Working in Partnership to bring joy to the local community of Clifton

Provided by The Keeping Clifton Clean Partnership, families in Clifton were recently brought together in the sunshine for free entertainment and education about how they can tackle environmental issues in their local area.  

The Fun Day was also kindly hosted by St. Thomas Church and saw 207 children and adults join in with flower pot arranging, storytelling, sports workshops, face painting and a guided walk with litter picking.  

In attendance at the Fun Day was Salford’s City Mayor, Paul Dennett, who praised the collaboration between partners to deliver the event. He said: “ForHousing has been instrumental in financing this and bringing partners together. It’s wonderful to be here today to see everyone together here in the great weather and demonstrating the spirit of Salford.” 

Mike Parkin, ForHousing CEO, praised the community spirit of the event saying: “It’s great to see the community together. It’s important, especially during the school holidays, to ensure that the kids have got something to do.” 

Kay Clark, Community Forester for Forestry England and Alex from Salford Litter Heroes hoped that visitors would learn about caring for the environment after the event. Kay said: “After today, we hope that people have learnt how to be a responsible forest visitor.” Alex said: “This area has been very untidy lately, it’s becoming tidier now, if it stays tidy it will get the respect it deserves.” 

The impact of the event was seen by local families, with local mum, Demi, thankful for the event as it provided entertainment for her children during the half-term break. She said, “Apart from the new youth club in the area for older children, there aren’t many events and clubs for younger children. This has given them a couple of hours to get out there and have fun!” 

We’d like to thank our fellow Keeping Clifton Clean partners; Salford City Council, Salix Homes, Forestry England, Salford Litter Heroes and St. Thomas Church for coming together to deliver a successful event. It’s amazing to see what we can achieve by working in partnership.