LET'S make our town a nicer place to live!

That is the rallying call from the Grimsby In Bloom team as they relaunch their latest campaign to spruce up the whole area.

The Big Tidy Up 2010 will see volunteers turn out in force once again to help council workers tackle the grottiest areas of Grimsby.

As reported, a similar crackdown, which was run earlier this year, was heralded as a huge success by organisers and residents, with a number of the towns' most notorious litter hotspots being tackled.

This year's Tidy Up effort kicks off on Saturday, when the team will take to the streets of the East and West Marsh armed with litter picks and hundreds of their distinctive bright green big bags.

Then for the following three weeks, the group of committed volunteers will tackle two wards every Saturday as they push on in their attempts to tidy up our town.

Chairman of the Grimsby In Bloom Committee and co-ordinator of the Big Tidy Up, Ernie Brown, is asking for more volunteers than ever to come forward and help make this the most successful campaign yet.

"This will be our third Great Grimsby Big Tidy Up. Each time we get together our volunteer numbers grow and it is really good to see an increase in the number of people who are committed to making our town that bit nicer.

"During the last series of sessions, in March this year, we had a total of 99 volunteers collecting 176 sacks of rubbish from the streets and alleyways of Grimsby and we're hoping for bigger and better this time.

"We really need do need people to volunteer – even if you can only spare one hour it will be a big help." Saturday's session will begin in Heneage Road at 10.30am, with the afternoon clean up beginning in Haycroft Street at 1.30pm.

For more about The Big Tidy Up, call honorary secretary Jacquie Brown on 01472 859336, e-mail grimsbyinbloom@btinternet.com or visit www.grimsbyin bloom.co.uk.