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In the face of reduced funding, Darlington BC faced a problem shared with many local authorities - how to support communities to be more resilient and fill the gaps in services we simply couldn’t afford to provide at previous levels.
With our environmental budgets being squeezed we needed an innovative idea to help residents make a real difference to their local environment and to foster ongoing pride in the town.
Whenever we spoke to residents, the perennial problem of litter kept rearing its head. We knew there was a particular problem in our historic market town centre which was falling short of looking its best for visitors and shoppers as we had cut back on pavement sweeping and litter picking. We needed a quirky idea to highlight the problem and provide a practical, cost-free solution.