Llanelli community pulls together
A Llanelli community has come together to regenerate an area blighted by vandalism and flytipping.
Working with Communities First Glanymor and Tyisha, residents of Penymorfa are creating a community garden, play and events area suitable for people of all ages.
To make their vision a reality, Communities First officers secured £50,000 of funding from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Local Environmental Quality Fund, and a further £8,110 from its Tidy Towns initiative.
Work is now well underway, and locals have been keen to get their hands dirty to help out.
Faye Davies, Communities First development officer, said: “Work is now underway on-site with Sylvan Landscapes, the New Deal Environmental Task Force and local young people all involved.
“Children from the nearby Jelli Totz Nursery are also involved by growing flowers from seeds to plant in the community garden.
“Foothold Green Network has been appointed to project manage the planning and landscape elements, and we hope to be ready by the summer following further planting and turfing in the spring.”
When complete, the area will include a community garden, outdoor community events area with seating, a youth shelter, an informal ball game area, a children’s picnic table and play panel.
It will also include a recycling area, and will be monitored by CCTV.
Communities First is a Welsh Assembly funded initiative, led locally by Carmarthenshire County Council. It aims to regenerate deprived areas through improving living conditions and prospects for local people.
Cllr Clive Scourfield, executive board member for regeneration, said: “Local people of all ages have shown huge commitment to this project and have led from the beginning by undertaking scoping exercises and drawing up plans.
“By involving everyone in this way, they will be encouraged to value and look after this community facility for years to come.”
As part of the project, local young people are being encouraged to contribute to some street art and tree planting on Friday February 19, from 10.30am-3.30pm. Organised by the Glanymor and Tyisha Youth Action Group, the event is open for those aged 10 and over who live in the area. Spaces are limited and need to be booked in advance. Contact Faye Davies on 01554 777850.
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Faye Davies, of Communities First Glanymor and Tyisha; Dee Harrison, Nursery Leader of Jelli Totz Nursery with nursery children; Lee Richards, of the New Deal Environmental Task Force; Kelly Shefford, of Tidy Towns and Bob Bertram of Sylvan Landscapes, with volunteers, at the Penymorfa project. Pic Jeff Connell
Working with Communities First Glanymor and Tyisha, residents of Penymorfa are creating a community garden, play and events area suitable for people of all ages.
To make their vision a reality, Communities First officers secured £50,000 of funding from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Local Environmental Quality Fund, and a further £8,110 from its Tidy Towns initiative.
Work is now well underway, and locals have been keen to get their hands dirty to help out.
Faye Davies, Communities First development officer, said: “Work is now underway on-site with Sylvan Landscapes, the New Deal Environmental Task Force and local young people all involved.
“Children from the nearby Jelli Totz Nursery are also involved by growing flowers from seeds to plant in the community garden.
“Foothold Green Network has been appointed to project manage the planning and landscape elements, and we hope to be ready by the summer following further planting and turfing in the spring.”
When complete, the area will include a community garden, outdoor community events area with seating, a youth shelter, an informal ball game area, a children’s picnic table and play panel.
It will also include a recycling area, and will be monitored by CCTV.
Communities First is a Welsh Assembly funded initiative, led locally by Carmarthenshire County Council. It aims to regenerate deprived areas through improving living conditions and prospects for local people.
Cllr Clive Scourfield, executive board member for regeneration, said: “Local people of all ages have shown huge commitment to this project and have led from the beginning by undertaking scoping exercises and drawing up plans.
“By involving everyone in this way, they will be encouraged to value and look after this community facility for years to come.”
As part of the project, local young people are being encouraged to contribute to some street art and tree planting on Friday February 19, from 10.30am-3.30pm. Organised by the Glanymor and Tyisha Youth Action Group, the event is open for those aged 10 and over who live in the area. Spaces are limited and need to be booked in advance. Contact Faye Davies on 01554 777850.
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Faye Davies, of Communities First Glanymor and Tyisha; Dee Harrison, Nursery Leader of Jelli Totz Nursery with nursery children; Lee Richards, of the New Deal Environmental Task Force; Kelly Shefford, of Tidy Towns and Bob Bertram of Sylvan Landscapes, with volunteers, at the Penymorfa project. Pic Jeff Connell
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