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Kim Leadbeater has congratulated three much-loved parks and green spaces in Spen Valley after they were recognised with prestigious Green Flag Awards.

MP congratulates Spen Valley’s Green Flag Award winners

Members of Upper Hopton Community Association with their Green Flag.

Prestigious Green Flag award ‘means everything’ to Upper Hopton villagers

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Heckmondwike litter initiative helps restore pride in the community

A 'Dog Poo Fairy' stall at Heckmondwike Market encouraged pet owners to sign the 'Poo Promise'

Keep Britain Tidy tackles dog fouling hotspots in Heckmondwike

Living statues highlight that leaving coffee cups or newspapers on walls and benches is #StillLittering. Photo: Keep Britain Tidy

Living statues appear in Heckmondwike as 'Love Where You Live' campaign ramps up

Living statues highlight that leaving coffee cups or newspapers on walls and benches is #StillLittering. The intervention is part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Love Where You Live Heckmondwike campaign which encourages residents to take pride in their community and reduce littering across the town.

It’s Still Littering! – new campaign targets ‘careful littering’ in Heckmondwike

Cigarette butts to be Britains 'most pervasive' litter problem

A common pub game could help eliminate UK's biggest litter problem

MP Kim Leadbeater (left) presents a cheque for £500 to Samantha Cottam (centre) of Rainbow Baby Bank

Heckmondwike clean-up earn £500 for charity that helps vulnerable families

The council is putting plans in place to remove chewing gum that blights local streets after receiving a further £26,450 of funding to tackle the issue - with a special focus on Heckmondwike.

Focus on Heckmondwike as funding awarded to rid chewing gum litter off streets

Every piece of rubbish binned in Market Square’s high-visibility smart bins will count toward donations to three local charities

Keep Britain Tidy launches 'Love Where You Live: Heckmondwike' campaign

Fly-tipped rubbish and waste is seen beside a road in Colnbrook, near Heathrow, west of London on May 11 2020.

Watch: How do we dump Britain’s fly-tipping epidemic?
The CEO of Keep Britain Tidy said: “We need to crack down on the criminals that are turning communities into toxic waste dumps”.
Jessica Martin

Volunteers across the Spen Valley constituency collected more than 100 bags of rubbish during the Great British Spring Clean.

Kim Leadbeater MP gives ‘huge thanks’ to litter pick volunteers

Kim Leadbeater MBE MP and local school children taking part in the Great British Spring Clean 2025.

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Volunteers from Batley Cemetery Support Group, the Friends of Batley Station and residents from Charles Jones Court Batley gathered at the town’s cemetery on Saturday, March 22 to help tidy it as part of the Great British Spring Clean 2025.

Kind-hearted volunteers tidy cemetery as part of Great British Spring Clean

The Great British Spring Clean 2025, backed by Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater, is set to be launched on Friday.

National environmental campaign backed by Spen Valley MP launching this week

Huddersfield BID deep cleaning John William Street

Council given funding to tackle sticky issue of chewing gum on Dewsbury streets

Burnt out container at Weaving Lane HWRC following a fire in late May

Locals urged to use new vape recycling bins

Kim Leadbeater at a Spring Clean event last year.

MP kick-starts environment campaign with mass litter-pick event in Mirfield

Encourage children to dispose of their litter correctly. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: It’s never too early to start litter picking

250 people across Batley and Spen have collected more than 250 bags of rubbish at a string of events over the last three weeks.

Kim Leadbeater MP wraps up her Great Batley and Spen Spring Clean

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater led 60 schoolchildren, teachers, businesses, and volunteers at a mass litter pick in Heckmondwike.

MP launches Great Batley and Spen Spring Clean with town centre litter pick

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater helped out with local volunteer group Keep Hecky Tidy, Heckmondwike councillors and the Heckmondwike Scout Group to spruce-up the overgrown graveyard at the Upper Independent Chapel.

Batley and Spen MP gets ‘hands dirty’ in Heckmondwike graveyard clean-up

Batley and Spen MP Kim Leadbeater has been elected as the new chair of the Tidy Britain All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).

MP ‘proud’ to chair new Commons committee on keeping Britain tidy

The average Kirklees resident generated hundreds of kilograms in household waste last year, figures suggest.

Average Kirklees resident produces equivalent of 96 turkeys in waste

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Great turnout: Miss Sherriff joined over 75 local people for the Big Spring Clean. Photo: Ian Gunson.

People spring into action for tidy-up mission

Rubbish battle: Paula Sherriff MP will be holding four litter picks as part of the Spring clean drive.

MP backs big Spring clean
A sherriff is cleaning up the town – MP Paula Sherriff.
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