CLEAN UP BARBADOS
CLEAN UP BARBADOS KEEPS OUR ISLAND BEAUTIFUL WHILE HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL DUMPING.
CLEAN UP BARBADOS
CLEAN UP BARBADOS KEEPS OUR ISLAND BEAUTIFUL WHILE HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL DUMPING.
7 June 2025 is the next date being planned for this annual, island-wide event and you can follow Clean Up Barbados on social media to be one of the first to know when registrations open for participating. Clean Up Barbados is volunteer-driven and keeps Barbados beautiful while highlighting the harmful impacts that littering and illegal dumping have on Barbados’ ecosystems and residents’ wellbeing. The event’s success depends on people like you, to bring yourselves and your groups to participate. Get your crew ready and plan to be a part and #PickUpDeTing!
Clean Up Barbados events have been held annually since 2009, apart from 2021 when the pandemic put a pause on all events. Over these 15 events, a total of 10,989 volunteers have removed 241 tons of illegally dumped rubbish from 416 locations all around Barbados. Whereas formerly this event was held in September, since 2022 the FCT has run this event in the dry season, to enable better access to areas for cleaning without tall grass, and to avoid the hurricane season. Clean Up Barbados continues to be part of the global Clean Up the World.
You can support Clean Up Barbados in many ways:
- Sponsorship donations provide funds for marketing of the event and its message to the public through multiple channels, and for any resources beyond those supplied through donations which are necessary to achieve the cleanup,
- Donations in kind of materials and loan of tools and equipment provide essential resources used by volunteers in the cleanup effort,
- Donations of prizes that are awarded to individuals and teams in several categories based on the actual cleanup results achieved,
- Organize your own team and register as a school, church, company, or community group to join the clean up, and (optionally) purchase event t-shirts for your team.
Clean Up Barbados is a volunteer opportunity which can provide great satisfaction to yourself and your team. Volunteering is known to be a good way to improve social ties, positively engage with others and be active within the community, gain experience with new challenges, raise awareness of social and environmental issues, interact with different cultures, contribute to social change, as well as to develop professional networks. We are all ready to get out and do something positive!
Clean Up Barbados operates primarily through the efforts of Group Leaders, who each lead a group of volunteers from their church, community, company, industry, or social group. We work with Group Leaders to identify a location suitable to your group and provision you with bags and gloves. Select your own clean up location or join with other groups to clean inland sites where we find the most rubbish. Win one of our competitions, where prizes are given for biggest group, biggest cleanup, youngest and oldest participants and we even have surprise prize categories!
