West Leeds Dispatch community reporters have taken part in a community litter pick in the Burley Lodge area today.
The small team of volunteers have joined hundreds of litter pickers holding their own community litter picks across Leeds this weekend as part of the Leeds Goes Purple campaign.
The annual Leeds Goes Purple campaign aims to tackle the scourge of littering.
It is run by Litter Free Leeds, a community movement which works closely with Leeds City Council. It harnesses the power of volunteers, businesses and organisations to pick up litter and tidy up neighbourhoods and roadsides across the city.
The idea for a Dispatch litter pick came from community reporter Win Roddy, of Bramley. Volunteers targeted streets around the Burley Lodge Centre and the children’s play area at the back of the centre.
WLD editor John Baron said: “Leeds Goes Purple is an important community-led weekend which the Dispatch reports on annually.
“The weekend is another great example of the impact that volunteers can have on communities and we were happy to do our little bit, collecting five full bags of rubbish.”
- Check out more Leeds Goes Purple events on WLD’s what’s on calendar.
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