About

The Kilmacow Community Clean up group began in 2009 as a response to the litter being dumped along the roadside of the village and surrounding areas. It started with two community members gathering litter on their daily walk. Over the years the group grew in members and eventually evolved into an annual clean up event open to all members of community. Today, the KCC organises multiple events and activities throughout the year including, the annual spring clean, flower planting days, painting days, river cleaning days and mini projects.

The KCC has no formal committee or membership, we consider everyone who participates in anyway as equals. The KCC prides itself on its goals of inclusion and participation for as many community members from as many diverse backgrounds as possible. All events we organise are open to all members of the community, and we welcome new participants at all events.

The efforts of the Kilmacow Community Clean up group has helped the village gain recognition and awards for the community including, overall winners of “category seven – Community Wellbeing” in the IPB Pride of Place awards 2019. Details of the award are available here

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Events

Throughout the year the Kilmacow Community Clean-up group organises various activities and events. These range from painting, bulb and flower planting, mini projects and litter picking. The aim of these events is to bring together members of the community from all walks of life, to promote inclusion and community spirit, all the while improving the aesthetic and cleanliness of the community. We encourage and invite people of all ages to attend.

Each year in April, we participate in The National Spring Clean , a national clean up event in association with An Taisce .The National Spring Clean is an annual event where communities come together for one day in April and organise a community clean-up day. Understanding that people have busy schedules and are sometimes unable to attend, An Taisce launched the #2minutestreetclean campaign, where they encourage people to spend a couple of minutes cleaning around their residence or locality and posting an image on social media with the hashtag #2minutestreetclean

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In the interest of safety, we have had to make the difficult decision to suspend all upcoming events for the time being amid the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daffodil Planting Day

Church Gates
01:00pm
All Welcome
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This year we will focus our planting on the recently recovered ground on the footpath beside the church. We have purchased six varieties of daffodils that flower at different stages throughout spring and summer to provide as much colour and coverage as possible. If you have shovels, spades, gloves, bulb planters, vis vests then please bring them on the day as only a limited quantity will be available.

Village Spring Clean

Church Gates
12:00pm
All Welcome
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This year the village spring clean will focus on the areas around the upper village and the roads and pathways leading into the upper Village. If you have gloves, bags, vis vests or litter pickers we kindly ask that you please bring them along on the day, as only a limited quantity will be available.

Contact

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Feel free to get in touch using any of the methods below, or please fill out the contact form and someone will be in touch