Keep Britain Tidy

The Tidyman - the official logo of the campaign

Keep Britain Tidy is a British campaign run by the ENCAMS environmental charity, which is part funded by the U.K. government. The majority of their campaigning is around the issue of litter. They have been using 'Keep Britain Tidy' as their slogan for almost fifty years. They describe their mission as being 'To create effective action by our targeted groups to achieve a sustained improvement in local environmental quality and reduce anti-social behaviour'. The organisation's current chief executive is Alan Woods.

History

Keep Britain Tidy was originally set up by a conference of 26 organisations in 1955. The conference was initiated by the NFWI after a resolution was passed at their 1954 AGM to start a national anti-litter campaign. [1]

Other campaigns

ENCAMS runs the Eco-Schools programme and the Blue Flag campaign. ENCAMS also ran the Keep Scotland Beautiful, Keep Wales Tidy and TIDY Northern Ireland campaigns until April 2005, at which point these became the responsibility of their respective devolved organisations.

References

In The Beatles movie, A Hard Day's Night, there are a few mentions of "Keep Britain Tidy".

See also

• Clean Up Australia
• Keep America Beautiful

External links

• ENCAMS
• Eco-Schools
• Blue Flag
• Noise Concern
• Keep Wales Tidy
• Keep Scotland Beautiful
• Toronto, Clean & Beautiful City
• Keep Australia Beautiful
• Eco-Schools