Photo Irina Tennant
It is volunteer week this week, and it was great to see Natasha Cali and two friends decided they were getting out and doing their bit for their community.
Last Sunday, the three women picked up seven bin-liners of rubbish between the Byron Bay Cavanbah Centre and Mcgettigans Lane, despite Byron Shire Council (BSC) not supporting the effort.
Organiser Natasha had contacted BSC to seek assistance with providing the women with PPE for the clean up.
‘We got a response from the Litter and Illegal Dumping Prevention Officer saying, “After discussing your proposal internally, unfortunately, Council isn’t able to support a volunteer litter clean‑up along Ewingsdale Road. Council cannot encourage or facilitate unregistered, uninsured volunteers”.’
Not to be daunted the three women went and purchased their own PPE (it is important to be safe!) and got on with a job that obviously needed doing.
‘Council assured us that litter collection is already being managed by them but until we see evidence of this we are going to clean up a section of Ewingsdale Road and Mcgettigans Lane on a monthly basis,’ Natasha told The Echo.
If you want to join the cre email: [email protected].
See volunteer feature on pages 20 to 23.
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