{"id":38753,"date":"2020-01-21T14:24:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T14:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=38753"},"modified":"2020-01-21T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T14:24:32","slug":"community-champions-needed-after-litter-picking-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/01\/21\/community-champions-needed-after-litter-picking-success\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Community champions&quot; needed after litter picking success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adamsdown is one of the only wards without a regular Keep Wales Tidy scheme<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<p>FOLLOWING a successful litter picking\nevent, \u201ccommunity champions\u201d are needed to support a permanent Keep Adamsdown Tidy\nscheme.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"552\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/litter2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2-770x443.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2-500x288.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2-293x168.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/litter2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2-770x443.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2-500x288.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/litter2-293x168.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Councillor Owen LLewellyn Jones and litter picking volunteers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Labour councillor for Adamsdown, Owen LLewllyn Jones, said: \u201cI know the community champions are out there, I\u2019m just trying to meet them and get organised.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m eager to get a community\nlitter pick up and running because our neighbours in Splott, Roath and Cathays\nall have regular ones. Adamsdown is a small ward, so having just eight or nine\npeople out once a month will make a big difference,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Keep Wales Tidy is a charity that\nworks to protect the environment across Wales. Community groups work to care for\ntheir local area by setting up a litter picking event or a bigger community\nclean-up. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Coun Jones said: \u201cOn Facebook it\u2019s had a really good response. I\u2019m starting to contact people who I think might be interested directly. We need the help of Keep Wales Tidy to help set it up. Once you\u2019re involved enough in the committee, it becomes self-regulated.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe first year is free, then it\u2019s\n\u00a370 to secure a group. We could easily host a fundraiser in a shop, it doesn\u2019t\nhave to be a lot of work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Imam Ahmed Ali, 33, co-ordinated the\nlitter-picking event on January 13. Volunteers from the Al-Ikhals Centre\ncollected 26 full bags of rubbish around Brewery Park in an hour and a half.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A massive 26 bags of litter collected this morning from around <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Adamsdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Adamsdown<\/a>. Big thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alikhlascec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alikhlascec<\/a> who turned out in great numbers. We hope to make this a regular event so please drop me a line if interested! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jg4T6qTgMg\">pic.twitter.com\/jg4T6qTgMg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Owen LLewellyn Jones (@OwenLLewJones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OwenLLewJones\/status\/1215980742074884096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy the end I was desperately trying to look for streets that had litter around because every one of them seemed to be clear,\u201d said Coun Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Imam Ahmed Ali said: \u201cThe community reactions have been very positive. They say they enjoyed it, so why don\u2019t we make it a permanent, regular initiative? I\u2019d love to thank Owen LLewellyn Jones and Nigel Howells for inviting us to this project, and secondly the volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would also call upon the\ncommunity to participate in such projects because this is not allocated to a particular\norganisation, it is something that everyone should be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adamsdown is one of the only wards without a regular Keep Wales Tidy scheme FOLLOWING a successful litter picking event, \u201ccommunity champions\u201d are needed to support a permanent Keep Adamsdown Tidy scheme. Labour councillor for Adamsdown, Owen LLewllyn Jones, said: \u201cI know the community champions are out there, I\u2019m just trying to meet them and get organised. \u201cI\u2019m eager to get a community litter pick up and running because our neighbours in Splott, Roath and Cathays all have regular ones. 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