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Big Spring Clean Gallery

Big Spring Clean 2008

Former Notts County Football Club defender, Austin McCann, prepares to tackle graffiti around the Meadow Lane ground as part of Nottingham City Council's Anti-graffiti campaign.

Former Notts County FC defender, Austin McCann, helps promote the new Nottingham City Council Graffiti-busting booklet

Children from Iona School in Sneinton carry out a clean up event around their local area.

Schoolchildren from Iona School begin to tackle litter in their local area The rubbish begins to pile up... ...and is then transported to awaiting Street Scene staff for disposal!

Council staff and Students from Nottingham University gather for photos before commencing litter picks on the city streets!

Students and City Council staff Students and City Council staff litter-pick

Staff from Nottingham City Council's Enviro-crime team and METRO Newspaper carried out a clean up event on Canal Street.  Spot the difference!

Nottingham City Council and METRO Newspaper staff convert a patch of land by Canal Street from this... From this ...to this!

                     From this...                                                        ...to this!

On the final day of the Big Spring Clean 2008, a Volunteer Event was held at the beautiful Wollaton Park.  People of all ages took part, and an enjoyable days was had by all...as some of the pictures show!

Volunteers searching for litter and unwanted debris Members of the public volunteered to help clean any litter from around Wollaton Park. Age was no barrier on Volunteer Day at Wollaton Park!

Pictures from previous Big Spring Clean campaigns

Launch of Big Spring Clean 2007

Children from Rufford Junior School dress as rats to highlight the health hazards of dropping litter Street Scene staff with rubbish accumulation to show how much rubbish can be collected in a 24 hour period

Bluebell Hill School 'Cheerleaders'

British Waterways staff and Students from Nottingham Trent University join forces to help tidy up one of the busiest stretches of tow path in the region.

Staff from British Waterways and Nottingham City Council with bags of rubbish collected during clean up Nottingham Trent University Students during Canal tow path clean up

Members of the Muslim Women's Organisation worked with women from Nottingham City Council's Street Scene to clean up around their community centre on Ilkeston Road.  

Before... ...and after! Volunteer from Muslim Women's Organisation in action

                  Before...                                      ...and after!

Waverley PNEU School pupils assisted in a tidy up at the Arboretum.  Afterwards they made a display panel at their school which explored the problems of littering in greater detail.

Waverley PNEU School pupil during tidy up at The Arboretum Display by Waverley PNEU School pupils highlighting the problems caused by littering

The Big Spring Clean is launched, April 10, 2006

launch on April 10

launch on Old Market Square         launch in Old Market Square

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Here are a few photographs from The Big Spring Clean 2005

Photograph from last year's campaignPhotograph from last year's campaign

Photograph from last year's campaignPhotograph from last year's campaign

                                 Sneinton Ladies Action Group, May 7 2005