Residents came together to clean-up their community.

Greenfields Community Housing hosted the latest of its Make a Difference Days in Colne Road and Brook Meadow, Sible Hedingham.

Homeowners and tenants from the area spent the day sprucing up the gardens and outside spaces using skips paid for by the housing association's Halstead forum.

Steve Petit, Greenfields' neighbourhoods co-ordinator, said: "Support was offered in the form of myself and two eager estate rangers, Jon and Matt, for anyone who had items too big to lift themselves.

"However when we arrived on the morning of Tuesday, January 9, both skips were already three quarters full, which was heart-warming to see as it proved that there was a need that was even bigger than first anticipated.

“We were able to still help a number of residents who had large items like freezers, tumble driers and old garden furniture that wouldn’t have been able to move it themselves.

"Overall the day was a great success with both skips being full to near overflowing and a number of residents sharing their thanks for the service.”