A primary school will team up with Big Clean sponsors to take part in the campaign for the first time.

Ormsgill School pupils will team up with Big Clean sponsor Kimberly-Clark to take part in the Evening Mail's Big Clean campaign for the first time.

Ormsgill's school council, which is made up of pupils from each year, met to discuss the clean and held a session discussing ideas and decided whereabouts in the community is most in need of a good tidy up.

Ormsgill School's new head master, Australian-born Mick Cull, said: "The most important thing I have noticed since starting to teach here is how lucky we are in Ormsgill to have such a fantastic amount of community spirit and support from residents.

"The children and I think that it is very important to play an active role in the community too and when Kimberly-Clark contacted us to see if we would be interested in taking part in a Big Clean event with them we were eager to help.

"I think for the children it is all about being good citizens and taking the opportunity to work with a big business to make Barrow a cleaner, better place to live."

The pupils, who will take part in the clean along with the staff members from Kimberly-Clark, will be from the school council and joined by a number of year six pupils. The idea of helping their community out in such an active way ignited a real interest in the school council and they agreed that another, smaller clean up would be a great activity for younger pupils to do within the school itself. Mr Cull, who has now been at the school for three years and took over the position of head master in 2015, said: "The children came up with a few ideas themselves, listing places that they think are important in the community or significant to their families and friends.

"Some of the places that were suggested for the clean were Roanhead, Ormsgill reservoir and Ormsgill skate park. I think they have decided to go with the skate park."

The teams from Ormsgill School and Kimberley-Clark will unite on Monday 18 July for their joint Big Clean.

Since its birth in 2011, the Big Clean has grown in popularity, running for seven months every year. It has attracted people of all ages, from community groups to school children, with hundreds of people getting involved.

To find out how you can get involved contact: gabrielle.rowley@nwemail.co.uk.