Down Your Street – Team Up To Clean Up!

At the Live Here Love Here Community Awards 2019 ceremony on 12th February, Saintfield Development Association’s Lawrence Murphy won the Good Neighbour Award which was presented to him by Ursula Connor of Choice Housing. The event took place in the City Hall, Belfast and the MC was Joe Mahon. It was great to see Lawrence’s exceptional contribution to Saintfield so widely recognised.

Saintfield Development Association’s Martyn Todd, Dorothy Walker, Vivien Lovell and
Good Neighbour Award winner Lawrence Murphy with Ursula Connor from Choice Housing.

Lawrence Murphy with his Good Neighbour Award trophy. Lawrence is the Chair of Saintfield Development Association's Green Committee.

Lawrence Murphy, Vivien Lovell and Dorothy Walker, who are all members of SDA's Green Committee.

Lawrence Murphy, Dorothy Walker and Vivien Lovell with Martyn Todd who is the Chair of Saintfield Development Association.

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee were in action with ADOPT A SPOT for two hours on Monday 20th June 2016.  Nine members lifted eleven bags of litter, weeds and road dirt in the area of Saintfield Health Centre / Library / 2nd Saintfield Presbyterian / Fair Green.

Members taking part were SDA Chair Brian Gamble, Denis Conn, Lyn Mackender, Martyn Todd, John Branch, Murial Massey, Vivien Lovell, Lily Henderson and Dorothy Walker.

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee have been watering the Grow Wild scheme’s wild flower seed beds on the Lisburn Road and at The Point on the Belfast Road.  As you can see here, vessels of all shapes and sizes are used to carry water to the sites!

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee member Lawrence Murphy worked through the rain to clean road dirt, weeds and litter on Belfast Road from the traffic lights to Saintfield High School.  He lifted 19 bags of dirt, 6 bags of weeds and one bag of litter.

A kind word from Ann McCandless was encouraging at the start!

The Green Saintfield Committee has been in action again, this time on Listooder Road.  Thirty bags of rubbish (mainly road dirt) were collected in early August.

Members of Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee have removed weeds and generally tidied up the Memorial Garden in preparation for the arrival of visitors for Francis Hutcheson Day on 8th August.

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee has been busy again clearing the weeds from the link footpath between Belfast Road and Comber Road.

Downpatrick Street car park – 1 bag litter
New Line and play park –  1 bag litter

While marshalling the Saintfield Cycle Ride on Ardmillan Road, Moss Road and Bog Road – 1 bag litter

Total: 3 bags litter