Young people urged to keep Caithness clean

Caithness kids are being encouraged to compete for clean up glory by helping to tackle the litter emergency and the damage it is doing to local communities.

Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Litter League is returning next month as part of its annual Spring Clean, which takes place from March 15 to April 28.

The Litter League is an opportunity for young people to take part in Spring Clean Scotland while also competing against others to become a champion.

Last year’s inaugural Litter League saw more than 100 youth-led competition events take place across 23 local authorities.

There are seven awards to be won all over the country as young people compete to be Litter League winners.

The seven awards available are: National Spring Clean Champion; Aberdeen and North East Spring Clean Champion; Tayside, Central and Fife Spring Clean Champion; Glasgow and Strathclyde Spring Clean Champion; Edinburgh and Lothians Spring Clean Champion; Highlands and Islands Spring Clean Champion and Scotland South Spring Clean Champion.

Barry Fisher, chief executive at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: “We had a brilliant response to our first ever Litter League last year with more than 100 events taking place across Scotland.

“The Litter League is a perfect way to get young people of all ages involved in keeping Scotland beautiful and, with some huge bragging rights on offer, we can’t wait to celebrate our 2024 league champions.”

Anyone who would like to organise a litter pick with friends, family, workmates or the community, or find one to join, as part of #SpringCleanScotland 2024, can visit www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/springclean for more information.

Only clean ups taking place between March 15 to April 28 will be counted as entries for the Litter League. Schools, nurseries, youth groups, uniformed youth groups, after school care, children’s play groups and children’s community groups can enter.

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