A rainbow start to the first litterpick of the Summer.

Our volunteers were out on Wednesday 17/04/24 at Swan Pool Park DY8 3RL. Our volunteers were Ivor, Alan, John, Helen, Valerie, Pam, Rachel, Doug, Chris, Jan and Les. Everyone worked hard to locate litter and in total 10 bags were collected along with a garden parasol, a metal cage and an old carpet.

This was our first litterpick of the Summer diary. The weather was dry and we were disappointed not to see members of the local community come along to assist. After all the reason this location was chosen was due to local concerns about the litter.

At the end of the litterpicking we received a large Toblerone for our hard work. I would like to thank the local couple who donated this to the group. It was appreciated.

Our next litterpick will be on Wednesday 01/05/24 at 06.30pm – New Farm Road DY9 7NZ. Please come along and help us improve your local area.

Dates For The Diary

At a meeting last night, the following dates were set for litter picks…

630pm Wednesday 17th April: Swan Pool Park (Studley Gate, Stourbridge DY8 3RL)

630pm Wednesday 1st May: New Farm Estate (Walton Road, Stourbridge DY9 7NZ)

630pm Wednesday 15th May: Stourbridge Town Centre (Vauxhall Road, Stourbridge DY8 1EX)

1030am Sunday 26th May: Sandy Lane Ramble (Sugar Loaf Lane, Stourbridge DY8 3AD)

630pm Wednesday 5th June: Lowndes Road (Lion Health Centre, Stourbridge DY8 3SW)

630pm Wednesday 19th June: Amblecote (Trinity Road, Stourbridge DY8 4JG)

630pm Wednesday 3rd July: Wychbury Medical Centre (Oakfield Road, Wollescote DY9 9DS)

630pm Wednesday 17th July: Oakfield Community Centre (Brettell Lane, Brierley Hill DY5 3LT)

1030am Sunday 28th July: Buckpool Nature Reserve (Cressett Avenue, Brockmoor DY5 3XY)

630pm Wednesday 7th August: River Stour (Mendip Road, Stourbridge DY8 4UA)

630pm Wednesday 21st August: Norish Cold Steel (Off The Gateway, Brierley Hill DY5 1LJ)

1030am Sunday 1st September: TBA

Last Winter Litter Pick

Our volunteers on Sunday 17th March were John, Les, Tony, Rachael, Helen, Martin, Pam, Linda, Val, Doug, Dawn and Dave.  Everyone worked hard collecting a total of 20 bags, 2 tyres, carpet, buckets, a cash till and various other miscellaneous plastic and metal objects from the Bradley Road and Bonded Warehouse are of the town.

This was our final litter pick on the winter diary.  Considering how wet it has been, we have been extremely lucky to have missed the worst of the weather without having to cancel a single date.  The summer planning meeting will be on Sunday 7th April from 7pm

25 Bags Filled

As usual there was plenty of litter and fly tipped items to be found in both Bull Street, Addison Road and along the canal.  An attempt was also made to remove some of the fly tipped items that were in the canal but unfortunately we did not have the necessary equipment to do this without putting ourselves at risk.

Many thanks to our ten volunteers, Les, Tony, Pam, Rachael, Ivor, Linda, Val, John, Dave and Dawn.  We filled 25 bags and found a collection of other items including a fridge freezer, 3 gas cylinders, 2 traffic cones, a tyre, carpet, road works sign, clothes airer, buckets, tubs, guttering, plastic table top and chair.

Our final litter pick of the winter schedule is on 17th March, 2024 and we will be meeting at the ring road end of Bradley Road, DY8 4LY.

Better Weather on Sunday

10am Sunday Bull Street/Addison Road Junction, Brierley Hill DY5 3RA

Bag Dragging

Upon arriving in Rushall Close, Wordsley, we soon discovered litter strewn along the banks of a brook, most of which had been thrown over the small foot bridge. 

Eleven of us set to work on either side of the bridge, but soon discovered when Les and Doug arrived that most of the rubbish was at the other end of the street, down the banks of the Stour, off the car park in Smallshire Way. 

Dave joined them working on that area, with many of the other volunteers making our way there once we had cleared the patch we were working on.

We arrived to discover Les working hard dragging up the last of many bags of foam that had been fly tipped over the fence.  Although these were light, the terrain was steep making the task difficult even with the use of a rope. 

Approximately forty bags, a tyre, exercise bike, wire fencing and other miscellaneous items where collected from the Smallshire Way end, whilst we had a more modest collection of nine bags, a fridge door, stair gate and vinyl flooring from Rushall Close.

Many thanks to our fourteen hard working volunteers Pam, Rachael, Ivor, Tony, Val, Linda, Martin, John, Hugo, Elsie, Doug, Les, Dave and Dawn, both areas are now looking much better.

Roger joined us at the end to collect his much overdue leaving gift and thank you card.  We are all missing his great organisational skills and all the extra time he put in before each litter pick checking where the rubbish was, what equipment would be needed and clearing overgrown areas.  It was wonderful to see him again and we all hope his forthcoming hip operation goes ahead as planned and is successful.

Not So bad!

Our twelve volunteers, Doug, John, Martin, Helen, Val, Tony, Ivor, Chris, Jan, Gren, Dave and Dawn set off in different directions in search of litter.  However, most of us struggled to find enough to keep us busy for the duration resulting in several people departing earlier than our usual finishing time.  

We were however approached by several walkers who expressed an interest in volunteering with us in the future and one gentleman, Gren who saw us setting up, joined us for today’s litter pick. 

Despite the shortage of litter, we still managed to find enough hidden in bushes and the undergrowth to fill 10 bags, together with a dolls push chair, a plastic crate, part of a car fender, a tyre and a few other odds and end.

Many thanks to everyone who volunteered today, not many were still around for the end photo, but it was good to see this area looking less littered than it was at some of our previous clean ups here.

Our next litter pick on Sunday, 18th February is at Rushall Close, Wordsley, DY8 4XE.

What’s App Group

We are moving away from SMS messaging out to our active members after the 4th February 2024 due to difficulties adding and removing members from that group. What’s App puts you in control of the messaging and is much easier for us to administer.

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Dunsley Road Litter Pick

Sunday’s litter pick soon got underway with seven tyres and a fridge that had been fly tipped behind the bushes right opposite where we had parked the van.  By the end, various other items had been added to the pile including a coffee table, bike, camping chair and thirteen bags of litter.

Thanks to today’s nine volunteers Tony, Helen, Val, Linda, Chris, Jan, John, Dave and Dawn, the verges, woodland and foot paths are now looking much better.

Our next litter pick is on Sunday, 4th February, 2024 at the junction of Sugar Loaf Lane and Roman Road, Norton.  Post code, DY8 6PS.

New Year, Same Old Rubbish

Seven volunteers went out on Sunday 7th January for our first litter pick of 2024. 

After clearing the litter from around the School Drive car park we all made our way to Amblecote Park where most of the litter was to be found in difficult to reach places, down the banks of the brook and in the bushes around the edges. 

We filled fourteen bags and also found the remains of a mattress, a car fender and a few other random items.  Many thanks to Martin, Doug, John, Ivor, Rachael, David and Dawn.

Our next litter pick is on Sunday, 21st January, 2024 at Dunsley Road, Norton, DY8 3LS.