Throughout the first week of the spring volunteers have helped to tidy Clifton and Rawcliffe.
During week two (24-30 March) of the spring clean will be focused on the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward plus the Foxwood park.
Litter in hedgerow Acomb Wood Meadow
The first task of the week will take place on Tuesday from 10am-12noon when a team from The Chase Residents’ Association will be painting play equipment in Nelsons Lane Play area.
On Wednesday from 10am–12:30pm a team from Bootham School will be planting wildflower bulbs and trimming the hedges within the Chapman’s Pond site.
They will then move to Foxwood Park to plant bulbs and tidy up the hedge between 2:15pm -4:30pm.
Thursday will see Friends of Acomb Wood planting trees and litter picking within Acomb Wood. Volunteers who would like to help are asked to meet at 2pm at the Acomb Wood Drive/Quaker Wood Pub entrance.
York and North Yorkshire Probation Trust’s Community Payback team will also be busy during the week, litter picking around the Knavesmire between Herdsman’s Cottage and Cherry Lane.
Litter picking and edging the path between Acomb Wood Drive and Alness Drive, painting fences bordering Mayfields Pond, clearing gulleys and drains in the underpass on Hob Moor and removing household rubbish in Acomb Wood behind Spindle Close and Linnet Way.
Smarter York aims to help maintain a clean, green and safe environment for York. The initiative encourages and works with residents to create attractive neighbourhoods with a real sense of community and to tackle the things that can spoil our neighbourhoods for example littering or graffiti.
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