Keep Caversham Tidy

Graham checks how many we lost this week

Our tenacious ten (plus photo muggins) unlittered Lower Caversham, collecting 8 large/13 small bags, N2O canisters and reported flytipping. Thanks to our @dofe.org volunteer. Find out more about our group online!
www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Caversham will probably miss the worst of it but we've decided to cancel tomorrow's litter picking swim

Keep Caversham Tidy interim “Director” shows the sign presumably blown from the filming company at Reading Gaol

A tanning 10 tackled George St/Hills Meadow, collecting 10 large/25 small bags of litter including a roller-skate, bollards rescued from the Thames and the leftovers from a Wasabi party (?!). Thanks to our @dofe.org volunteer. Join us soon for rubbish activity!
www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy stand divided beside their collected litter

A serious 17 sacked scattered litter from Dingley Dell, Rothwell Walk and other Caversham litter hotspots, conglomerating a mighty 15 large/10 small bags including a bog seat & nifty penguin curtains with great @dofe.org help. Join us in our rubbish quest!
www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy volunteers behind a mound of collected litter

Ten went #WildAboutReading, relieving Amersham Rd Rec including a rogue rubbish-ridden bush of 9 big/7 small bags of litter plus 7 vapes for recycling. Thanks to our @dofe.org volunteers. Join us for more #litterhero action soon! www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy pose for photo

In the summer solstice heat, 11 tackled the rubbish strewn Biscuit Tunnel/Napier Road/Forbury Retail Park. One of the litter bags apparently began talking back until it was tamed? Great to see new faces today! Join us for more community action soon, check us out: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy aggregate behind the 10 big/10 small bags of collected litter at the Thames Promenade

Bags of glorious sunshine begat bags of less glorious litter collected from Richfield Avenue included soil brimmed shoes, random metal things & loads of cigarettes ends. Join us for more meaningful aggregations every Saturday morning! #litterheros
www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

So far in 2025 @cavershamtidy.bsky.social have involved 52 #litterheros including 7 @dofe.org participants in 528 volunteer hours of community action in 18 litter picks, collecting 300 small/200 large bags of litter from our streets, parks & riversides. Thanks for all your help! #VolunteersWeek

Keep Caversham Tidy group shot including DofE volunteers

Keep Caversham Tidy stragglers who didn’t slack off early!

A fab fifteen furiously fumbled litter from Managua Close & Ian Mikardo Way, collecting 10 big/10 small bags & reporting fly tipping. Thanks to our great @dofe.org volunteers for their help! Join us for more rubbish action, details in the ether: met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy volunteers stand solidly behind their collected rubbish

16 cleared View Island & Hills Meadow, collecting 8 big/12 small bags of litter. Fly tipping was reported & beer cans cleared from around the View Island Troll. Thanks to our great @dofe.org volunteers for keeping the average age acceptable! Details to sign up: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy group shot

18 of us travelled from Traveller’s Rest to the @foxbeerhouse.bsky.social not on a pub crawl but clearing the streets of litter, collating about 7 big/10 small bags with great work from @dofe.org volunteers. Join us for more community action soon, details online:
www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

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Keep Caversham Tidy stand triumphantly behind their collected litter

A triumphant 12 tidied up 20 bags of litter from Briants Avenue, Star Rd & Amersham Rd. A shocking jelly baby massacre was cleaned up after a short cry. Thanks for @dofe.org support. No pick next week as Trustees meet but join us soon for more community action: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Older contingent of Keep Caversham Tidy

Mostly younger version of Keep Caversham Tidy

18 valiant volunteers including Caversham Globe & @dofe.org tackled the Henley Rd/Chiltern Rd/Donkin Hill area, collecting 14 small/4 big bags & disturbing the remnants of a Budweiser & crisps marathon. Please do join us for more rubbish community action soon! www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

A robust rabble around their rubbish

A robust rabble rounded up a resplendent range of rubbish around the banks of the Thames. Thanks to our @dofe.org volunteers. Please remember, when enjoying the playground, to clean up after your adults. Join us for more community action: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy volunteers stand weirdly behind their collected haul of litter

Aside from a stranded polar bear we cleared over 20 big bags of litter from Dingley Dell & Rothwell Walk area. Sorry owner of new e-scooter lacks brain power to dispose of packaging. Thanks to our @dofe.org support! Join us for some community rubbish action soon! www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy volunteers group photo

Another #GreatBritishSpringClean, 12 of us with @dofe.org support tackled Mill Green to George St + roads in between. We found the Ace of Spades, a jaw bone & 100s of cigarette butts, full of microplastics & toxic chemicals… Join us for more community action! www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy volunteers on the #GreatBritishSpringClean

In glorious sunshine, with scattered moons, 16 of us collected 20 big bags of litter (+an ironic mop & mutant hedges sprouting special brew cans & crisp packets) from Lower Caversham on the #GreatBritishSpringClean. Thanks to our @dofe.org help. Join us for more! www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

This morning's partial solar eclipse over Oxfordshire. Time-lapse, 1 frame every 30 seconds.

We contributed an impressive army of 22 to the #GreatBritishSpringClean to collect 17 large/15 small bags of litter from View Island & Hills Meadow with sterling support from 6 @dofe.org volunteers. Join us for more community action! www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy stand weirdly behind their collected rubbish

A fearsome fifteen faffed about Kings Meadow, Napier Rd & up to Reading Bridge, collecting a mega >20 big/25 small bags of litter, bottles for recycling, nitrous oxide cans for N2Oing + an ironic broom. Thanks to @dofe.org volunteers, join our rubbish rebellion👉 www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

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Lovely to talk rubbish with Phil Mercer on the @BBCBerkshire Breakfast show this morning! (2:08 in)
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Keep Caversham Tidy group shot of Hills Meadow litter pick

On #InternationalWomensDay Gabi led our crew over Hills Meadow & George St where we piled up 7+big/20+smaller bags of litter. 7 spay cans were reported plus we also found a lost soul. Why not join us by signing your life away to our Facebook sites and newsletter! www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

Keep Caversham Tidy team stand proudly behind their collected litter

Our Keep Caversham Tidy team braved unrelenting March sunshine to clear 5 big/20+ small bags of litter from Amersham Rd, improving the environment for all. Now the weather is glorious until at least just before our next Saturday 10am litter pick why not join us? www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/

​​End the fossil fuel age for a secure and prosperous future.​  - Climate Change Committee Today the country’s climate advisors, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), present a new pathway to a decarbonised UK.…

The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels.

This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.

The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.

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Join the nation’s biggest mass-action environmental campaign Love where you live? Become a Litter Hero with the Great British Spring Clean

The #GBSpringClean is your chance to help make your neighbourhood a place to be proud of 💚

Last year alone, #LitterHeroes across Britain pulled on their gloves, grabbed their litter pickers and pledged to fill an amazing 425,000 bags of rubbish.

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Keep Caversham Tidy & Caversham Globe volunteers stand proudly behind their haul of collected litter

Joining Caversham Globe + with @dofe.org help a mighty 18 collected 22 big/22 small bags of litter from Milestone Woods including a record player, mechanical skull & plethora of miscellany with flytipping reported. Join our weekly rubbish adventure, details here: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/KCT/