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Litter Pickers<br />

A determined group of litter pickers has racked up 1,000<br />

new members and hundreds of bags of litter.<br />

The <strong>Wigan</strong> Litter Picker group was created in February,<br />

and the group has gone from strength to strength,<br />

encouraging tidying up discarded litter in areas such as<br />

footpaths, woods, parks, canal and towpaths.<br />

The main aim of the group is to encourage residents to<br />

take pride in their own little patch of the town and show<br />

they care.<br />

<strong>Wigan</strong> Litter Pickers is backed by <strong>Wigan</strong> Council’s Improve<br />

a Space initiative. Before undertaking any environmental<br />

volunteering activity on council-owned land, you or your<br />

community group will need to request permission.<br />

Members can also direct you to how you can get your<br />

hands on free litter picking equipment including gloves,<br />

picking stick and bags, that will be delivered to your door.<br />

Search Facebook for <strong>Wigan</strong> Litter Pickers to join the<br />

group. For further information about the Improve a Space<br />

initiative go online at www.wigan.gov.uk and search<br />

Improve a Space.<br />

Spring Sale Now On!<br />

Now Fully Re-Open<br />

Open 10.30am-4pm<br />

Mon-Sat<br />

01942 244100<br />

shaun@mcnultyshoes.co.uk<br />

31, Library Street | <strong>Wigan</strong> | WN1 1NN<br />

Library Consultation<br />

<strong>Wigan</strong> Council have launched a public consultation on<br />

the future of Lamberhead Green Library, based at Dean<br />

Trust School in Greenhey, Orrell. The school has identified<br />

the need to create a new onsite Engagement Centre to<br />

support and engage with parents/carers, and the space<br />

currently used for the library has been identified as an<br />

ideal location for this Centre.<br />

To replace the existing library space, the school wants to<br />

provide a replacement, purpose-built facility, which is to<br />

be sited at the front of the school close to the existing<br />

library entrance, with the hope of increasing membership,<br />

participation and volunteer engagement in the library<br />

service.<br />

In 2019/2020, the library had the 7th highest book<br />

lending rate out of the borough’s 13 community libraries<br />

and, though it remains temporarily closed for the time<br />

being, the council insists that the library will not be<br />

permanently closed.<br />

The consultation closes on Sunday 2nd <strong>May</strong> – to<br />

participate online, visit https://www.wigan.gov.uk/<br />

Council/Consultations/Lamberhead-Green-Library.aspx<br />

Clothes Drive<br />

For those of you looking for an excuse to clear out a few<br />

wardrobes this spring then this is it. Daffodils Dreams,<br />

the Poolstock-based charity that helps local children and<br />

their families living in hardship, recently have launched a<br />

clothes drive for new/nearly new children’s clothing and<br />

footwear.<br />

The charity is looking for high-quality new and like-new<br />

items that you can donate, so that they can put together<br />

and distribute packages for specific children through their<br />

referral process. These would ideally include clothing,<br />

footwear, nightwear, bedding, toys and so many other<br />

nice things that most children take for granted.<br />

Daffodils Dreams will collect donations from your doorstep<br />

– just message Clare Dean on 07568 473694 or you can<br />

book an online collection at www.daffodilsdreams.org.<br />

Donations can also be dropped off at the back of the<br />

Tippings Arms, 115 Poolstock Lane, <strong>Wigan</strong> at any time<br />

or at the Shevington Village Kitchen, 2g Gathurst Lane,<br />

Shevington from Weds to Sunday 9.30pm-2pm.

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