{"id":18985,"date":"2017-03-14T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=18985"},"modified":"2017-03-14T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:42:14","slug":"residents-big-hopes-keeping-cathays-tidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/03\/14\/residents-big-hopes-keeping-cathays-tidy\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents have big hopes for keeping Cathays tidy"},"content":{"rendered":"

RESIDENTS of Cathays are making big plans to help the environment in their area.<\/span>
\nKeep Cathays Tidy, which works under the Keep Wales Tidy umbrella, is moving to become a separate group in order to make the most of their local expertise.<\/span>
\nPaulus Thurlbeck, 47, of Lisvane Street, has lived in the area for 20 years and is the treasurer for Keep Cathays Tidy. <\/span>
\nHe said: \u201cBecause we know the area, we know it better than Keep Wales Tidy so we can try and tailor different initiatives for different streets, and hopefully we can build stronger relationships than they can.\u201d <\/span>
\nKeep Cathays Tidy are in the process of becoming a fully constituted group, with the power to organise without the need to have a Keep Wales Tidy representative present. Other groups in Cardiff are also in the process of doing this, such as Keep Adamsdown Tidy.<\/span>
\nSpeaking about setting up the group, Coun Chris Weaver said: \u201cIn the end it didn\u2019t take much. Keep Wales Tidy gave us an evening and a bunch of us met at the community centre. It feels like since that first meeting it didn\u2019t take too many people that much effort, in part because Keep Wales Tidy make it so easy to support groups who want to do it.\u201d<\/span>
\nAt the moment, Keep Cathays Tidy still needs to have a member of Keep Wales Tidy present during any current activities for insurance, and to provide equipment for the litter picks.<\/span>
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