FRIENDS of the Lake District are appealing for volunteers for the 2021 Great Cumbrian Litter Pick.
The county-wide litter pick takes place this year on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd May and is an opportunity not only to clear up our county but spread the message ahead of the busy tourist season that everyone who visits should take their litter home with them and leave no trace.
Ruth Kirk, Friends organiser of the event said: “We need people who visit, and live in, the Lake District and Cumbria to know that in the majority of countryside locations, no-one is paid to pick up the litter that people carelessly discard.
“There is an army of selfless volunteers among our communities who tidy up after others day in, day out from the goodness of their hearts.
“But they shouldn’t have to.”
“We want to say a huge thank you to them and highlight their efforts, but also to ask people – please - to stop littering these spectacular, fragile landscapes.”
Anyone can take part in The Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, register at www.thegre
atcumbrianlitterpick.or.uk.
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