In Maitland, the Rotary Club of Telarah Rutherford will lead the charge, with club treasurer Bob Parsons appointed as the area coordinator.

Twenty sites have been organised around Maitland for Sunday.

Mr Parsons said graffiti was a “blight” on the community.

“Graffiti is intimidating when its left for any length of time,” he said. “It makes people feel unsafe.”

Mr Parsons said this was why it was so important to get on top of new graffiti as soon as possible.

The day will give the club a much-needed hand in their campaign against local vandalism.

The Rotary Club of Maitland Sunrise and Rotary’s junior Interact Club of Rutherford are both set to grab some brushes this Sunday.

“We hope to get all the sites done,” Mr Parsons said. “If we do we’ll have applied 80 litres of paint.”

“The town will be a much cleaner place for it.”

Maitland west ward councillor Henry Meskauskas has been a vocal campaigner against the graffiti problem in Maitland.

He said graffiti gave the wrong impression to visitors.

“Their first reaction is ‘this city doesn’t take much care’,” he said.

However, he said the removal day had a positive impact on the problem in Maitland.

“If this day wasn’t once a year, we would have a lot more graffiti than we do,” he said. “They certainly do a good job.”