Shifford Crescent spruced up for spring

Shifford Crescent, Maidenhead will be the first area in the borough this year to benefit from an early spring clean, on Friday 19 February.

The clean-up kicks off at 10am when residents can join Royal Borough community wardens, borough streetcare officers, police officers, police community support officers and staff from Maidenhead and District Housing Association and Toynbee Housing to remove graffiti and bag up litter.

The clean-up follows a week of action in the area, starting Monday 15 February, led by the police and community wardens and including a crime reduction day, joint police and DVLA tax checks and multi-agency anti-social behaviour patrols.

Cllr Colin Rayner, lead member for community safety, said: "We have held many community clean-ups over the last two years and they are a great way to show partnership working in action.

"Residents are essential to the event's success - as it takes place during half-term, I would like to encourage as many people as possible to come along on the day, especially families whose children will be off school.

"We all have a responsibility for our local environment and every day when we are out and about we can do our bit by putting our litter in the bin or taking it home. If we drive away litter and graffiti we drive away crime and disorder. A clean place is a safe place.

"We want to make sure that we support our residents who suffer from anti-social behaviour and ensure that graffiti and litter are tackled promptly. The council takes a zero tolerance attitude to such activity and the community wardens and police work together to deal effectively with these issues. We will not allow the actions of a small minority to ruin the lives of the majority of law-abiding residents.

"The council is working with the police to get more police on the streets in the evenings and at weekends."

Andrew Hitchcock, police community support officer, said: "This community clean-up is one of several events running over the half-term holidays working on our main neighbourhood priority which is classed as 'neighbourhood image'. Cleaning up the neighbourhood will also provide a presence within the area and give members of the public a good opportunity to engage with the police and other partners."

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