is a partnership campaign led by the Mayor of London as part of his Team London volunteering programme to help Londoners green and clean our city through community engagement and participation. The campaign is now in its fifth year and so far, we have coordinated over 1,000 clean-up events led by community groups, members of the public and local authorities. For more information visit http://www.london.gov.uk/capitalclean-up
Following a successful burst of Capital Clean-up activity in the run up to the London 2012 Games, Groundwork London is now working in partnership with the Greater London Authority to continue to inspire and enable London’s communities, businesses, charities and residents to make the capital a cleaner, greener and safer place to live, work and play in.
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