Excelling at providing a quality environment and an outstanding range of recreational, educational and community activities, The Burnside Centre has championed poverty alleviation, inspired achievement and advanced wellness since 1969.
Becoming a litter pick hub has been a natural progression of our ethos of isolation and loneliness reduction through community engagement focussed towards life condition improvements.
Litter pick equipment can be borrowed from the centre between 8:30 and 3:30 Monday to Friday. "
Address
36 Burnside Crescent, Middleton, Manchester M24 5NN
Equipment available includes litter pickers, bags, bag hoops, high vis vests, protective gloves and a how to guide.
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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
04 September 2023
6 bags collected
8 pickers
15 August 2023
Local residents taking control of the neigbourhood around a shopping court and primary school
12 bags collected
13 pickers
07 August 2023
Langley estate streets adjacent to Burnside
15 bags collected
12 pickers
11 July 2023
A brilliant first time effort by first time litter pickers cleaning, verges, streets and precinct forecourt.
10 bags collected
19 pickers
04 July 2023
The burnside Centre Forecourt
2 bags collected
2 pickers
04 July 2023
The Burnside Centre Forecourt
1 bag collected
1 picker
04 July 2023
The Burnside Centre Forecourt
2 bags collected
2 pickers
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