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Its pretty much 100% retirees who install, maintain and plant all the planters, plants pots and beds around our town. They do a great job. They also litter pick and get involved in the community events e.g. Mayday parade and Christmas lights switch on.
Incidentally the guild of shop owners who used to fund the Christmas lights pulled out last year (including many big chains Tesco, M&S, Boots, Waitrose etc) and it was the town community group who stepped up and took it over.
ELbowloh-
Sounds like Cameron's big society paid off!
Joking aside I do genuinely think it is a good idea and I'd loved to see it combined with. An initiative strategy on how to use our high streets.
I wouldn't ever withdraw driving licences and bank account for non-attendees.
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65-74 year olds volunteer most but it's not a massive difference to other age groups (although this data doesn't break out hours so perhaps they volunteer more often/more hours). Still only about a third of people. I'm not a fan of forced volunteering, it isn't volunteering if you have to do it IMHO, but it would be nice if everyone did a bit more IMHO.
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jellybaby
This sounds like a good idea. I often see some some older people doing litter picking near me.
Surely programmes like this for retireers would be really good. They'd provide a benefit to society, improve community engagement and keep them active which both provides health benefits and reduces costs on the NHS.