Information

& Guidance

1           Before Spring Clean

1. Visit thebigtidyup.org for essential guidance including Health & Safety aspects.
2. Volunteer Recruitment Poster/Leaflet – download and display locally a few weeks before the event        and/or put them through letterboxes in your ’patch’.
3. Keep it Safe! leaflet – download and distribute to your volunteers when they enlist
4. Sign In form - download for completion at the briefing to confirm attendance
5. Local sponsors - approach local shops, pubs, cafes to see if they will provide refreshments and other support to help make your Spring Clean a fun – as well as a rewarding - occasion.
6. Have a party! - arrange a social event for after your pick eg bring & share lunch or tea, BBQ

2           Equipment Distribution & Collection- complete order form asap

1. Equipment Collection – please nominate one of our two Depots and call to arrange for the collection of loaned litter pickers, sacks, boxes* for broken glass, OxClean Hi Vis Waistcoats, customised Just Cleanedsigns (*if you cannot collect boxes , you will have the option of City Council delivering)
2. When working out how many sacks you need, please consider the importance of recycling – we know it can slow down the litter pick but it is a worth while effort.
3. Equipment Return – loaned litter pickers, unused sacks and Hi- Vis waistcoats to be returned to your Depot as soon as possible after your  Spring Clean.
4. Filled Sacks and Boxes Collection – City Council will collect from your nominated location.  They plan to collect by the end of the day of your pick but in some cases they may not collect until the following morning.  If any delay in collection will cause a particular problem, please specify on order form.

3           On the Day

1. Other equipment – take other equipment along eg mobile phone, first aid equipment, Sign In sheet, camera.
2. Brief volunteers - about health & safety issues (nb glass/sharp objects in boxes not sacks), what not to pick (see 3 and 4 below) and how to contact you to report dangerous items or for any other reason. Ask volunteers to ‘Sign In’ to confirm that they have been briefed.
3. Needles, syringes, hazardous waste – report immediately to City  Council TBC
4. Fly-tipped items e.g. furniture, fridges, builder’s rubble - report using City Council website reporting facility.
5. Just Cleaned Sign(s) - display prominently and remove 2 weeks after event.
6. Photographs before, during and after your pick would be much appreciated - email up to 4 to webmaster@oxfordcivicsoc.org.uk and/or picturedesk@nqo.com
7. City Council contacts
   Friday 2nd (06:00 – 14:00) Dan 07824 569 651 (10-18:00) Andy 07825 979 213
   Saturday 3rd (06:00-14:00) Garry 07823 326 127 (10:00-18:00) Dan 07824 569 651
   

4           Afterwards

4.1        ‘Feedback’ – please complete form on oxclean.org.uk as soon as possible