The West Yorkshire Litter Challenge 2025

31/08/2025

24/04/2025

another 12 full bags picked by Rebwar Sharzwre and Ed Ed Carlisle in south leeds

13/04/2025

Today 13/04/2025
Today Kurdish House Leeds litter picking group has done our monthly litter picking in south leeds and jake lane road we have picked 35 full bags .

07/02/2025

A steady week on our big litter challenge: we were out in (Ebor Terrace) and (Bismarcks/Disraelis), and collected 13 bags. Running total: 206. A long way to go to 5000! (Thanks and credit to the Hamara volunteers, also out litterpicking this week - pictured.)

We're out again in partnership with Better Beeston this Sunday (9 February) from 1pm around Lady Pit Lane / the Stratfords / etc (Beeston LS11), and again next Sunday (16 February) from 3pm around Maud Avenue / the Harlechs / etc (ditto). Kit, snacks, and good vibes all provided.

Join us if you can. Be in touch anytime. Let's keep building a Litter Free Leeds. 👊🏽

27/01/2025

We plough on! 28 bags yesterday in (rainy) Hunslet Lake yesterday. Running total: 193. Still a long way to go until we hit 5000 - get in touch if you want to work with us to hit the mark. Thank you in advance..!

16/01/2025

Many thanks again to all who joined us for last Sunday's big launch! A mighty team effort.

We're out again this Sunday (19 January), from 3pm, meeting on Maud Avenue (LS11 7DN), in partnership with Better Beeston.

See you then, or soon. Thank you! Let's build a Litter Free Leeds.

13/01/2025

We had a barn-storming campaign launch yesterday, in partnership with Better Beeston and Litter Free Leeds. Many thanks to the dozens of volunteers who joined us. 98 bags picked (68 in North Beeston, 30 in Beeston Hill). Running total: 134.

This is just the start! Watch this space for further events in the coming days, weeks, and months. Feel free to get in to request an event where you are. Let's do this.

08/01/2025

A few of us had a crack at some local hotspots in Beeston today: 32 bags collected (running total: 36).

Then our main launch (postponed due to last weekend's snow) is THIS SUNDAY (12 January), from 1PM: join us if you can! We're partnering with the 'Better Beeston' campaign (www.facebook.com/betterbeeston), and there are TWO meeting points.

Come to either the junction of Stratford Street and Lady Pit Lane (LS11 6JG), or the Kurdish House centre (the Old Golden Lion, 42 Beeston Road, LS11 8RP).

All welcome. All kit provided, and there will be snacks and drinks afterwards, at the Kurdish House Centre. Many thanks in advance.

05/01/2025

Hi all. Conditions clearly aren't ideal for litterpicking TODAY - but a few of us ARE heading out to tackle a handful of local hotspots. Meet at 1pm, at the Kurdish House centre (the old Golden Lion), as advertised.

Or please join us NEXT SUNDAY (Sunday 12 January 2025), from 1pm, for the big launch event. We'll be partnering with the Better Beeston campaign (www.facebook.com/betterbeeston), and meeting at either the junction of Stratford Street and Lady Pit Lane (LS11 6JG) OR the Kurdish House centre (the Old Golden Lion, 42 Beeston Road, LS11 8RP).

Thank you! Maybe see you later, or have a lovely snow day.

02/01/2025

4 bags down, 4996 to go! A couple of us met with a nice guy from the BBC today, talked about this epic new challenge we're taking on, and picked our first bags of litter of the year.

Join us from 1pm on Sunday (5 January) if you can - but the weather's looking bleak, so please dress appropriately. If you can't join us then, no probs, there will be many many more opportunities to get onboard. Thanks all, happy New Year.

31/12/2024

Welcome to The Great West Yorkshire Litter Challenge 2025! We'd love to work with you to make a real impact this year. We're launching this Sunday (5 January). Read on for full info.

This project is led by Kurdish House, a community association in Leeds. We've been litterpicking, alongside so many other great people, across Leeds and beyond, for years. But we want to go up a gear this year.

We aim to pick 5000 BAGS OF LITTER across West Yorkshire between January and June 2025. COULD YOU HELP?

Join us if you can, to take HANDS-ON ACTION. We're launching on Sunday 5 January, with a big local litterpick in Beeston. Meet at 1pm (or join us anytime before 4pm) at our community centre in the old Golden Lion pub (LS11 8RP). We aim to tackle the housing estates nearest the centre, including the Northcotes, Disraelis, Bismarcks, and Normantons. All kit, and snacks and drinks, will be provided.

Then we'll be out litterpicking across the region, with others, throughout the coming months - full details will be posted here. Please join us! And we're very happy to receive REQUESTS to go tackle particular locations, anywhere in West Yorkshire - please message us.

But you don't have to take hands-on action! We're also inviting people to SPONSOR US for this challenge. We'll be sharing an online giving page here, on the day of our launch.

All sponsorship income will go into our new community centre, at the old Golden Lion pub on Beeston Road, where we're developing a programme of activities for all, featuring sports and martial arts, education and advice services, support for the homeless and those in need, and more. Every penny will help: THANK YOU in advance.

30/12/2024

This year of 2024 so far KHL litter picking have picked over 700 full bags of litter in leeds.join us to keep west yorkshire litter free.