The Burnside Centre

13 November 2024

Another litter pick from the fantastic volunteers in Alkrington, Middleton! Lead organiser, Marcelle noted, "We had loads of positive feed back from the shop owners and passers-by!" Well done everyone involved.

• 4 bags collected
• 4 pickers

06 November 2024

Well done to local resident, Marcella and the wonderful volunteers who did their first litter pick around Alkrington in Middleton this week! As the hub for Middleton, it's amazing to see our vision of empowering local people to do amazing things for their community, coming to life. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO GOT INVOLVED!

• 5 bags collected
• 4 pickers

04 November 2024

Today was our second outing with the new Eco-Warriors (Team 1) and they did a fantastic job, collecting two very big bags of rubbish from the local area. A local resident was so proud of the children, that they came over to our group and thanked each of the children - which really made their day. Next month marks our final Eco-Warriors litter pick of the year, and the first one by the Pre-School children of Team 2.We look forward to reporting back on how they do.

• 2 bags collected
• 6 pickers

07 October 2024

Today we ventured out with our new set of Pre-School 'Eco-Warriors' who were incredibly enthusiastic about cleaning up the local area and did an amazing first job! Children learned about different types of rubbish, how to be safe while collecting rubbish and since the children are only 3/4 year of age, learning how to use the litter pickers also aids improving their fine motor-skills. (images to follow soon!)

• 3 bags collected
• 7 pickers

05 August 2024

We had a clean up of Burnside Crescent with lots of smaller litter collected. It's amazing how even small bits of plastic and wrappers can make a place look untidy. We were joined by two neighbours from the flats on Burnside. While it was only 2 bags of rubbish collected, they were very full and the clean up made a positive impact!

• 2 bags collected
• 4 pickers

01 July 2024

Burnside Pre-School children joined two staff members do a litter pick of the crescent, where neighbours thanked the children for cleaning the street and we collected larger items of rubbish/fly-tipping which the council will collect later today! Today's pick is the last for some our our children as they move to Primary School but we hope they join the Eco-Teams at their new schools as we have encouraged them to do so!

• 2 bags collected
• 7 pickers

03 June 2024

Today was our return to Willow Park - Burnside Pre-School children had a walk around the area with staff collecting lots of rubbish and even an old satellite dish!

• 2 bags collected
• 8 pickers

25 March 2024

Langley Great British Spring Clean Community Litter Pick! Rochdale Council's Environment Management Team, lead by Nigel arranged a group litter pick with staff and children from Burnside Pre-School, St. Mary's Primary School and Bowlee Park Community School. All the children involved got stuck in with great enthusiasm! Everyone was blown away with the amount of rubbish collected from Willow Park and the surrounding area - thanks to everyone involved! All children who took part received a fab goodie bag and certificate for helping to clean up their local environment.

• 12 bags collected
• 29 pickers

19 March 2024

Kicking off The Great British Spring Clean! Burnside staff Trisha, Lisa and Kerry were invited by KFC to join their staff in a community litter pick around central Middleton.

• 13 bags collected
• 14 pickers

04 March 2024

Small session today due to our Pre-School staff & children being busy. Staff member Kerry still went out on and around for the hour to clean up mess on the crescent, and remove large signage which had been dumped near the park!

• 2 bags collected
• 1 picker

20 February 2024

Within today's celebration of play event and launch of our community green space, we held a special litter pick competition. 20 groups made up of grandparents, parents and children all took part in the trail, finding clues and answering questions, all while collecting rubbish. In total these families collected 13 full bags of rubbish within the 30 minute activity which is amazing work by all!

• 13 bags collected
• 40 pickers

05 February 2024

Burnside Crescent and Willow Park - Langley

• 6 bags collected
• 7 pickers

13 December 2023

During the last litter pick of 2023, Kate Gorski oversaw 10 colleagues collect 6 bags of rubbish that was litter a childrens playground at M24 4 LA the windermere road area of Langley in Middleton

• 6 bags collected
• 12 pickers

04 December 2023

On a brisk December 4th morning, litter removed from the M24 5NN area filled 5 green bags collected by the RMBC environmental team, but not before our magnificent litter pickers enjoyed hot beverages back in the Burnside Centre IT suite. Another great effort by each and every one.

• 5 bags collected
• 9 pickers

15 November 2023

• 6 bags collected
• 9 pickers

06 November 2023

• 7 bags collected
• 10 pickers

31 October 2023

Burnsides pre school children fully filled a green refuse bag with litter deposited by people using pathways close to community centre.

• 1 bag collected
• 4 pickers

17 October 2023

Once again another magnificent effort by Langley residents that deserve congratulations for making the neighbourhood a cleaner and safer place to live.

• 8 bags collected
• 14 pickers

02 October 2023

• 5 bags collected
• 5 pickers

18 September 2023

Friends and neighbours of the Langley estate battled torrential downpours to spruce up Bowlee park play area for toddlers. A magnificent job well done.

• 6 bags collected
• 30 pickers