Get involved in the biggest Co-op spring clean ever

Volunteers are needed to join Lincolnshire Co-op colleagues and give communities a boost by sprucing up green spaces.

Lincolnshire Co-op colleagues will be swapping their day jobs to look after the local environment as part of the Society’s annual Co-op Spring Clean. People from the community are also being encouraged to pitch in at 14 locations across Lincolnshire and Newark.

Together with local environmental groups and councils, they’ll be cleaning up outdoor areas by litter picking, freshening up facilities, painting fences and improving popular nature trails.

All the clean ups will last between two to five hours and you don’t have to be a Lincolnshire Co-op member to join.

For most clean ups booking is not essential, and volunteers are simply asked to arrive at the meeting point on the day. Here are the events you can turn up to:

For most clean ups booking is not essential, and volunteers are simply asked to arrive at the meeting point on the day.

Here are the events you can turn up to:

• Saturday 14^th March – River Freshney clean up – The Pavilion, Freshney Drive, Grimsby, DN31 1XE
• Saturday 21^st March – Wyndham Park river clean up – Wyndham Park, Grantham, NG31 9BB
• Thursday 26^th March – Horncastle town centre litter pick – Stanhope Hall, Boston Road, Horncastle, LN9 6NF
• Thursday 26^th March – Newark litter pick – Newark Library, Beaumond Gardens, Balderton Gate, Newark, NG24 1UW
• Friday 27^th March – Gosberton litter pick – Gosberton Church Hall, Westhorpe Road, Gosberton, Splading, PE11 4EN
• Sunday 29^th March – Weelsby Woods litter pick – Weelsby Woods, Weelsby Road, Grimsby, DN32 8PW
• Tuesday 31^st March – Birchwood litter pick – Birchwood Big Local Office (Unit 26), Birchwood Centre, Lincoln, LN6 0QB

Wednesday 21st April – Louth litter pick – Louth Town Council, The Sessions House, Eastgate, Louth, LN11 9AJ

The events below have limited spaces, so you’ll need to book onto them.

• Tuesday 24^th March – Tonic Heath clean up, Spalding
• Wednesday 25^th March – River Brayford clean up – Lincoln University, Minerva Building, Lincoln, LN6 7TS
• Monday 30^th March – Bradley Woods clean up, Grimsby
• Sunday 5^th April – North Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
• Tuesday 7^th April – Big Boston Clean Up (Tickets booked via My Boston UK website here: www.mybostonuk.com/come-and-clean-up-with-us-2/ )
•  Sunday 3^rd May – Nettleham Woods clean up

To register your attendance, go online at: www.lincolnshire.coop/events or ring 01522 544 632 (Monday to Friday; 8:30am until 5pm). 

Lincolnshire Co-op Community Co-ordinator Danielle Budworth said “We’re excited to get stuck into some volunteering projects in our communities to help look after our local environment.

“This year is our biggest yet and we’re joining onto lots of clean ups that have been organised by local green groups and councils across Lincolnshire and Newark. Our aim is to get some of our colleagues to lend a hand at these events as well as spread the word and get more of the public involved.

“We’re going to more events than ever before and we can’t wait to help these groups so that they can continue to make a positive difference to the environment in our communities.”

For more information about times and meeting points for all events please go to: www.lincolnshire.coop/memberevents