March 30, 2017 3.45 pm This story is over 92 months old

Students help to clean up Brayford Pool

Volunteers from the University of Lincoln have been cleaning out Brayford Pool today. In the annual Brayford Clean Up event on March 30 a number of students helped to pull litter out of the water. Tasnim Hassan, Vice President Welfare and Community officer at Lincoln Students’ Union said: “This is our fifth year of doing…

Volunteers from the University of Lincoln have been cleaning out Brayford Pool today.

In the annual Brayford Clean Up event on March 30 a number of students helped to pull litter out of the water.

Last year students found trolleys and traffic cones in the water.

Tasnim Hassan, Vice President Welfare and Community officer at Lincoln Students’ Union said: “This is our fifth year of doing this and we have definitely had an amazing student turn out.”

Students from the University of Lincoln clean up Brayford Pool.

In previous years volunteers have found trolleys, traffic cones and barriers in Brayford Pool.

Amazing turn out for fifth annual Brayford Clean Up

She added: “We’ve recruited more people as it’s been going on, more people are coming up every hour.”

The team pulled out a number of traffic cones from the water as well as barriers and multiple items of clothing.