Construction company Kier have teamed up with Love Newquay (powered by Newquay Business Improvement District – BID) and Brandon Trust to kickstart the clean-up of town centre graffiti! Volunteers from Kier, Brandon Trust and Love Newquay picked up their rollers and tackled graffiti on the Tram Tracks area. They are encouraging business owners, landlords and members of the public to join them in their approach to cleaning up Newquay.
Love Newquay/Newquay BID manager Mark Warren met a representative of Kier at a school engagement event at Treviglas Academy in Newquay. The conversation focussed on the BID objective “Cleaner, Greener, Safer” and specifically the issue of graffiti. It transpired that Kier support community initiatives nationwide and this led to the teamwork between BID and Kier targeting graffiti in Newquay. The Kier team were really excited to join in with the launch of this project which was kickstarted at the end of May.
Whilst graffiti on Cornwall Council Property is the responsibility of Cornwall Council, it is the landowner’s responsibility to clean graffiti on private property and this is why Newquay BID is working to create a community graffiti tackling team. According to Safer Cornwall, quickly removing any graffiti from private property works as a deterrent as well as a solution. Cornwall Council’s website says “If they are left untouched graffiti can encourage more graffiti, rubbish dumping and anti-social behaviour.”
Mark Warren, Love Newquay/Newquay BID manager said: “We hear a lot from both businesses and the public about the graffiti in Newquay. This isn’t only a local issue, its nationwide in towns. I believe that we are so passionate about this and if likeminded individuals want to tackle this we can get together and have that conversation. There are a lot more of us against graffiti than those doing it. If people are as passionate as we know people are we can tackle this and show a clear message that this isn’t welcome in our town! Anybody with a real desire to display their artistic skills, get in touch and we can point you in the right direction.”
Doug Lloyd, regional director at Kier Construction Western & Wales, said: “Making a positive impact on the communities we work in is at the heart of our values, so we were thrilled to team up with Brandon and Love Newquay on this graffiti clean-up project.
“It was fantastic to see everyone working together, actively working to improve the local community.”
Love Newquay are collecting information about graffiti in Newquay to continue this project. Please contact info@newquaybid.co.uk to register interest.
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