🌿 About Clean Up Stapleford

Clean Up Stapleford is a grassroots community-led initiative dedicated to restoring pride in our town by tackling litter and environmental neglect one street at a time. Founded by local resident Connor Hart, the movement began as a personal effort to improve the look and feel of Stapleford — and quickly grew into a wider project embraced by volunteers, neighbours, and supporters who all share a passion for a cleaner, greener community.

Our Mission

To make Stapleford a cleaner, safer, and more beautiful place to live by:

• Organising and encouraging local litter picking and clean-up efforts.
  
  

• Collaborating with Broxtowe Borough Council, Stapleford Town Council and other local services.
  
  

• Raising awareness about littering and environmental responsibility.
  
  

• Supporting residents in reporting fly-tipping and street waste issues.
  
  

What We Do

• 🧹 Litter Picking: Volunteers head out regularly to tackle litter hotspots, including parks, residential streets, alleyways, and community spaces.
  
  

• 📍 Community Coordination: We use tools like What3Words and mapped data to plan, track and report litter pick areas, allowing us to work effectively and avoid overlapping with council teams.
  
  

• ♻️ Volunteer Support: We provide litter picking equipment, bags, and safety guidance to ensure residents can safely participate, whether once a week or once a month.
  
  

• 🤝 Council Partnership: We actively work alongside local council workers and street teams, complementing their efforts and sharing regular updates on collections and needs.
  
  

Our Impact

What started as a one-person effort before work in the early morning hours has blossomed into a growing network of caring residents who want to give back. Every bag of rubbish collected, every fly-tip reported, and every conversation shared helps push Stapleford toward becoming a more resilient, community-proud town.

We’re already seeing real results — cleaner streets, less fly-tipping, more community spirit, and increased visibility of the issues. And this is just the beginning.

Get Involved

Anyone can help. Whether you're available once a week or once a month, your effort matters. We welcome individuals, families, and groups to take part — and we’ll support you every step of the way.

Have a walk you take regularly? Want to give back to your neighbourhood? Just want to get involved? Email Cleanupstapleford@gmail.com to get started.

Our Values

• Community-first – We believe in empowering local people to make a difference.
  
  

• Transparency – We operate openly and share our progress with the public.
  
  

• Pride in Place – We’re here because we care about where we live.
  
  

• Collaboration – We don’t do this alone — we work with everyone who shares our goals.