Graffiti vandalism costs NSW more than $300 million each year and affects community centres, memorials, libraries and sporting facilities as well as residential homes and businesses. 

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Graffiti Removal Day draws attention to the fight against graffiti vandalism and encourages people to get involved in the removal and prevention of graffiti. 

“Last year, volunteers across NSW removed more than 30,000m2, or five football fields of graffiti from 460 sites,” Ted said.

“We hope 2018 will be even bigger and better.

“Graffiti Removal Day is a fun way for people to come together as a community and improve the appearance of our local area by removing and preventing graffiti.

“As a community we have done a great job in reporting and removing graffiti, so this year our focus is on preventing it, and we have chosen to start with our most important and sacred property, our war memorials.

“It is great to see so many young people volunteering their time to protect these important monuments from vandalism. It shows how much they care about their history and community. However, I would encourage everyone to get involved in this great community event.”

People who volunteer to help out on the day will be supplied with free cleaning material, safety equipment and training on how to safely prevent graffiti.

People can volunteer, suggest an idea or nominate a clean-up site by going to the website www.graffitiremovalday.org.au.

“Anyone who cannot make it on the day can still support this great event by promoting it on social media, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using the hashtags #GRD18 and #LoveWhereWeLive,” Ted concluded.

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