The competition is open to all schools and colleges in the Borough of Havant.

 

The winning school will receive a cheque for £1,000. The council is investigating, with local businesses offering additional donated prizes.

 

A school wishing to enter must do so before 1^st December 2005, but entries can be made starting 1^st November.

 

Schools will be judged according to the criteria below and awarded points for fulfilling the criteria. The school with the highest score is the winner. In the event of a tie the prize money will be shared between the winning schools.

 

There will be one visit to the school to determine what measures the school takes to encourage students not to litter. This will be scored out of 10. This is to encourage schools to push no litter messages.

 

There will be three random visits to the school and the roads surrounding the school between the 1^st December and 31^st March to score the cleanliness. The scoring will be carried out without entering the school site. The scoring system is one used nationally by the government to measure the amount of litter and detritus. This is to encourage students to take the message outside of the school and not to drop food and drink related litter on their way to and from school and at lunchtimes. It will also encourage schools to include in literature home to parents to help by not dropping litter outside of schools when they are waiting to collect students.

 

Neighbours to the school (some households, businesses and shops) will be asked to help us to award points to the school. This is to encourage local people to participate and help the school in their efforts. Some local businesses may want to participate in other reward schemes of their own to encourage students not to litter, and this information will be fed back to schools if this is the case.