Record of OutcomesSalterbeck Spring Clean 2007

 

Tuesday, 17th April  9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

Once again we have had a tremendous response to our offer of use of skips and recycling, and disposal of rubbish.

Last year we had three skips and a crunch wagon around the estate which was a resounding success.  This year we had included an extra skip at a new site. 

Tenants threw out 6 skips fulls of rubbish.  That equates to 72 cubic metres of rubbish.  We had to have two extra skips delivered to cope with the demand.  We also had a Crunch wagon from Allerdale Borough Council that called at 20 properties on the following Saturday morning for a one-off collection at Allerdale’s expense.

Wednesday, 18th April  10.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon

50 residents attended the morning.

This was the day for recycling and a fair trade coffee morning with Organic and Fair Trade snacks.  Centre 47 came to the morning and we had tenants donating furniture for collection.    The centre 47 staff had a chance to talk to residents about their service.

Representatives from the Residents Green Group were there to fill in questionnaires in exchange for 4 free energy saving light bulbs, this means we gave out 200 free energy saver bulbs to residents.  50 questionnaires/quizzes were completed.  The intention of the questionnaires were to raise awareness of energy efficiency and recycling as well as a bit of fun.   Residents would score between 0 – 30 points depending on how well they are doing (30 being the best).  We had five categories:-

 

20 – 24 points

                                 

Nearly there!   You show a real willingness to live as wasteless as possible but could improve.  It’s a great effort.

15 – 19 points                                 

You definitely “Do your bit” but could do much better. 

10 – 14 points                     

You don’t really try hard enough.  Come on, you know you should, don’t you!

Under 10 points                   

Oh dear!  You should really start to look at the bigger picture before it’s too late.



Results are as follows:-

Under 10

10 - 14

15 – 19

20 - 24

25 – 30

1 resident

2 residents

16 residents

28 residents

3 residents

2%

4%

32%

56%

6%


This shows out of 50 residents 94% were environmentally aware and did their bit with regard to energy efficiency and recycling.

Salterbeck Area Reps and Lisa Jackson, the Police Community Support Officer also attended to give residents a chance to ask any questions they may have had or to discuss any environmental issues on their street.  This could have been about litter being dropped, dog poo, or anti-social behaviour.

In summary Both days were extremely well attended.  All those who attended made a positive contribution to keeping their local environment a safer and cleaner place to live.  We will be repeating the project later in the year.

If you would like to know more please contact Paulam@impacthousing.org.uk or take a look at our Residents' Green Group