Three more Telford & Wrekin parishes recruit environmental action teams
Three more parishes have recruited new environmental action teams to make their area cleaner and greener as part of an innovative partnership with Telford & Wrekin Council.
The announcement comes as the council marks the first week of co-operative fortnight, which has the theme of making a difference in the community.
It means that now a total of seven parishes are now signed up to the scheme. This represents 76,583 people – almost half the borough’s population.
The three new parishes to sign up are Hollinswood and Randlay, Stirchley and Brookside and Wrockwardine Wood and Trench.
They have followed in the footsteps of the four that already have a Parish Environmental Team – Great Dawley, Hadley and Leegomery, Madeley and St George’s and Priorslee.
Each team is set up slightly differently depending on the requirements of the individual parish and the majority of the funding comes from the relevant parish council with Telford & Wrekin Council also making a contribution of £12,500 a year.
Typically the partnership provides employment for one operative and up to two apprentices.
Partnership agreements runs from three to five years and is another example of how Telford and Wrekin and its partners come together and work co-operatively to find new solutions for public services in the borough.
Parish environmental teams provide an enhanced service over and above that provided by Telford & Wrekin Council’s core contract.
They cover enhanced litter picking, leaf fall clearance, repairs to street furniture, conservation and improvements to landscaped areas.
Councillor Shaun Davies, cabinet member for Neighbourhood Services, Employment and Skills, said::“This is another great example of how willing an ever growing range of partners are to come together to give better local services.
“We are encouraging all parish and town councils to look at this approach and are confident that more will follow the first seven.
“At a time when we face unprecedented cuts in Government funding, we have to find new ways of delivering the services that local people want and that will help make the borough cleaner and greener.”
