YMCA George Williams Centre on Friarn Avenue in Bridgwater kindly offer us its double kayaks, Canadian canoes, paddles and life jackets for people to use free of charge for each of our litter picks.
To find out more about the YMCA and the facilities it offers, please click here.
The Bridgwater & Taunton Canal – IWA Somerset Volunteers support us by supplying volunteers and a flat work boat with on-board rubbish, storage containers. They also recycle/dispose of the rubbish removed from the canal and towpath.
Read all about the local group here and how to get involved in their weekly work parties along the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal.
The Purplespoon Café is based inside the George Williams Centre at the YMCA and has supported us from the beginning.
You can read all the Purplespoon Café’s tasty menu and future events on its Facebook page.
We have adopted a stretch of the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal in partnership with the Canal & River Trust. We have taken on a Pocket Waterway Adoption from the organisation and will look after the canal between Albert Street bridge and Taunton Road bridge in Bridgwater.
The Pocket Waterway Adoption means we can make our stretch of the canal even better for the local community. The Canal & River Trust also provided us with 10 litter pickers and 400 bin bags to use at our events.
The IT company is based in Eastover in Bridgwater and hosts our website for us free of charge. The helpful staff also help us with any IT queries we have linked to the site.
To find out more about QSS IT Solutions, click here.
We applied for a charitable donation from Viridor, one of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management companies in Taunton, and we were successful in receiving £173.34 to go towards our litter picking equipment.
With the money we were able to buy 24 litter pickers and 10 bag rings.
Angie Spurgeon from Artwork by Angie is a freelance illustrator, graphic and surface pattern designer based in Bridgwater. She designed our logo for us free of charge and helps us with any design work linked to our logo.
You can view some of Angie’s greetings cards, gift wrap and stationery by clicking here.
Mike Skidmore from Bridgwater is a Graphic Designer and creates our posters free of charge to publicise our events on social media.
You can see some more of Mike’s work over on his website – The White Gecko Design.
Bridgwater Town Council and Clean Surroundings
We applied for a Bridgwater Town Council Westover Ward Initiative Grant and were given £500 to spend on litter picking equipment and marketing materials. We were also given some bin bags and bag rings from council’s Clean Surroundings Service.