WELCOME ! 
We are overwhelmed at the way our ‘Womble movement’ has really gathered pace - for our newer members here’s an information post on who we are, why we set up Crosby Wombles and our vision for the future … 

Like many people in Crosby we have carried out litter picks on our own for many years - we’ve quietly gone about our business tidying up here and there but sometimes we’ve had to ‘walk on by’ a particularly bad grot spot (which we hated doing) because it has been too overwhelming… and we just hate ‘walking by’ litter… 
We haven’t invented a new movement - there are groups of Wombles everywhere. In fact we took our inspiration for the group from Carnforth Wombles - a truly amazing  group of Wombles who make a huge difference to their beautiful part of the world and received invaluable advice from our neighbours Penny Lane Wombles. 
The vision for Crosby Wombles is to: “encourage, equip, educate and enable" our L23 Womble family so they are able to safely carry out their own solo litter picks in areas that they are drawn to tidy” (maybe outside their own home, their own street etc) 
and “to unite our Womble family so, collectively we can tackle larger grot spots” - many paws make light work".
🐾 Please let us know of any larger ‘grot spots’ that you feel would benefit from a group of Wombles tackling together - we will then aim to coordinate a group event focusing on that area. 

In addition to to litter picking we offer numerous social groups - we are passionate about building, strengthening and developing community in and around L23. We offer a monthly Book Club (Paws for Reading™), Coffee and Cake Club (Paws for a Cuppa, Cake and Chat™), Craft Club (Creative Paws™), Guerrilla Gardening and helping other community groups (Lend a Paw™), Assembly Team (Paws for Learning™) and we organise social events too (Social Paws™). See our 'events' section for further details.  All our community groups are free to attend with complimentary refreshments provided thanks to the various successful grant bids we receive. 
We encourage each Womble to interact with our Facebook group - please post photos of your litter picks so we can share in the delight of seeing the significant difference a Womble can and does make to our planet. We also have an active Whatsapp Community with all our various groups and events having their own 'chat'. 

We have a thriving Mini-Womble community who love taking part in Womble challenges during the school holidays.  We actively promote Crosby Wombles in local Primary schools, Secondary Schools and Uniformed Organisations educating young citizens  about why even the tiniest bit of litter can have devastating effects to wildlife…  (We have an assembly team who deliver this). 
Group litter picks often end in a local, supportive coffee shop - Us Wombles love to chat over a coffee and slice of cake ! 
We recently acquired a wonderful (but somewhat dilapidated) building in Moorside Park and are currently busy making it into a cosy, welcoming, burrow where we hope to be able to offer a warm welcome to Wombles and visitors alike. 
Anyway that’s enough for now … we just wanted you to know ‘who we are and why we do what we do’… it’s great to have so many like minded Wombles on board - thank you! 
Dawn🐾 & Rosemary🐾
Crosby Wombles - picking up things the everyday folk leave behind and creating a welcoming community for all.