Keep Wales Tidy / Tidy Towns Events in November 2013

Keep Wales Tidy are organising events and are looking for volunteers, details below:

• 8th – Working party: Pontyberem – https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.778634,-4.169827&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=17 (Rear of main car park). (10am – 1pm). Work can include litter picking, flytip clearance, footpath maintenance and / or community garden works. Tools and equipment will be available but if possible please bring gloves.
• 12th – Waste & tyre amnesty: Kidwelly – https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.734776,-4.301856&hl=en&ll=51.734736,-4.300375&spn=0.015548,0.042272&num=1&t=h&z=15 (Hall car park). (8am – 1pm). Most household waste can be taken along including unwanted furniture, carpets and mattresses, electrical items such as fridge-freezers and televisions, garden waste and tyres (maximum 10 tyres per household). However, paint, garden chemicals, car batteries, gas bottles, asbestos, construction and trade waste will not be accepted. KWT / TT OFFICERS WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE.
• 25th – River cleanup: Glanamman – https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.806983,-3.924608&hl=en&num=1&t=m&z=16 (Entrance to Ger Yr Afon). (10am – 1pm). Some tools and equipment will be available, but if possible please bring gloves and waders / wellingtons.
• 26th – Access improvements: Pentregwenlais – https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.826837%2C-4.019998&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=18 (Lay-by in village). (9.30am – 2.30pm). We will be assisting residents in Pentregwenlais to open up a badly neglected playing field, which has been flagged up as having the potential to be brought back into use. Some tools and equipment will be provided, but if possible please bring gloves, loppers, shears, billhook, strimmer*. THIS EVENT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
• 28th – Cleanup: Swiss Valley Reservoir – https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.71668,-4.150525&hl=en&num=1&t=h&z=17 (Car park between the 2 reservoirs). (10.30am – 1.30pm). Tools and equipment will be available, but if possible please bring gloves.
• 29th – Beach clean: Llansteffan – https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.76857,-4.388405&hl=en&ll=51.76873,-4.388909&spn=0.00721,0.021136&num=1&t=m&z=16 (Next to recycling bins in main car park). (10am – 1pm). Tools and equipment will be available, but if possible please bring gloves.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEETING POINTS ARE WHERE THE ARROW IS POINTING, NOT POINT A.

All (unless otherwise stated) are welcome to join the above events. You are welcome to stay for the duration or any time you can give will be greatly received. For all day events (those that continue after 1pm), please bring lunch as we don’t provide this, and the work locations are often not near food outlets / shops.

If you arrive after the designated start time, please ring 07824 504805 when you arrive in case we have moved on to a different part of the site, or come and look for us.

End times are just a guide and events / work days may end earlier if the job is finished.

Children under 16 should be accompanied by an adult.

You are covered under Keep Wales Tidy’s insurance while at these events.

Please dress sensibly to suit the weather conditions on the day. Suitable footwear should also be worn (not sandals / flip flops, formal shoes); safety boots are ideal, but anything fairly rugged will be acceptable.

For more information contact Dan Snaith: daniel.snaith@keepwalestidy.org or phone 07824 504805.

Please feel free to circulate this list around your contacts.

* You must bring your own PPE for using strimmer (gloves / long sleeve top / face & ear protection). If using a brushcutter (strimmer with blade) you must bring along a LANTRA or NPTC certificate of competence. Failure to do so will result in the insurance being invalid.

** You must bring your own PPE for using chainsaws (head, face & ear protection / chainsaw gloves / chainsaw boots / chainsaw trousers). You must bring along a LANTRA or NPTC certificate of competence. Failure to do so will result in the insurance being invalid.