Media Release: Truro and Newham Businesses, along with Local Communities, Spruce Up the City’s Streets
Businesses and organisations from Truro and Newham, along with residents, came together last week to help spruce up the city’s streets as part of a two-day clean up.
The ninth Truro City Clean Up event, organised by Truro BID in association with Newham BID, took place on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March. Truro BID and Newham BID, along with several businesses, organisations, community groups, and local volunteers, all worked together to clean, tidy and litter pick.
On Friday City Clean Up started with a litter pick along Tregolls Road, followed by cable tie cutting, sticker removal and sign washing in the city centre. There was another litter pick in the afternoon at Newham.
Some of the Truro businesses and organisations involved included: Ask, Barclays, CLEAR, Cornwall Council, Francis Clark, LiveWest and Natwest. Businesses and organisations from Newham that took part included Biffa, Kartha Commercial Cleaning, MJ Medical, RRL and St Petroc’s.
Truro City Council’s Countryside Rangers, Damien Richards, Community Development Officer at the city council, and Local volunteer community leader Paul Caruana helped getting local community groups on board for the clean-up.
On Saturday, the Friends of Daubuz Moor focused on litter removal in Daubuz Moor. Elsewhere in Truro, the City Life Church and Trelander and St. Clements Community Association arranged a litter pick in Trelander, and the Kenwyn Community Association arranged a litter pick in their local area, which included Kenwyn Church Road to Rosedale. There was also some targeted litter picking around the Hendra and Penair School area.
In Truro City Centre, a team of volunteers focused on further sign washing and sticker removal, which included Kartha Commercial Cleaning, MP Jayne Kirkham, Truro in Bloom Volunteers and other residents: including Bryan Skinner, Nick James, Rich Estlick and Alan Jones.
Truro BID Manager, Alun Jones said: “We are delighted that some of Truro’s businesses and organisations gave up their time and volunteered for City Clean Up. Thanks to everyone involved in sprucing up the city and special thanks to Bryan Skinner and Nick James for their involvement.”
Sian Knights, BID Manager for Newham, said: “City Clean Up was another fantastic opportunity to work together with Truro BID and make a real difference. We’re incredibly grateful to all the businesses and volunteers who helped Newham look cleaner and feel more welcoming.”
Anna Cormie, Countryside Ranger at Truro City Council said: “It was great to have a group of people come out to support Friends of Daubuz Moor taking part in the Truro City Clean Up event and caring for our local wild spaces. Thank you to all involved in the event for helping to keep the city and its wild spaces clean.”
Damien Richards from Truro City Council said: “Community litter picks are more than keeping an area clean, it is a way to bring the community together. We often have people take part that have never met before with a broad age range from the very young to the much older.”
Local volunteer community leader Paul Caruana added: “Just doing a little, collectively, sees great results! Litter picking produces instant outcomes, there for all to see. Together we can make a difference.”
A total of 155 bags of rubbish were collected during the two-day City Clean Up event, and over 80 people took part.
Fifteen ‘lost’ road signs and cones were found and returned to the Cormac depot. Some of the larger and usual items included a bike, car parts, a pushchair, and a kitchen sink!
In addition to sprucing up the streets for City Clean Up, Truro BID helps keep the streets safer by funding the Truro Rangers security resource who provide 46 hours of foot patrols each week to deter low level crime and violence against shop workers.
Truro BID is planning another City Clean Up, either later this year, or next spring (2027).
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