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The Dartmouth Litteracy Society - making Dartmouth a tidier town!


I


’ve been happily picking up litter from beaches and the beautiful Devon countryside


where I live for years, and I’m not the only one. There are lots of wonderful people regularly trying to keep our shores and streets clean, be they council employees or unpaid, unsung members of the public. During the lockdown I was appalled at the increase in litter on the streets and distressingly from discarded PPE because of Covid , in particular discarded face-masks. As I was not prepared to pick that up by hand, I invested in a picker stick. And when I went out walking people spoke to me about what a good idea having a proper stick for the job and basically how wonderful I was! Compliments aside, there was a lot of interest and friends I met told me how they had been tidying up against a tide of litter and we chatted (at a distance) venting our frustrations; mainly about the volume of litter in beauty spots and the amount of bagged-up dog mess left in streets and our lovely countryside. Why, oh why, do you need to do this? By law ,all poo bags need to be biodegradable! Sophie Rennie and I both


regularly walked, and litter picked


with our new sticks, and Sophie was very good at posting pictures on Facebook to which the response was tremendous. So many people were already doing the most menial, unpaid job and yet getting an awful lot of satisfaction and feeling of purpose and well-being. I did too. The Dartmouth Litteracy Society, including a Facebook group - (name thought up by my husband Haydn, who also suggested ‘Litter Women’ but we had to shelve that, as there are a lot of chaps in the group!) - started in January 2021 and in less than two weeks we have over a hundred members. The club has been promised funding by the council and the Dartmouth


“One of our local postmen, wrote on the page to say how much he had noticed an improvement in the streets of Dartmouth. I found that compliment very uplifting”


Community Hub and we can provide members with free hi-vis jackets and gloves (RGC kindly donated some jackets in the first few days, now we have our own with our names on them). I’ve bought a load of picker sticks too, if anyone still needs one. And the council are donating a


laminated map so we can let all the members know where the litter hotspots are. I will be updating our Facebook page regularly. So, anyone can join. You don’t


even have to be out there picking litter. If you can let us know where there is a rubbish hotspot we can coordinate an enthusiastic picker or two to tackle the mess. And all of the members who do go out and pick up litter are encouraged to post their haul on our Facebook page.


One of our local postmen, wrote on the page to say how much he had noticed an improvement in the streets of Dartmouth. I found that compliment very uplifting. And as soon as circumstances


allow, we will be arranging a “PICK AND MIX” where we will encourage members to walk out to a local beauty spot, picking up litter as they go. And then mixing together in a much needed social event when they reach the destination. Details can be found on the Dartmouth Litteracy Society Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ groups/716682809042013 (or just search (Dartmouth Litteracy Society) .


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