{"id":13373,"date":"2016-10-25T16:40:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T15:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=13373"},"modified":"2016-10-25T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T15:40:12","slug":"cathays-residents-volunteer-clean-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/10\/25\/cathays-residents-volunteer-clean-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathays residents volunteer to clean up area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RESIDENTS, students and councillors helped pick litter\u00a0in Cogan Park on Saturday in an event aimed to Keep Cathays Tidy. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This first official event organised by Keep Cardiff Tidy as part of its Love Where You Live campaign, started off in Cogan Park on Cogan Terrace at 10am on Saturday, October 22.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13384\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13384 size-blog-gallery-second\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Keep-Cathays-Tidy_251016_HE-530x358.jpg\" alt=\"Cogan Park bench\" width=\"530\" height=\"358\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13384 size-blog-gallery-second\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Keep-Cathays-Tidy_251016_HE-530x358.jpg\" alt=\"Cogan Park bench\" width=\"530\" height=\"358\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Some of the litter in Cogan Park before the event<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The volunteers met at the park to collect waste and recycling bags, gloves and litter-picking tongs before spreading out to the park\u2019s surrounding area in groups of two or three. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They\u00a0collected 34 bags of litter which were picked up by the council at noon.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mike Murray, 68, a resident of Coburn Street for 40 years, has raised concerns about the state of Cathays in recent years.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen I first moved back [to Cardiff] you\u2019d see people scrubbing their front steps. Hopefully this is the start of something good,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Volunteers included Labour MP for Cardiff Central Jo Stevens, Cathays councillors Sarah Merry, Chris Weaver and Sam Knight, Cardiff University Students&#8217; Union officer Sophie Timbers, Gareth Davies of Keep Wales Tidy, and Andrew and Rachel Holden of Cardiff Rivers Group. Residents of Cathays also attended, along with several\u00a0volunteers from Al Manar Centre mosque in Cathays.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13385\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13385 size-blog-gallery-second\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Keep-Cathays-Tidy2_251016_HE-530x358.jpg\" alt=\"Keep Cathays Tidy rubbish bags\" width=\"530\" height=\"358\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13385 size-blog-gallery-second\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/Keep-Cathays-Tidy2_251016_HE-530x358.jpg\" alt=\"Keep Cathays Tidy rubbish bags\" width=\"530\" height=\"358\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>A total of 34 bags of rubbish were collected during the Cogan Park event.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Councillor Chris Weaver said: \u201cIf it\u2019s a regular thing and people can get involved, it\u2019s better than trying to cover the whole ward in one go.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another litter-pick for the Cathays area will be held on Thursday October 27 from 10am to noon starting from outside Blackweir Ambulance Station.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> More information can be found on the Keep Cathays Tidy Facebook group or on Twitter @keepcathaystidy. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESIDENTS, students and councillors helped pick litter\u00a0in Cogan Park on Saturday in an event aimed to Keep Cathays Tidy. 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