{"id":25657,"date":"2017-11-20T14:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=25657"},"modified":"2017-11-20T14:56:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:56:58","slug":"local-communities-and-council-unite-to-tackle-leaf-fall-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/local-communities-and-council-unite-to-tackle-leaf-fall-hazard","title":{"rendered":"Local communities and council unite to tackle leaf fall hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>As councils face harsher cuts each year, one group of residents come together to make their street safer. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_25660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25660\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25660\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/sweeping-plasturton-gardens-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25660\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/sweeping-plasturton-gardens-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> The Big Sweep 2017 is all in a morning\u2019s work for the residents of Plasturton Avenue.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nPontcanna residents were out in force two last Saturday as part of a community and council partnership to clean up the streets from leaf fall between October and January.<br \/>\nFor the third year running dwellers of Plasturton Gardens swept up the leaves scattered over pavements and gutters as part of the Big Sweep. This community initiative across Cardiff works alongside the city council\u2019s Love Where You Live campaign.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25842\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25842 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/big-sweep-poster-modified-1-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for the big sweep \" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25842 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/big-sweep-poster-modified-1-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for the big sweep \" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Posters like this dotted around the street encourage neighbours to take part in the Big Sweep.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMichael Statham, a 72 year-old local, was handing out leaf bags to other sweepers. \u201cWe sweep the leaves into the middle of the road into piles and the council remove them with an ash cart,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25702\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25702\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/michael-statham-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25702\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/michael-statham-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Michael Statham poised and ready for this year\u2019s sweep.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Big Sweep is also a chance for residents to get to know each other better. Katherine, 61 said, \u201cIt&#8217;s lovely being part of a neighbourhood community event- its very sociable.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25707\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25707\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/theo-dad-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25707\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/theo-dad-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Neighbours young and old took part with their rakes and brooms including Theo, aged 2 and a half.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nLeaf fall is a huge problem for residents across Cardiff whose lush surroundings become a hazard come autumn. \u201cThe sweep prevents people from slipping on leaves and ending up in hospital with a broken hip,\u201d said resident John Kirby, 30.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25710\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25710\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/leaves-plasturton-gardens-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25710\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/leaves-plasturton-gardens-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> The accumulation of leaf fall leads to a safety hazard in Pontcanna.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe initiative also benefits the local council who face harsher cuts to public services each year. Samantha Thomas, 30, cleansing supervisor from Cardiff council said, \u201cThere used to be someone sweeping down here every day but there\u2019s definitely been pressure in terms of council cuts.\u201d<br \/>\nLorna Collinson, coordinator of the Love Where You Live campaign added \u201cSadly we can\u2019t quite meet the need so we\u2019re really excited about working with the local community.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25713\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25713\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/leaves-street-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf mounds in the road\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25713\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/leaves-street-modified-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf mounds in the road\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> A morning\u2019s work waiting to be swept up by the council\u2019s ash cart.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nResidents however seem understanding of local financial pressures, \u201cThe council face horrible choices. What do you do, sweep the streets or house the homeless?\u201d added resident John Fitz.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Big Sweep is an example of how communities and local councils are coming together to overcome local government cuts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":25891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local communities and council unite to tackle leaf fall hazard - 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