Douglas Council is urging people in the town: Love Where You Live.

That’s the title of a Keep Britain Tidy campaign, which calls on communities to come together on volunteer projects to respect and protect the local environment.

The council launched Love Where You Live in Douglas with a litter pick and clean-up of the North and South Quays, supported by volunteers, including members of Broadway Baptist Church and St Thomas’s Church.

Joining the volunteers was environmental services committee member councillor Falk Horning.

He said: ’Love Where You Live will not be a one-off initiative but a continuing year-round campaign in which the council is looking to involve volunteer groups, schools and local businesses to develop community led schemes.

’Every individual and every household can, of course, make a difference by recycling as much as possible to minimise waste and litter, in support of which the council provides a kerbside collection service, has bring banks stationed at prominent sites and operates the household waste recycling centre at Middle River.’

He said town hall staff did all they could to keep the town clean and tidy, but ’litter is a community issue that demands a community response’.

Layla Blayden, 10, from Anagh Coar School, won a contest to design a poster, with her drawing of the Tower of Refuge by night. Layla has served as a member of her school’s environmental committee.

She said: ’I chose to draw the tower because I really love how it looks at night all lit up.’

The poster will be displayed around the town.

To suggest a Love Where You Live community project, email: [email protected]