Dog Walkers take action update

There was a fantastic response by dog walkers, local residents and even people from outside Southport to the call this Saturday to clean up the beach at Birkdale. Organised by local dog walkers, as a thank you to Sefton Council for reopening the beach car park at Weld Road, the event attracted over 40 people who all got stuck in cleared the paths of dog mess, litter and general debris. Councillor Sue McGuire, who has worked with the dog walkers to get action on the beach, explained

"This was a fantastic day and shows just what can be done when people feel passionately about something - its all well and good saying action must be taken but Saturday shows what can be done when you actually do something.
I think the coast and countryside team were really surprised by the number of people and the amount of rubbish collected."

Event organiser Eilish Culley said

"I am really pleased at what we have achieved today - the event was so well received we plan to do another one in October."