Robert Scott has announced the winners of its inaugural Cleaning up your Community competition, following a day of deliberation by a panel of industry leaders.
The Pentref Taclus, meaning ‘Tidy Village’, group from Llanberis, North Wales, was chosen as the winning project as the judges felt it demonstrated the true meaning of a community clean-up. The group started a Facebook volunteer group in 2017 to tackle the problem of littering in their village, a tourist hotspot at the foot of Mount Snowdon.
They will receive the prize of a day’s cleaning from a professional team on behalf of Robert Scott and £500 worth of cleaning supplies and equipment from the company. Four regional finalists – Friends of Househill Park/Pollok Baptist Church, Rotherham Sports Acro Club, St Clare Hospice and the Dovestone Youth Rangers – will receive £250 worth of cleaning products.
The judging panel included British Cleaning Council Chairman Stan Atkins, C&M magazine editor Neil Nixon, and Gill Ireson and Alastair Scott from Robert Scott.
Patricia Pitts from the Pentref Taclus group commented: “The group are all so excited about winning this competition as it shows an appreciation for our efforts in improving our local environment. We are looking forward to receiving some long-handled litter pickers and other supplies, so we can reach into hedgerows near the lakeside which is a site of Special Scientific Interest and having the Robert Scott team to help us will be an added bonus.”
Stan Atkins said: “The Cleaning up your Community competition was a fantastic initiative to be involved with and really showed us what’s at the heart of many communities across the UK. The other judges and myself were impressed by the number of entries the competition received in its first year, showing us there’s a positive future ahead. I wish all of the winners great success with their projects and urge them to keep up this important work within the community.”
