RESIDENTS across Sedgemoor are being asked to grab their litter pickers as part of a nationwide campaign. 

Sedgemoor District Council is backing The Great British Spring Clean, a nationwide campaign to get half a million people out and about cleaning up their communities over the weekend of March 3- 5. 

A spokesman for Sedgemoor District Council said: "Litter remains a huge problem across the country, causing harm to the environment and wildlife with councils in England having to spend more than £700 million on street cleaning services every year."

The council said they will be giving a range of support to residents who are doing their bit including free volunteer clean-up kits containing litter pickers and gloves and will then collect the bags of collected rubbish.

Parishes across Sedgemoor who are taking part with the help of the District Council include Bawdrip, Badgworth, Hamp, Sydneham, Broomfield, Cheddar, Chilton Polden, Moorlinch,, Shapwick, Burtle, Catcott, as well as many other groups who are organising their own litter picks.

The Friends of Apex Park are calling for volunteers to take part in an organised litter-pick at Apex Park on March 7 from 10am to 2pm.

Due to safety reasons only people who have volunteered in advance for the litter pick in Apex Park will be able to take part.

For more information or to book your place email marina.turner@sedgemoor.gov.uk.