What it's all about

Inspired by the suggestion from the NSCA to help in a project put to them from the North and South Jesmond Ward Co-ordinator, Clean the Dene. A litter pick around an area of Jesmond Dene, Newcastle to improve the Denes environment . But feeling that the opportunity of litter picking alone although may be beneficial to the environment and building social skills it may alone may fail to attract many volunteers and fewer again new volunteers. An idea to increase initial appeal was to turn the litter pick into a more pleasant and sociable event and encourage more people to join in by add the prospect of including a picnic within the main event, litter pick. This will hopefully make the litter pick event more sociable, remember able and enjoyable. This may lead to a sense of pride within the surrounding environment, building team work and social skills, and create a positive attitudes to both littering and the Dene itself. Although this is a one off project it will hopefully raise awareness of another new project "Adopt a River" and hopefully give a good kick start to that project.

What's needed to make it a reality