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11 March 2026Matt Brunt

Bournemouth Coastal BID is inviting coastal businesses to take part in this year’s Great British Spring Clean.

 

This is a simple, practical way to help make our streets, shopfronts and public spaces look cleaner, brighter and more welcoming, and ready for the season

Small actions by individual businesses can make a big difference when we all take part together.

 

Why take part?

  • Create a better first impression for customers and visitors

  • Make streets feel safer, brighter and more cared for

  • Show pride in your business and your local area

  • Be part of a positive, visible coastal-wide effort

Even 20–30 minutes can have a real impact.

 

How businesses can get involved

Outside your own premises

Choose one or two simple jobs:

  • Wash windows and doors

  • Clean shopfronts and signage

  • Sweep the pavement outside

  • Pick up litter and cigarette ends

  • Tidy planters or remove weeds

  • Remove old posters, stickers or tape

 

Adopt a nearby spot

Help smarten up something close to your business:

  • A street sign or lamp post

  • A bench or railing

  • A bus stop

  • A wall or small stretch of pavement

A quick clean or litter pick can really lift the area.

 

Work together

  • Team up with neighbouring businesses

  • Do a short street clean together

  • Tidy shared areas, planters or alleyways

  • Let us know if there are any parts of your area that could do with a bit of a pressure wash- the Coastal BID can help remove graffiti and general grime and dirt.

 

What the BID will do

Bournemouth Coastal BID will:

  • Promote participating businesses

  • Share before-and-after photos

  • Highlight the collective impact across the coastal area

  • Use our graffiti removal and cleaning truck on areas that need attention

 

Let’s make a visible difference

By taking part, you’ll be helping to make Westbourne, West Cliff, Pier Approach, East Cliff, Boscombe, Pokesdown and Southbourne feel cleaner, more welcoming and better looked after for everyone.

 

 

If you’re in – even in a small way – we’d love you to take part and we can show our areas the love that they deserve.

If you would like us to have a look at anything that is in desperate need of a clean, or if there is any graffiti that needs to be gone please email [email protected] and we will come along and see what we can do.