“We all have a few rubbish friends – but usually not like these…”
Hannah David launches social action initiative to help with cleaning up Harrow…
One of the things that residents in Harrow are most concerned about is the state of our streets, roads, and parks. Under the last Conservative administration, the council invested heavily in street cleaning, but there is still too much litter on our streets. That is why I am setting up a new volunteering initiative — Rubbish Friends — to help keep our streets clean.
Rubbish Friends will meet once a month at different locations across the borough to clean up a local street, road or park. I want to recruit as many volunteers as possible, and that is why I am asking for your help.
This is not just about keeping our streets clean. Doing voluntary work in our community is an important civic duty – the challenges we face as a society seem to grow in scope every day and if we are to overcome them we must all shoulder our share of the burden with humility. I hope that through Rubbish Friends, we can encourage others to roll up their sleeves, and take action to make Harrow a better place to live for all.
I am particularly interested in involving young people in this initiative. In time, I hope to build many Rubbish Friends teams across Harrow. This is a fantastic opportunity for young people to improve their team work and leadership skills, while giving something back to the community.
The First meeting of Rubbish friends will take place this Friday, 18th July in Rayner’s Lane. The meeting point will be our offices at 10 Village Way at 12:00.
Harrow Council have kindly agreed to provide all the equipment we need – gloves, litter pickers, and bin bags.
If you would like to get involved in Rubbish Friends, please send an email to [email protected].