Skip to content
Aberdeenshire youngster wins cash prize for efforts to keep streets clean
An Aberdeenshire teenager has become the youngest winner of a lottery competition encouraging people across Scotland to keep their community’s streets clean.
Finley Redmond from Aboyne bagged £250 thanks to Keep Scotland Beautiful’s partnership with the LitterLotto app.
Launched in November last year, the scheme encourages Scots to bin their litter and pays out weekly prizes ranging from £50 to £500.
READ MORE: Aberdeen police race to King Street ‘robbery’ as garage forecourt ‘cordoned off’
Finley, 13, is a keen litter picker and his dad Chris will receive the prize on his behalf.
Finley said: “I’ve always been a litter picker. I am passionate about the environment and have always tried to help it and just recently I planted 12 trees with greenspace.”
Not only has Finley been working hard to keep his local area clean and tidy, but he convinced his mum, dad, brother and eight others to get involved too.
Sign up for Aberdeen Live’s newsletter
Get all the latest Aberdeen news and headlines sent straight to your inbox by signing up to our free newsletter.
From breaking news in and around the city, to traffic and travel and health, we’ve got you covered.
The manually created newsletter arrives every day at around 4pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we’ve covered that day.
To sign up, simply click this link here.
And if you aren’t already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook Groups and Aberdeen Live Instagram.
He continued: “I love animals and keeping our planet [clean] for my children when they come and their children after that.”
Proud dad Chris added: “Finley was so pleased and excited to have won! He’s been litter mad since learning about and using the app.”
Catherine Gee, deputy chief executive at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: “I’m delighted to see that Finley has been rewarded for doing the right thing through our partnership with LitterLotto.
“This collaboration is all about encouraging people to help tackle the country’s looming litter emergency and it’s brilliant to see people across the country getting involved.
“Despite being our youngest winner so far, Finley’s enthusiasm for tidying his community and protecting it now and for future generations is inspiring to see.
“I’m looking forward to seeing many more Scottish winners benefitting from helping to keep Scotland beautiful.”
Carly Di Crescienzo, local authority campaigns manager at LitterLotto, said: “It’s great to see our Scottish users benefiting from this regional jackpot.
“We hope that our partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful will encourage others to get involved.
“Our users help keep their communities clean and green and with LitterLotto you can win cash while doing good.”
The LitterLotto app is available to download for free on the App Store and Android Store.
