Last Minute Clean-up in Rawtenstall!!!!

There will be a clean-up of the Limy Water/ Irwell junction on Sunday 29th October. Civic Pride, the local community action group are working with Rossendale Borough Council on the last clean-up of the summer and will meet at 10.00am in the Focus car park. Bring along your wellies and waterproofs and be prepared to get wet! We need as much help as we can get!

Duck Island on the River Irwell next to the old Asda will also be tackled on the same day. Joan from the group says "It will be tricky to access this site as Tesco's have blocked off the entrance to the car park but we will do our best!"

This site was cleaned last summer and it's taken a year for all the rubbish to come back. There is Japanes Knotweed on the site but the group have been advised to burn it on site rather than treat it with herbicide, so we will be monitoring the site closely in future to control it.

As it's the last major clean-up of the summer, Civic Pride are having some food after the event, to celebrate the work They have achieved over the past few months. Watch this space for photographs next week!!