Official Sponsor Thames Water
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The weekend of 10th/11th March saw a force of volunteers enjoying the sunshine while litter picking all over Reading making Reading’s public recreational areas a better environment for all. A total of 30 community and business teams gave up their time to remove unsightly and sometimes hazardous rubbish from some of Reading’s most beautiful wild spots.
All in all roughly 4 tonnes of rubbish was cleared from nearly 2 Million m2 of public space in Reading.
Reading Borough Council’s parks, street care, street cleansing and sustainability teams worked in partnership with the volunteers to clear the rubbish away.
Volunteers said they enjoyed the camaraderie of clearing up and feel they made an important difference in a short space of time.
Now Reading residents and visitors to Reading can all enjoy the natural spaces free of litter.
Thames Water once again sponsored the event as well as supplying a team of 40 volunteers to pick up litter along the river.
Organisers have so far totalled up 200 volunteers taking part contributing a total of 500 volunteer hours.
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Paul Gittings: Another successful RESCUE event with Reading Borough Council working in partnership with volunteers from the community and business giving up their time to do this vital work. Well Done!
Tracy Sacks, Thames Water’s Community Investment Manager, said:
Our employees got stuck in again last week to support Reading RESCUE as we celebrated five years of sponsoring the bi-annual clean up event. At three separate locations - The Coal Wood, Island Road and Rose Kiln Lane areas – groups of volunteers spent the afternoon tidying up the areas they work in and accumulated an impressively large haul of rubbish in a little over three hours.’
Our recent Radio jingle can also be listened to here Reading RESCUE 2012 jingle
Congratulations to RESCUE! Winner of the Pride of Reading Environmental Project 2010.
Judges were impressed by the massive local effort put into our distinctly Reading event. The website itself was heralded as showing both the urban landmarks of Reading but also highlighting the environmental assets Reading holds, which can get neglected.
Get Reading wrote:
“A group of people who really get their hands dirty for the town won the Environmental Project award. The Rivers and Environmental Spaces Clean Up Event or RESCUE organises volunteers to clear up rubbish all over town.”
Attending the 7th Pride of Reading award ceremony, to accept the award on behalf of RESCUE was Ricky Josey, RESCUE Committee Chair, Sally Evans, Thames Water (sponsor) and Summreen Sheikh from RBC who coordinate the efforts of the 25 groups taking part over three days.
Pictured here with the award and Reading FC Manager Brian McDermott, Ricky said that he was shocked to win the award as the competition was tough. He added that ‘it’s great to have been part of the award ceremony and to feel inspired by the people of Reading who go that extra step to show compassion for each other’
Sally Evans from RESCUE main sponsor Thames Water, Brian McDermott from Reading FC, and Chair of the RESCUE Organising Committee Ricky Josey
Link to other winners :
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2081228_so_very_proud_of_reading
There is now also a Reading RESCUE Facebook Group that anyone is welcome to join.
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