Capital Clean Up Campaign Background

2010 sees the fourth annual Capital Clean-Up Campaign and what better motivation to get our city clean than the impending 2012 Olympics when all eyes will be on our impressive capital.
The campaign is not just about the Olympics – it’s about making lasting changes to our environment and taking ownership over the places that we live in and love.
The wider objectives of the campaign are:

To encourage people to volunteer for local projects run by a wide variety of agencies and voluntary organisations.
To build on existing local authority services to make additional impact on local environments.
Link in with wider Government initiatives - Cleaner, Safer, Greener; the Anti-Social Behaviour agenda and the Respect agenda.
To increase awareness of local environmental quality issues and the impact on quality of life and well being leading to longer term interest and activity in maintaining and improving local environments.

The campaign is led by a group of representatives from the cleaner, safer and greener sectors in London including local authorities, Keep Britain Tidy, Greater London Authority, Government Office for London, London Councils, London Probation, Metropolitan Police and Love London.
The campaign will include special projects delivered by local authorities as well as events organised by volunteers. Projects and events may already be planned or arranged especially for the campaign.
Suggestions of potential areas of work include:

Clean up events.
Habitat restoration.
Regeneration linked initiatives.
Community Payback.
Volunteering.

To find out what is happening in your local area and how you can get involved click here

Previous Campaigns

2009

27 April to 5 June 2009.
Achievements included:

4,000 black bags worth of litter collected
2,000m2 of graffiti removed
1,500m2 of habitat restored
18 abandoned vehicles removed
1,000 hours of community payback service
200 Fixed Penalty Notices issued
Nearly 5,000 volunteers involved

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2008

March 10 to June 18 2008

600 black sacks worth of litter collected
2,000 m2 of graffiti removed
250m2 of habitat restored
1,200 volunteers involved

2007

March 8 to June 15 2007.
2007 marked the pilot of the Capital Clean-Up Campaign, with many successful events held across London. The success of the first year of the campaign provides a solid foundation upon which the campaign will continue to grow in the coming years.

Contact details

We would like to find out about existing activities taking place in London during Capital Clean-Up Campaign and would appreciate your involvement. Please send details to: corinna@london21.org.uk.