Annual litter pick 22/23 March 2024
The Buckinghamshire Council/Keep Britain Tidy ‘Great British Spring Clean’ is, this year, taking place between Friday 17 March and Sunday 2 April. We are planning a Great Hampden litter pick over the weekend of 23/24 March.
Published: 7 March 2024
At the last Parish Council meeting, 4 March 2024, the Parish Council agreed to support the annual litter pick – this year over the weekend of 22 & 23 March (Minute reference 24/0015 (a) (ii)).
Our Chair is collecting new ‘litter picking’ equipment from Buckinghamshire Council on 21 March and will be at the Memorial Hall at 09:30 am on the 22nd to distribute the equipment to any volunteers. We have also ordered special ‘slow down – litter picking’ signs for this year. They will also be available on the 22nd. Please email the clerk (clerk@greatandlittlehampdenparishcouncil.gov.uk) if you are planning on taking part and collecting equipment on the 22nd.
It is important that volunteers note that they take part at their own risk. It is also important that all individuals taking part undertake their own personal risk assessment. To help individuals do this, the Council has placed an interactive spreadsheet on the Council website. Individuals should type into the columns ‘volunteer personal residual likelihood score’ and ‘volunteer personal impact score’ a number 1 to 3 (see details below and on the ‘coversheet’ tab of the spreadsheet). The column ‘volunteer personal overall residual risk rating’ will then dynamically change to either red, amber or green. Volunteers can then use this rating to decide if they wish to take part.
Volunteers will note that the ‘litter pick’ area should be limited to ‘slower traffic’ roads. See the risk assessment spreadsheet (item 7 – collisions).
| Understanding risk | |
| Likelihood: Likelihood is the probability of an occurrence considering the control measures that you have in place | |
| Likelihood score | Description |
| 1 (Low) | Where harm is unlikely to occur under normal circumstances. Low expectation of occurrence. |
| 2 (Medium) | Where harm is likely to occur in time or exposure to the hazard exists intermittently or hazardous event occurs occasionally. |
| 3 (High) | Where the hazard is likely to occur imminently or in the very short term, or exposure is permanent or occurs frequently or much evidence of previous harm. |
| Severity: Severity is how serious a potential risk could be. | |
| Severity score | Description |
| 1 (Low) | All other minor injuries – first aid treatment with no permanent harm – minor cuts and bruises |
| 2 (Medium) | Injuries or work related illness where people are unable to undertake their normal work for more than 3 days ; semi permanent harm or injury. |
| 3 (High) | Death, major injury or work related illness, permanent harm or disability. |
Any collected bags of litter should be left outside the Memorial Hall, for Buckinghamshire Council to pick up on the Monday/Tuesday after the litter pick.
