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People of all ages will be ‘Putting on the Blitz’ across Erewash when the annual month-long crackdown on litter and graffiti hotspots swings into action. This years Borough Blitz will run from 1st to 28th March 2010. If you would like to register your interest to take part contact Pride in Erewash on 0845 9072244 or email richard.windsor@erewash.gov.uk alternativley you can complete the online Volunteer Registration Form
Erewash Borough Council's Pride in Erewash initiative is a fantastic campaign with the community at its heart. It aims to create a cleaner, greener and safer borough for our current residents and future generations. Now into its fourth year, the campaign is going from strength to strength with hundreds of residents, partners and volunteers taking part in environmental and community events throughout the year.
The campaign is the driving force behind projects such as the 'Adopt a Park' scheme, community clean-ups, graffiti removal, Erewash in Bloom, School Recycling and the successful 24-hour confidential ‘Pride Line’ which enable residents to report fly-tipping and other environmental crime.
Many successful projects have already been delivered as part of the Campaign, the aim of which is to develop a sense of respect and ownership of our environment and improve the quality of life for all in the Borough.These Projects include:
- Community Clean Ups
- Graffiti Removal
- Promoting Tidy Business Standards (Food on the Go)
- Environmental Education Projects
- Healthy Life Styles
- Street Scene Improvements
- Recycling
- Erewash in Bloom
- Adopt a Park
- Pride Line
- Festival of Light
- Good Town Trader Awards
- 3510 Volunteering hours spent on environmental projects
- 40 Litter Picks took place
- 24 Junior Schools visited with 5695 children taking part in recycling assemblies as part of the Rethink Rubbish Campaign
- 151 entrants in the Erewash in Bloom 2008 competition - a new record
- 450 residents came to collect 2250 trees on the Free Tree give away days in Long Eaton and Ilkeston. In addition a further 40 community groups, organisations and schools in Erewash each received 50 free trees as well
- 9,162 people viewed the Pride in Erewash website.
