Derry kids do their bit to clean up communities

Children in Derry are doing their bit to clean up their local communities.

More than 500 children are currently taking part in the Junior Warden Project in conjunction with the Housing Executive.

The schools taking part in the project are: Ebrington PS, Greenhaw PS, Holy Family PS, Model PS, Newbuildings PS, Oakgrove IPS, Sacred Heart PS, St Anne’s PS, St Pauls PS, St Patricks PS and Steelstown PS.

Newbuildings Primary School pupils recently took leave from their school books to clean up the streets within their local community as part of the Junior Warden project.

They filled several black bags with litter that had been discarded around the streets, green areas and the play park neighbouring their school.

The clean-up is part of the Junior Warden Project which is co-ordinated by the Housing Executive’s Social Education Officer and co-funded by the Derry & Strabane Policing and Community Safety Partnership.

The council’s community safety wardens joined the Newbuildings children on the day to help out.

The Housing Executive’s Social Education officer, Patrick Duddy, said: “Community clean-ups are a great way to get the kids involved in taking care of their own community.

“It also allows them a chance to see how even small pieces of litter can gather and impact how an area looks and feels.”