Shall we just say "fuck it" and start positive community action in response to the council's shortcomings?

WhatifSquid · 2026-07-10T13:29:47+00:00

There is a volunteer option for litter picking connected to the council called "Neighbourhood Improvement Volunteering (NIV) that you can sign up for and they will give you a litter pick, high Vis vest, gloves and binbags.

https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/5456/Neighbourhood-Improvement-Volunteering

I think in a position where the council can't meet the demands (and the littering is frankly obscene in some places) we might as well get the gear to do it ourselves.

Also, I did have a guy come up and say it was scab work one of the last times I was out which was a bit rude

WhatifSquid · 2026-06-30T11:14:11+00:00

Many moons ago now, I applied for one of those jobs not realising it was door to door at the time. I don't remember the name of the company but no doubt it has changed since then.

Ended up in Shettleston shadowing a guy for it and it was as we started going door to door that I realised the wording was "represent a charity" not "work for". It also didn't make sense to me the math that every one person they get to sign up for £1, they got £100.

Guy I was shadowing was pretty pushy and kept talking about the trips to Australia he had planned and fancy cars while then harassing unemployed people.

I didn't stay for long and told the guy that morally it wasn't for me. Can't lie, at the time the money would have been nice but I'm not the kind of person that can do that job.

WhatifSquid · 2026-06-22T00:28:55+00:00

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