This group was setup originally to improve the environment in Egerton, Eagley, Harwood and Bromley Cross, but we now cover any area of North Bolton.
We meet up to litterpick every Sunday morning from 9:00 - 10:30 am.
The group now numbers around 40 members, consisting of around 15 who meet up on Sundays, plus another 20 - 25 who are 'lone pickers' who clear specific areas, or pick up as they walk the dog, or walk around the area.
By the end of 2018 we expect to have collected more than 14,000 bags of litter since January 2017!!
Current total as at May 2018 is 8400!!
Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers
We meet Weekly on Sundays between 9.00am and 10.30am.
For information about our next event, please contact us
Eileen Crowe
Many thanks for the grant from BGU
the fund goes towards additional equipment not provided by the council. We would also like to purchase high viz logo coats to help keep volunteers safe and warm during bad weather
By having the appropriate equipment we can use our time more productively
The volunteers are aware of the fund and felt the money given was an endorsement of their selfless work, to keep Bolton tidy.
By organising group picks in targeted areas we have h More.....
A member of the Litter Picker of North Bolton, Peter Brabin, is mentioned in an article in the Bolton News, criticising some businesses which had flytipped their waste. Click here to read the full article.
A litter picking group came together with the help of the emergency services for a huge litter pick this weekend — collecting over 400 bags full of waste.
The Litter Pickers of North Bolton, along with other groups from across the borough, including the Horwich Clean Up Brigade, Friends of Longfellow, and litter pickers from Lever Edge and Great Lever, and mo More.....
Thank-you to Bolton Green Umbrella for the donation that enabled us to buy bought some hoops to hold open the green bags we use while litterpicking, and which make the job quicker and easier.
We meet as a group every Sunday morning - except when this has not been possible because of Covid - and litterpick from 9.00 - 10.30am. We work in a different area each week, although certain "grot spots" need regular revisits! We also go along and help newly formed litterpicking groups all acro More.....
Litter Pickers of North Bolton recently bought some hoops to hold open the green bags we use while litterpicking, and which make the job quicker and easier. These are the cheapest ones we found so we want to share that information with other groups. The company we used is The Clean Machine; their hoops are priced at £6.23 each excludin More.....
The Litter Pickers of North Bolton teamed up with Andy of Astley Bridge Litter Pickers and Connor of Johnson Fold Litter Pickers to litterpick Alders Lane, which runs from Thicketford Road to the industrial estate in Firwood. It's a lovely lane with views over the fields with horses grazing, but used to be subject to regular horrible flytips. A gate was installed at the end of the road and this has reduced the fly-tip problem massively, so we were pleasantly surprised at the relatively More.....
Bolton's river needs YOU! Along the banks of the river, just along from the renovated Queen's Park and from the planned development on the river at Church Wharf is a dreadful eyesore - massive fly-tipping of household waste. The Bolton News ran an article about this Click here to open the link and read the story
These two dedicated litterpickers turn out with their owner on a regular basis, in all kinds of weather. What would we do without people (and dogs....) like you? Their names are Nemo and Alice, and they are great favourites with other members of the group. Unfortunately, their efforts at using the litter grabbers leave a lot to be desired, so their collection rates aren't the best.... However, their fantastic owner more than makes up for it!!
The Litterpickers of North Bolton and Litterpickers of Bolton West joined forces on Sunday 28th October, concentrating on our town's river area as part of our contribution to the national "Surfers Against Sewage" campaign. We were joined by some of Bolton’s Councillors and two new volunteers from Chorley Thank you so much to everyone for coming and collecting a very respectable 91 bags, a shopping trolley, 2 traffic cones and lots of plastic piping
On behalf of the Litter Pickers of North Bolton we would like to offer our gratitude to the Helping Hand Company for their kind donation of ten Pickers, five hoops and two large sling bags Click here to visit their website
Bolton's two #LitterHeroes Ambassadors for Keep Britain Tidy - Eileen McKay Crowe and Belinda John - went to a national meeting in Central Hall, Westminster on Saturday 23rd June to meet key people from Keep Britain Tidy and to network with organisations across the country who share concerns about littering. This involvement at a national level will give them the opportunity to influence important developments, and to gain valuable support, advice and information. And it looks as if they had fun More.....
Keep Britain Tidy#LitterHeroes Ambassadors We are proud of our two newly appointed Keep Britain Tidy #LitterHeroes Ambassadors, Eileen Mckay-Crowe and Belinda John!! Congratulations to both of them. Eileen is a founder member of The Litter Pickers of North Bolton, and Belinda John is an energetic member of that group, who also goes into local schools to give talks to the children about littering and recycling. As Ambassadors for Keep Britain Tidy they will ".. become a #Lit More.....
Not only is new volunteer Jenny picking up litter , she has also designed and published this advert in this months and April's edition of Red Rose Directories. Please can we all share this , even if you can't manage to volunteer the more people that know about us the more people will get involved. Litter is like a virus let's go viral !!!
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