Peterborough’s Muslim Scouts’ Community Impact

BBC Cambridgeshire news’ Shariqua Ahmed today (11 March 2025) reported on 5th Peterborough (Central) Scout Group’s litter pick in the Millfield (Gladstone Street) area of the city.

About 100 people joined a local Muslim Scouts group for a community litter pick, to clean up a city hotspot. On Saturday (8th March) they managed to collect 20 bags of rubbish

Children between the ages of four (Squirrels) and 14 (Scouts) took part, as they worked to achieve their Community Impact badge.

Shama Akhtar from the Group advised the BBC that “As we went along, people from the street started to join in – some people donated money for our group instead.”

The participants also held a cake bake sale at the end of the litter pick and raised about £490 for the Scouts.

The full news article can be found on the BBC’s website; link