CHARFIELD residents are being encouraged to roll up their sleeves and help tidy up their village.

On Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26 Charfield Parish Council is organising its annual village spring clean and volunteers are needed to help out during the weekend.

On both the Saturday and Sunday parish councillors will be at the Charfield Memorial Hall handing out litter pickers, refuse bags and gloves to any volunteers willing to offer a couple of hours service to the community.

A skip will also be placed in the car park for collected rubbish can be deposited.

Mark Rosher, chairman of Charfield Parish Council, said: "Charfield is a splendid place to live, but it is tainted by the litter that some people seem so casually to drop. Not only offensive but an offence, it spoils what otherwise is a beautiful location.

"As residents, we can either moan about it or go and do something about it, and we choose to do the latter."

The spring clean days will be split into two periods, 9am-12pm and 1-4pm.