Down Your Street – Team Up To Clean Up!

Comber Street
Comber Road
Belfast Road
Old Grand Jury
Downpatrick Street
Todds Hill
Station Road

in advance of the appearance of Down District Council‘s road sweeping lorry in Saintfield on Friday 11th July.

If you see the lorry in action please take a photograph of it and email it to:

info [at] discoversaintfield [dot] com

Saturday 14/6/14
Time 0900 – 1100am
Litter Pick Fairview, Clinic Car Park, Ballynahinch Road to 30 MPH sign.
2 black bags of rubbish.

Wednesday 18/6/14
Time 0800 – 0930am
Litter Pick Fairview, Clinic car park, Ballynahinch Road
1 black bag of rubbish.

Monday 23/6/14
Time 0730 – 0830am
Litter Pick and sweep of cigarette butts – car park 2nd Saintfield Pres. Church.
1/2 black bag of rubbish.

Wednesday 25/6/14
Time 0730 – 0830am
Litter Pick – Ballynahinch Road to Drumnaconnell Road.
1/2 black bag of rubbish.

Saturday 28/6/14
Time 0800 – 0900am
Litter Pick and sweep of cigarette butts – Clinic Car Park.
1/2 black bag rubbish.

Tuesday 1/7/14
0800 – 0830am
Litter Pick/Butts – Clinic Car Park.
1/2 black bag rubbish

Monday 7/7/14
0800 – 0900am
Litter Pick – Ballynahinch Road
1/2 black bag of rubbish

26 bags of dirt were collected on Belfast Road by volunteers from Saintfield Development Association as part of the Down Your Street campaign.  Both sides of the road, footpaths and road entrances were cleaned from the traffic lights to Claddagh Hill and from Cotswold Downs to the former Hocks’n’Hooves building.

Belfast Road after the Down Your Street campaign volunteers have been in action.

Just some of the 26 bags of dirt collected on a short stretch of the Belfast Road by volunteers from Saintfield Development Association.

Would you be willing to help the Down Your Street campaign?  Even volunteering for a short time can help to make a difference!

Please contact:  info [at] discoversaintfield [dot] com

1 volunteer in action

Windmill Road – 1 bag rubbish

Station Road (30 MPH sign to the bridge) – 6 bags of rubbish

8.00 pm to 10.00 pm

1 volunteer

Parish Church car park – 1 bag
Lisburn Road to junction with the Old Belfast Road – 2 bags
Old Belfast Road to the 30MPH sign – 2 bags

Total for the evening = 5 bags

A lady was also seen cleaning the parking bay at the terrace on Fair Green just off the Lisburn Road.  Thank you.

Please consider removing any weeds and/or litter you find in front of your house.  If everybody took part it would make light work of keeping Saintfield clean and tidy!  Join the Down Your Street initiative!  For more information on how you can help please contact:

info [at] discoversaintfield [dot] com

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee have been in action again.  Litter pick latest:

Saturday 28/06/2014

ADOPT A SPOT – Moyra Drive (Waste ground and fields behind houses)

1 volunteer – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm then 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm

11 bags litter &  2 bags recyclables (see photo)

Sunday 29/06/2014

Cleaned up gutters & pavements on Upper Main Street North/South sides and The Square.

10:30 am to 11:30 am – 3 volunteers
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm – 1 volunteer

11 bags of dirt to be collected by DDC dust cart.

Running total: 49 bags

The area in front of the Orange Hall has been weeded, scraped and swept.

The area to the side of the building has still to be cleaned.

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee have had another session of kerb cleaning and litter picking:

Date: 22/06/2014
Time: 8.30 am to 11.30am (3 volunteers) & 4.00pm to 5.30pm (1 volunteer)

Cleaned up kerbs and pavements on Lower Main Street North/South – 5 bags of weeds and litter collected.

First third of Downpatrick Street Car Park cleaned – 6 bags of weeds and litter collected.  Below are photographs of the car park before and after being cleaned by members of Saintfield Development Association.

Weeds growing along the kerb at Fair View.

The same stretch of kerb after the weeds have been removed by members of Saintfield Development Association.

Main Street (upper south side) before kerb cleaning by members of Saintfield Development Association.

A member of Saintfield Development Association cleaning the kerb at the upper end of Main Street.

The kerb as it looks now having been cleared of weeds and litter.

Litter Pick by Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee:

Date: 15th June 2014
Time: 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

1 bag Fair Green and Health Centre car park
2 bags Downpatrick Street car park
1 bag New Line and playpark

Date: 15th June 2014
Time: 3.00pm to 5.30pm

1 bag Downpatrick Street to Academy Primary School
1 bag Lislane / Listooder Road/ Old Grand Jury Road
1 bag Crossgar Road to Rowallane

Unusual item: grey wheelie bin with number 2 on it on top of hedge on Crossgar Road. Full of rubbish. Will go back and remove rubbish from it.