Our Trust family of schools were delighted to be invited to the launch of Keep Britain Tidy's spring campaign in Heckmondwike, supported by the national Keep Britain Tidy charity and one of our local MPs, Kim Leadbeater MBE. Every school in our Trust family is passionate about supporting and being at the very heart of the Batley community, and our learners are highly proactive in litter picking campaigns across Batley throughout the year (and whatever the weather!). These litter picking campaigns are a key part of our social action work. Our learners and staff teams aim to raise awareness of why it is important not to drop litter in the first place, and how we can all do our bit to make Batley a cleaner, tidier and nicer place to live and work. 

Our schools all have Eco School teams who lead this important environmental work and encourage all members of our community not to drop litter, fly tip or leave dog poo on the streets of Batley. Our goal is to make Batley a place where everyone is proud to live and work. We have some really fantastic, and rather unique, environmental projects in Batley such as; the Batley Barnyard, our horticulture areas in our schools where children learn about where food comes from - 'from farm to fork', our nursery children take part in 'facetime a farmer' with farmer Lucy, and we even have Batley Bees who produce delicious, organic honey and learners can make the most fabulous beeswax candles.

Our learners are highly talented in their environmental work and projects. Together we CAN make a difference. As a great man once said; "we must be the change we want to see in the world."