Registration for Organisations

Please follow best Practice Health and Safety Guidelines at all times while taking part in Team Limerick Clean-Up.

Please ensure volunteers involved adhere to the necessary health and safety precautions at the time of the event.

Schools should also follow their schools H&S policy at all times.

All volunteers must have registered with www.teamlimerickcleanup.ie and selected the area you want to clean up on Good Friday 3rd April 2026.

Group Leaders and volunteers are advised to attend a safety briefing scheduled prior to the clean-up taking place. This briefing includes vital health and safety information on the following: start and end times of the local event, clean-up locations, risk assessments, emergency procedures, communication, PPE Gear and designated litter collection points.

The overall aim of TLC is to collect loose litter from public areas. Mr Binman will only accept litter which is bagged and tied appropriately. No other activities outside of litter picking are covered under relevant insurances with regard to the TLC event.

General Conditions

The following health and safety measures should be adhered to when organising an event.

• A risk assessment should be carried out before the event to identify and examine possible risks that could cause harm to volunteers. No one should put themselves or any other person at risk during any Team Limerick Clean-Up event. If you think a littered area is too dangerous for you or your volunteers, then it is, and you should not clean that area.
• Volunteers should look out for the following types of hazards: Unidentified cans or canisters, oil drums, poisons, insecticides, clinical waste, other hazardous substances, broken glass, condoms, syringes, etc. For each hazard identified, you can decide what precautions are needed.
• No volunteer is to work alone. Always work in a group of a minimum of 2 volunteers.
• At all times children involved in all TLC events are the responsibility of their parents or guardians or a ‘responsible adult’ nominated by parent/guardian. No more than FIVE children to any one nominated responsible adult are advisable. A minimum of 2 responsible adults should be present AT ALL TIMES with any group of children.
• Ensure there is a minimum number of 2 charged mobile phones available per group.
• No volunteer is to climb or use ladders.
• Keep gates closed and avoid cleaning up natural materials such as logs, stones, and weeds.
• Groups should familiarise themselves with the location of the designated first aid kit.
• Groups should wash their hands before and after handling litter. Do not eat or drink without washing hands thoroughly. To protect against Weil’s disease, volunteers should wear strong waterproof boots and gloves.
• Cuts or grazes will be carefully covered up before the clean-up event with waterproof plasters.
• In the event of a yellow weather warning, TLC 2026 will only proceed on Good Friday 3rd April with the approval of the DOS and/or major emergency planning committee. In the event of an Orange or Red Weather warning, all TLC 2026 volunteer activities will be postponed and alternative day planned.
• In the unlikely event of a major accident or emergency during your clean up event:
  • Phone the emergency services on 112 or 999 immediately.
  • Stay calm, stay focused and stay on the line and state the emergency you require.
  • Follow this (as soon as you are able) with a call to the TLC Control Room (number will be texted morning of Good Friday 3rd April).
  • Administer first aid if necessary.
  • TLC 2026 Good Friday Control Room phones will be staffed between 9:00am and 4:30pm

Area

• Our group will follow all relevant/appropriate rules of the road at all times and will work against the direction of oncoming traffic while participating in Team Limerick Clean-Up.
• Our group acknowledges that motorways, carriage way and all access slip roads to motorways are out of bounds and not be cleaned.
• Our group will not go on roundabouts.
• Children in our group under 16 will not pick up litter by the roadside.
• Our group will only work on footpaths and verges with a 50km per hour speed limit or below.
• Our group will not plan our clean-up on a river, near deep mud, steep, slippery, or crumbling banks, or polluted water.
• Our group will protect local biodiversity, not interfere with flora and fauna, keep gates closed and avoid cleaning up natural materials such as logs, stones and weeds.
• Our group will wear hi-visibility clothing and will place clean-up warning signs at either end of the stretch of road while work is in progress.
• Our group will submit a risk assessment to tlc@limerick.ie in respect of any site area with higher risk.

Equipment

• Our group will re-use TLC litter pickers from previous events where possible.
• Our group will use the safety equipment provided – gloves and hi-vis jackets.
• Our group will use the TLC warning signage and store this signage for future use.
• Our group will wear hi-visibility clothing and place warning signs at either end of the stretch of road while work is in progress.
• Our group leader will brief the group on emergency procedures before the event, organise volunteers into teams, distribute and collect equipment.
• Our group will return any excess litter pickers, supplies, and signage to their group leader for future use.
• Our group will leave collected litter at designated collection points.