University of Bolton: Students lead community litter pick

They were led on the community litter pick by University of Bolton students’ union president Nihit Tiwari in collaboration with Bolton Council and were joined on Saturday by Councillors Mudasir Dean, Nick Peel and Martin Donaghy.

The students were joined by community members (Image: University of Bolton)

In all, despite the cold, wind and rain more than 30 people from across the community turned up and collected a total of 80 bags of rubbish from the streets.

Nihit said: “I am so pleased with how many people have come out today in these conditions.

“Students came along because they really wanted to make a difference to their community.”

Councillors also joined the students' efforts (Image: University of Bolton)

The litter pick took place in and took place in and around the back streets off Deane Road close to the university main campus with students, community members and councillors all playing their part.

Cllr Dean, who is Bolton Council's Executive Cabinet Member for Safer Communities said this demonstrated how important the university is to the town.

The litter pickers braved the pouring rain to clean up Bolton's streets (Image: University of Bolton)

He said: "As a council, we work hard to keep the borough tidy and free from litter.

“We are grateful to those who give up their spare time to help keep Bolton litter free, it's great to see such strong community spirit.

"I would like to pay tribute to one of our key partners, the University of Bolton, which plays such an important role in this town.

Up to 80 bags of litter were collected (Image: University of Bolton)

“Well done to Nihit our Student Union president and Dr Zubair Hanslot, University Provost, for organising the event.

"We urge all residents to think twice before deciding to leave waste behind."

Cllr Peel, leader of the Labour group on Bolton Council, agreed.

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He said: “It is a brilliant turnout and it’s clear that despite the rain everyone is in good spirits and wants to help.

“I have always been a big believer that people should so do whatever they can to help their community and shouldn’t rely on others to clean up their streets, it is great that the University has got involved and organised this.”