Anti-plastic campaigners the Final Straw Foundation and aid group Bridge to Unity joined up in Emsworth, armed with bags and tools to give their area a spruce up. About 100 people turned out.
News photographer Sarah Standing was there to capture the day.
Liberty said: ‘It’s such an important topic to be able to cover and as a family-friendly event it’s been wonderful to see everyone have the shared goal of saying “let’s get out, let’s do something for our beloved town and kick that taboo of walking past litter.’
Bianca added: ‘Plastic pollution is so important to us and it’s important to be able to highlight this and we’re really trying to make Emsworth a beautiful place, and indeed everywhere along the south coast t.’
![Bridge to Unity and Final Straw Foundation held a litter pick for a clean-up around Emsworth shore, Mill Pond and the surrounding area on Monday as part of the Big Help Out (080523-3772)](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmYxOTQ2ZTBlLTFmM2ItNDAwOC04YTBiLTBiZTkyMmFlNWJlZToyNTVjMTFkNi1iYjA5LTQwODItYmVkZC1lM2QwMzA4MjQ4Nzg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Big operation
Bridge to Unity and Final Straw Foundation held a litter pick for a clean-up around Emsworth shore, Mill Pond and the surrounding area on Monday as part of the Big Help Out (080523-3772) Photo: Sarah Standing
![Rufus Blake, three, from Emsworth (080523-4605)](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmZiZTNhNTNkLTZjMTktNDQ5Zi1iZWQxLWJlNzIyMWFjZDNlYzoxYWZiNWNkMy1kMDRiLTRkYTQtOTk0My1kMmIyZWViZGM0MTI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![Liberty Rose, operations co-ordinator from Bridge to Unity and Bianca Carr, founder of Final Straw Foundation (080523-4619)](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA4YzQ3ZjAxLWNmNDgtNDQwYS05YTVhLTM3MzNhYTdmNGRhYzphMDc3ZDhjOC01ZTViLTRiYTktYTAyNS1jZGFjYjgxM2ZkZWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. Groups joined together
Liberty Rose, operations co-ordinator from Bridge to Unity and Bianca Carr, founder of Final Straw Foundation (080523-4619) Photo: Sarah Standing
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