A community clean up is continuing to achieve results after another day of action over the weekend saw residents join together.
The latest edition of East Marsh United’s ‘Six Feet of Your Street’ invited the public to clean Harold Street, in Grimsby, for ‘cleaning and celebrations’.
On Saturday 8th June, attendees joined together to clean up Harold Street, involving volunteers from across the community.
Mayor of the Borough, Steve Beasant praised the volunteers, adding that it instils ‘a bit of civic pride in the area’.
“Even though I’m major of the borough I take a great deal of pride in the area. I’m out multiple days with my fellow ward councillors and I get out every single week more of less reporting fly tipping and getting the streets swept.” Steve Beasant said.
Manager, Paula Graves, said the scheme is about ‘bringing people together’, and taking responsibility for their part of the street.
“It’s six feet of your street day. It’s about getting the people on this street cleaning six feet of their street and joining in with each other and playing around with each other later.
“It’s about bringing people together and realising that they must take responsibility for their part of the street.” She said.
The day included a marching band, litter picking activities, celebrations, food and drink, and free support and advice about welfare benefits, landlords, energy, or similar house-related queries.
Community Outreach Officer Carolyn Doyley said:
“Today is all about communities coming together to clean the street, meet the engines, listen to some music and eat some food, we have afternoon tea with scones that were freshly baked yesterday by members of the community. Everyone is coming together to say that we can sort the state of the streets.
“It’s cleaning the pavements, the gutters, the council will be jet washing and sweeping.
“If people come out and get to know each other and start looking after their own front, they call it six feet of street for a reason, if they can manage that outside their home then the street takes care of its self and its not too overwhelming for people. It can be quite fun too if everyone’s coming out and about.”
Images: Through My Eyes Photography By Kelly Mclaughlin
