Campaigning to reduce litter and improve water quality in Dorset
Join a group near you!
We’re really pleased that you’re interested in making a difference to your local environment. Litter Free Dorset support a range of community and volunteer groups across the county who organise regular litter picking and beach cleaning activities in their local areas.
Keep scrolling for more information and contact details for groups near you.
Gillingham Litter Pickers offer both group and individual litter picking opportunities. To find out when their next group pick is, take a look at their Facebook page.
Join our friendly litter-picking group every other Saturday in Hamworthy Park – we meet at 9am for a one-hour “power hour” . We also carry out ad-hoc litter picks in other Hamworthy spaces. Check our Facebook page for dates! Prefer a more flexible approach? Borrow litter-picking equipment from our tool shed in Hamworthy Park to support your own group or business activities. We welcome DofE volunteers and can even help businesses deliver your social value commitments—why not team up with our partner South Coast Adventures for a full day of volunteering & outdoor adventure activities in the local area?
Organise a community litter pick every other month covering the West Moors area, starting at Park Way and heading off towards Gullivers Farm and Pinehurst Road.
West Moors Town Council also hold spare litter picking equipment in the office should anyone want to carry out individual litter picks.
Organise group and individual litter picks on beaches and the coast path as well as educational talks for school groups and businesses. We also collaborate with other groups across the South West and organise ‘team building’ beach cleans for businesses.
Host litter picks along the Jurassic Coast from Exmouth (Devon) to Studland (Purbeck)
West Dorset litter pickers offer group litter picking activities in Halstock and Corscombe and are looking to expand to other villages between A37 and A356
5 Things Clear beach cleans at West Bay are now organised jointly by Clean Jurassic Coast and West Bay Paddleboarders and take place the third Sunday of each month. Contact Clean Jurassic Coast for more information.
Organise group litter picking activities across the Isle of Purbeck, all dates listed on the Litter-Free Purbeck website.
Regular beach cleans and litter picking events take place in Swanage and Wareham hosted by the Swanage Beach Buddies, Swanage Landers and Wareham Wombles.
Other groups which meet up when needed are Clean-Up Corfe, Love Langton, Harman’s Cross about Litter and Worth Picking-Up.
Paws on Weymouth Beaches & Open Spaces – dog walkers clearing the way
A Facebook and Twitter group of over 540 environmentally aware dog walkers who litter pick on their daily walks in and around the Weymouth and Portland area, promoting positive dog ownership by posting on our page.
The group occasionally arrange litter picks in areas where there has been a problem identified. In the past we have been involved with the Great Dorset Beach Clean and the Great British beach clean.
Run project based beach cleans around the Weymouth and Portland coastline to address specific issues, such as the Fleet nature reserve clean up project.
Have a separate Facebook group to monitor and respond to marine litter washed up on Chesil beach with cleans organised at short notice, particularly after storms that have washed up large amounts of plastic waste.
