WILTSHIRE Wildlife Trust celebrated the cleaning efforts shown by residents of Westbury with a jam-packed event on March 12.

Over 214 people joined in with Let’s Go Wild For Westbury, an event organised to celebrate Recycle for Wiltshire’s work in the town over the past year.

There was a selection of free activities on offer from making jam jar lanterns and paper beads to decorating pots before planting them with spring bulbs and weaving willow crowns.

Sam Wilson, Communications Officer at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, said: “It was a fantastic event to celebrate all the hard work everyone has put in in Westbury over the past year.

“It was lovely to see so many people joining in with the activities and learning about recycling, from decorating bags which they can re-use to making things out of yoghurt pots.”

The winners of the bag design competition, sponsored by Hills Waste Solutions, were Oscar Grieve from Bitham Brook and Olivia Norris from Westbury Leigh, who were presented with prizes of year-long memberships to the junior branch of Wiltshire Wildlife Trust by Wiltshire Councillor Jerry Wickham and Damian Haasjes from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.

Active Trowbridge provided a bouncy castle, Leighton Recreation Centre tested football skills with a football wall and the Health Trainers were on hand to encourage healthier living.

The White Horse Children’s Centre helped children to re-use rubbish by planting cress in egg shells and seeds in used plastic milk bottles.

Westbury charity Crosspoint were also at the event and ran a tombola to raise funds for their help and advice centre.

During Recycle for Wiltshire’s year in Westbury, the Waste Team from Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has educated and involved 1,350 Westbury pupils and 1,756 residents to reduce, re-use and recycle their rubbish at home.

The team have also knocked on 667 doors in the town to answer residents’ questions about recycling.