Keeping Wembley tidy

As part of the Club’s commitment to the London Borough of Brent during our season playing at Wembley, Club Ambassador Gary Mabbutt joined volunteers from Keep Wembley Tidy (KWT) and Wembley Central & Alperton Residents Association (WCARA) to help pick up litter around the streets of Wembley.

Keep Wembley Tidy and WCARA are volunteer groups formed by residents to encourage the community to work together for a cleaner, greener, safer area in which to live.

Both organisations are working with Brent Council to encourage residents to join community clean‐ups which are being organised as part of the ‘Love Where You Live’ campaign. The campaign calls upon Brent residents to show their love for local areas by taking small steps to create a cleaner and greener environment.

Kay Carroll, volunteer resident, said: “Our dedicated volunteers work tirelessly collecting litter and reporting fly-tipping hot sports. Each litter pick we collect 20-30 bags of waste comprising of beer cans and bottles, fast food packaging and confectionery wrappers. We have recently formed WCARA with a wider remit than KWT, and we are keener than ever to clean up our local area. We would like to thank Gary Mabbutt and Tottenham Hotspur for their support in today’s litter pick.”

Cllr Eleanor Southwood, Cabinet Member for the Environment at Brent Council said: “Our ‘Love Where You Live’ campaign is inspired by the enthusiasm that many of our residents demonstrate week in, week out, to improve their local neighbourhoods. More and more residents are working with us to create a cleaner borough and I’d like to extend a big thank you to Keep Wembley Tidy and Gary for their fantastic support."

Gary Mabbutt said: “Looking after the area you live in and helping the environment is something we should all take pride in. With Wembley being the Club’s home for this season, I am pleased to have been able to offer a helping hand to help keep the area tidier.”

Keep Wembley Tidy and WCARA would like to thank Veolia London, who have kindly donated litter pickers, bags and gloves to the resident group. Their staff have also arranged for the prompt collection of bags of rubbish after the event.

The Club has recently announced that it will be sourcing more environmentally sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic and will continue to do so as part of its commitment to phasing out single-use plastics from all operations. The Club will not be stocking plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery and all plastic disposable packaging that accompanies these items.