Clean up in North breaks records

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 06:20

By Rob Pritchard @rpritchard9

More than 230 people took part in a record breaking clean up in the North of the Island at the weekend.

The events - hosted by FIM Capital Beach Buddies - saw 156 volunteers clearing shorelines at Ramsey Promenade on Saturday, the largest ever turnout in the town for an event of its type.

Meanwhile, a community clean up project took place in Jurby in Sunday at the same time as a beach clean at Sartfield with two thirds of a tonne of refuse collected - another record for the organisation.

The initiatives held across the weekend were in conjunction with the Great British Spring Clean which took place across the UK.

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