PEOPLE are showing pride in their patch and cleaning up their communities as part of a national tidy-up to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.

East Hampshire residents wanting to “Clean for the Queen” by litter-picking in their community over the weekend of March 4-6 should sign up by the deadline on Friday, February 19, to ensure that equipment can be provided in time.

East Hampshire District Council and its environmental contractor The Landscape Group are managing the scheme in the district and are ready to help the groups taking part.

Equipment such as hand-held litter-pickers, branded bin bags and hi-vis jackets can be borrowed before the event and, after the clean-up, The Landscape Group will take away the collected rubbish free of charge.

Councillor Julie Butler said: “This is a nationwide scheme but we are right behind it here in East Hampshire.

“We all know that the district is one of the nicest places in the country to live and work, but there are always little corners that need a bit of extra attention.

“If you want to get together with a group of friends and give your community a clean-up then we and The Landscape Group will be happy to help you.”

To sign up email Dorothy Caplin, at dcaplin @thelandscapegroup.co.uk

Find out more at www. cleanforthequeen.co.uk