Campaign celebrates local environmental volunteers
A campaign launched in Wirral this week aims to celebrate and support the work of local volunteers who are making their communities better, more attractive places – and encourage others to do the same where they live.
The ‘Love Where You Live’ initiative is being reignited across Wirral as a way of enabling community-minded residents to get involved in local activities such as litter-picking to help improve their neighbourhoods.
To support along the way, Wirral Council will be making a range of equipment, such as , hi-viz jackets, litter pickers, litter hoops, bin bags and other items available to local groups to carry out organised activities.
Wirral has a proud history of volunteering and community action across the borough and to help launch ‘Love Where You Live’, council leaders paid a visit to see the work of one of the most established groups in the area to highlight the difference the local volunteers can make in an area.
The Friends of Mayer Park in Bebington have been established for the last 12 years and meet twice weekly to carry out a range of improvements in the park, working in partnership with the council’s park rangers and grounds maintenance staff.
Recently their efforts have helped to transform the beloved Rose Garden in the park, with access improved by the council supporting with the installation of handrails on the steps down to it.
The achievements at Mayer Park shows what can be done when local people who want to improve their surroundings come together and work with each other and with the local authority to do something.
Many hands make for lighter work and small actions can make a big difference when people pull together towards a common goal. The efforts of groups like the Friends of Mayer Park have a knock-on effect for the whole community – they become more protective of their area and encourage others to show the same pride and when communities stand together collectively, it improves people’s quality of life and feeling of safety and security.
Mayer Park is just one small part of Wirral that is reaping the benefits of community and voluntary action and over the coming year, as part of ‘Love Where You Live’, the council wants to hear from other groups – whether already well-established or brand new – to promote what they are doing in their areas and support whenever possible with equipment, rubbish collections or other resources.
It’s inspiring to look forward to the innovative ideas and plans that Wirral residents will develop over the coming months to improve their local communities.
We sincerely appreciate everyone who gets involved in these initiatives, recognising their valuable time, effort and contributions.
We hope that their positive actions will inspire others to take pride in their surroundings, discouraging littering and vandalism, and fostering a culture of care and responsibility. Together, we can keep Wirral a beautiful, welcoming place to live and visit.
