Keep Britain Tidy is responsible for many other campaigns and programmes designed to make where we live cleaner and greener.

Our campaigns

Our campaigns do two things ­- provide useful facts and information, and encourage everyone to do their bit to help win the battle against litter.

The Big Tidy Up is a key part of the Love Where You Live campaign. Launched in September 2008, The Big Tidy Up is England's biggest litter pick and a great opportunity for individuals, groups, organisations and businesses to really get stuck in and tidy up their neighbourhood.

Involving as many people as possible is a really important part of Keep Britain Tidy's campaigns, but sometimes prevention is the most important thing. Our Dog Poo Fairy campaign reminds dog owners that it's their job to clean up after their pooch ­- there's no magic wand solution.

Similarly, our car litter campaign specifically targets people who throw rubbish from their cars. With the slogan 'Together we can stop car litter. Report it at www.keepbritaintidy.org', we're working hard to highlight the anti-social nature of littering.

All Keep Britain Tidy's campaigns are rooted in extensive research, and the annual Branded Litter Survey provides important information about the type of litter on our streets. No brand likes to be associated with littering, and the survey highlights which brands need to work harder to reduce their contribution to the problem.

Although we think littering is a serious matter, that doesn't mean we can't have some fun in the fight against it. Our Get Behind Keep Britain Tidy! campaign, launched in July 2010, used saucy seaside-postcard humour to encourage people to stop littering. With messages such as 'Bend Over and Think of England' and 'Get Behind Us', we raised a few smiles as well as an important issue.

Our programmes

Keep Britain Tidy works with local and international partners to run programmes that encourage good management of, and respect for the environment.

We love a day at the beach, and our Quality Coast Award recognises and rewards good beach management. Keep Britain Tidy also administers the Blue Flag scheme in England, an international award managed by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). It is awarded to coastal destinations that have achieved the highest quality in water, facilities, safety, environmental education and management.

It's not all about awards, and our BeachCare programme aims to raise awareness of the problem of beach litter and empower local people to make a difference in their area. In collaboration with Cornwall Council, the Environment Agency and South West Water, Keep Britain Tidy is currently running pilot BeachCare projects. We hope to roll this out across England.

We don't just like to be beside the seaside - rivers and canals also float our boat. Our RiverCare programme in the Anglian Water region, and WatersideCare in the West Midlands, involve working with local communities to improve and monitor waterside environments.

Education is a vital part of Keep Britain Tidy's work, which is why we look after the international Eco-Schools programme in England. There are 46 countries that currently run the Eco-Schools programme - from the UK to France, Morocco to South Africa - and schools works towards three awards: Bronze, Silver, and the much-coveted Green Flag.

Keep Britain Tidy also has its own Green Flag Award, in this instance for parks and green spaces. Awarded on an annual basis, in July 2011 awards were given to 1,288 parks and green spaces.

For more information on any of Keep Britain Tidy's work please visit www.keepbritaintidy.org