Your Coast Needs You!

Environmental campaigners Keep Wales Tidy are calling on volunteers to help out with a series of cleanups of the coastal path in Carmarthenshire as part of its Wales Coast Path cleanup event.

Cleanups will be held over a long weekend between April 27th and 30th and planned events are as follows:

 

• April 27th – Llansteffan, meeting next to the recycling bins in the main car park at 10am.
• April 28th – Pendine, meeting in the car park next to the museum of speed (near the toilet block) at 10am.
• April 29th – Bynea, meeting in the Millennium Coast Park eastern gateway car park at 10am.
• April 29th – Ferryside, meeting in the main village car park at 10.30am.
• April 30th – Pembrey Burrows, meeting in the old Pembrey Harbour car park at 10am.

Tools and equipment (excluding clothing) will be provided. All are welcome to attend.

The events, in partnership with Carmarthenshire County Council will be part of a nationwide weekend of action aimed at cleaning up the Wales Coast Path, in readiness for its official opening on May 5th.

Keep Wales Tidy’s Project Officer for Carmarthenshire; Dan Snaith said, “This is a great opportunity to get out there and do something worthwhile for the benefit of locals, visitors and wildlife. The Wales Coast Path will be a fantastic asset to the country, so it is important we give it a good tidy up before the grand opening.”

He added “Anyone is welcome to join in with the planned events, but you can also organize your own event as a group, or just do your own cleanup or with your family. We have a limited supply of equipment which we can lend out. Please contact me for more information.”

Keep Wales Tidy project officers are based in communities across Wales and provide expert advice and support. They encourage communities to adopt their local area and assist volunteers to undertake a range of environmental improvement projects, including; litter picks, path maintenance, improving disabled access, developing community gardens and habitat management.

For more information please contact Dan Snaith on 07824 504805 or e-mail daniel.snaith@keepwalestidy.org.