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Have you wondered why Calne is looking cleaner and brighter? The Calne Clean Up Crew have been at work


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he Calne Clean Up Crew was set up by Catherine Crofts in February 2018, we catch with


Catherine to find out more.


“I run a cleaning and gardening business so I guess cleaning is in my blood - I was fed up with the amount of litter everywhere and thought rather than let it bother me I ought to be proactive about the situation,” explains Catherine.


“Our aim is to beautify Calne in anyway we can, we mainly litter pick but we also scrape the built-up dirt from kerbs, sweep up leaves, we have even taken over a few derelict gardens in town and orchestrated Jelly Alley (the alleyway between the Marden Café and the Co-Op building). We have an art project starting with Kingsbury Academy and further works in the pipeline to brighten up drab walls in town and old green square garages.


“We have over 800 followers on facebook and also have a closed group for the regular pickers who currently number about 30 regulars. I wanted to make the group as


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We meet weekly on a Saturday or Sunday and do different routes and people also adopt routes to litter pick regularly.


Our volunteers range in ages but the average is probably around 50. Many combine their volunteering with working whilst some are retired, but


relaxed as possible so there are no set dates or commitments so it can fit around peoples busy lives!


one thing we all have in common is that we all are fed up with litter! We also have Duke of Edinburgh volunteers who cover areas for us, some have even decided to carry on after their D of E has finished which is great!


“In addition to our volunteers we have also been supported with grants from the Area Board, Calne Bike Meet, Green Square (for an art project) and Hills have provided


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