Litter Picking Group

Beautify Balham

118 bags collected so far!

A community driven initiative, dedicated to improve and to champion the aesthetic of Balham.

We organise monthly litter picks on the first Satur...

A community driven initiative, dedicated to improve and to champion the aesthetic of Balham.

We organise monthly litter picks on the first Saturday of every month at 11am.
We always welcome new volunteers. If you are interested in joining us and actively improving your environment, please get in touch.

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Latest Achievements

05 April 2025

We litter pick around Balham and covered the following streets: Byrne Road, Cornford Road, Dornton Road, Bedford Hill, Sistova Road, Elmfield Road, Balham High Road, Sainsbury's parking perimeter, Balham Library, Waitrose carpark, Larch Close, Oakmead Road & Ravenstone Road. Our pledge for the Great Big Spring Clean was 20 bags so we're thrilled to have collected 25 bags.

  • 25 bags collected
  • 13 pickers
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01 March 2025

The efforts concentrated around Bedford Hill in Balham. Fernlea Road, Shipka Road, Boundaries Road, Sistova Road, Byrne Road and Ramsden Road were also cleared. A great job!

  • 12 bags collected
  • 8 pickers
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01 February 2025

This session was one of our best litter picks with 5 new volunteers. We covered a lot of ground and were able to do a thorough clean of fly tipping hot spots around Balham. A great job all around.

  • 25 bags collected
  • 20 pickers
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11 January 2025

We litter picked around Balham. More precisely along Bedford Hill, Balham High Road, Station Road, Sistova Road, Balham Library and Shipka Road.

  • 8 bags collected
  • 10 pickers
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03 February 2024

We litter picked around the streets of Balham but more specifically on Bedford Hill Place, Hildreth Street Mews, Balham Station Road, Station Road, Sistova Road, Shipka Road, Balham Library forecourt and Waitrose car park.

  • 17 bags collected
  • 19 pickers
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06 January 2024

Very cold day but we had lots of fabulous enthusiastic volunteers. A big thank you to "GoodGym" who joined us on the litter pick. We cleared around the Sainsbury car park in Balham, Elmfield Road, Shipka Road, Boundaries Road and Bedford Hill.

  • 16 bags collected
  • 14 pickers
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