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Big Spring Clean - What’s going on

Big Spring Clean 2008 Calendar of Events

19th February

Arches Adventure Centre / Street Scene health and safety sessions at:

  • Scotholme Primary School, Hyson Green
  • Stanstead Primary School, Rise Park
  • Robert Shaw, Western Boulevard
  • Ambleside Primary School, Aspley

20th / 22nd February
  • Environmental Artists half day sessions in various schools looking at the impact of litter on the aquatic environment

23rd February
  • Sandfield Centre Ponds Clean Up with N.C.C. Staff

1st March    
  • Greenwood Infants and Nursery School / The Renewal Trust - Play Area Improvements
  • Bulky Waste Disposal - Bosden Close, Bilborough

3rd March
  • Big Spring Clean launch - Old Market Square
  • Student Big Spring Clean campaign begins (2 weeks)
  • Partnership Council showing of 'An Inconvenient Truth' at the Savoy Cinema, 6pm.

4th March
  • Big Spring Clean on Tour - Bulwell Market
  • Hucknall Road Walkway Litter Pick

5th March
  • Big Spring Clean on Tour - Hyson Green
  • Balloon Woods Clean Up

6th March
  • Trent University Students Union Bin Bags Giveaway
  • Churchfield residents Litter Pick in Top Valley
  • Clean Up of Mickleborough Play Area
  • Street Cleansing / Scarab demonstration - The Vine Centre Under 5's

7th March
  • Nottingham University Bin Bags Giveaway
  • Big Spring Clean on Tour - Clifton Market
  • Clean Up of Kingsthorpe Wood Embankment

8th March
  • Nottingham University International Conference; Human Rights and the Environment
  • 'Great Big Student Gardening Day' in Lenton
  • St. Martins and Denewood Clean Up
  • Trent Vineyard Church volunteers - Canal side Litter Pick

10th March

St. Ann's Week of Action commences, including:

  • One-off Special Collections of household rubbish
  • Alleyway clearance
  • Clearing and cutting back shrubs in overgrown areas
  • Fly-tipping and graffiti removal
  • Grot-spot clean ups including Stonebridge City Farm

  • Blenheim Lane Allotments Clean Up
  • East Meadows Tenants and Residents Assocation St. Saviours Litter Pick
  • Big Spring Clean of the City Centres' litter bins
  • Highbank Primary School Litter Pick
  • Planting on Pearmain Drive week commencing 10th March

11th March
  • Schools Canal side Clean Up in kayaks (4 schools taking part with 80 children)
  • Nottingham Trent University Litter Pick in the Arboretum

12th March
  • 'Great Big Student Gardening Day' in Lenton
  • Jesse Boot Primary School Litter Pick

13th March
  • Mountford House School Litter Pick on Forest Recreation Ground
  • Moorgreen Estate Clean Up
  • Fariham Brook Litter Pick

14th March
  • Anti-cigarette litter activity, clean up, enforcement (Station Street, Bromley Place)

15th March
  • Waste Management Clean Up - Fabis Drive, Clifton
  • Perimeter of Broxtowe Park Clean Up

16th March
  • St. Ann's Allotment Activity Day
  • Bulwell Hall Walk (meet at Park Gates at 10am)

17th March
  • Graffiti Week of Action - launch of booklet for businesses and city centre blitz
  • Lovell Infants School Litter Pick - Arboretum
  • Notts. County Football Ground graffiti removal with players and managers
  • Aspley Week in Action commences

18th March
  • Enviro-crime Team and METRO Litter Pick at the rear of Broad Marsh Centre

19th March
  • NCC Staff Clean Up & Conservation Event
  • Activity Day - Independent Street Play Area
  • Shrub Planting in the Arboretum - Nottingham in Bloom

20th March
  • Activity Day - Gawthorne Street Play Area

21st March
  • Easter Egg Hunt - Strelley Recreation Ground, 2pm - 4pm
  • Radford Churches Walk of Witness and Litter Pick

22nd March
  • Waste Management Clean Up - Glapton Lane, Clifton
  • Easter Egg Hunt - Victoria Park, 10am - 12pm  
  • Easter Egg Hunt - Forest Recreation Ground, 2pm - 4pm (meet at Main Pavillion)

23rd March
  • Easter Egg Hunt at Queen's Walk Recreation Ground - 11am - 3pm

25th March
  • Spring Clean of Quarry Holes Nature Reserve

26th March
  • Minver Crescent Anti-Litter Workshop (Schools, Community Groups, Nottingham City Council and Partners), including Minver Crescent Litter Pick as part of Anti-litter Environmental Education activity.

27th March
  • Activity Day - Bridlington Street Play Area
  • Nottingham in Bloom launch - Old Market Square
  • Coppice Park Clean Up with Play Rangers and Neighbourhood Environmental Action Team (NEAT Team)
  • Bestwood Youth Forum Estate Inspection
  • Sandy Banks Nature Reserve Litter Pick with William Olds Youth Club

28th March
  • Volunteer Day of Action at Wollaton Park

29th March
  • Notts. County Ground Litter Pick

31st March
  • East Meadows Tenants and Residents Association, St. Saviours Church Litter Pick

2nd April
  • Litter Picker give-away initiative in the City Centre
  • Fulwood Crescent Litter Pick as part of Anti-Litter Environmental Education Activity (Schools, Community Groups, Nottingham City Council and partners)