Ashford's Big Clean Up

All across Ashford, we are joining forces with local residents and established litter picking groups to help clean up our environment.

We started our own litter picking group in 2023 with the residents of the Holiday Inn and this continued once a month for over a year with regular volunteers in attendance. Having noticed the extent of how much litter there is around us, not just in the town but in our suburbs, even extending out to the countryside, we wanted to do something about it. Litter aside, we know Ashford has a lot to offer and 'we' like many of you, would like to enjoy our town without the rubbish!

We have noticed that many more people are individually going out with a bin bag and doing it for themselves, but we thought, why don’t we all collaborate and go out in force to make a real impact on our environment.

This is why each spring, we set up monthly dates lasting until the end of Summer, open to all adults and children in the community, to come along and volunteer and do a good deed for the day. We've named it " The Big Clean' and in 2024, we covered numerous areas around town, even having joined forces with Repton Litter Pickers, Willesborough Wombles and Kennington Parish Council.

We have plenty of bin bags, hi vis vests and limited litter pickers available so if you have your own, please feel free to bring it.

All you have to do is turn up on your preferred date, we will litter pick in small groups in that area and then return the rubbish to our meeting point where Ashford Borough Council will be collecting the waste at the end of the session. In 2025, we will be covering the large expanse of Kennington Parish, starting on the last Saturday of the month, 29th March, joining forces with Kennington Parish Council. This will continue every month until the Summer end.

If you have any further questions and want to get involved, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Call Frances on 01233 367606 or email frances@mockfordandhunt.co.uk