On June 22, I attended the annual Community Conference at the Southampton Institute organised by the Southampton Environment Centre. There was a choice of 12 workshops. After solving the City’s transport problems at the ‘Getting around Southampton’ workshop, I went to one called ‘Graffiti Fix’ where the City’s Cleansing Officer, John Martin introduced us to the Sparkling Southampton Community Cleanup Kit. The graffiti damage in Southampton is at least £300,000 per year and is getting worse. We practised removing some graffiti on a bottle bank in the grounds of the Institute and were then presented with our own cleanup kits. If you would like to use the kit to remove some graffiti near you, give me a ring on 023 8055 6056.