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A project which helps to keep late night revellers in Carmarthen safe has received a £1,000 cash boost towards running costs. Carmarthen NightLight, which sees church volunteers out on the streets on Saturday nights, has received the grant funding from the Community Safety Partnership. As well as carrying water, first aid and flip-flops for women struggling in high heels, the volunteers pick up bottles and glasses off the streets, which can get broken and create a hazard for girls in bare feet. The project was launched in January 2011 by the Carmarthen branch of CYTUN (Churches Together in Wales) and currently has 23 volunteers from nine churches and chapels of different denominations. Six volunteers - three on the streets and three back at the base - work every Saturday night from 11pm to 3am. The street volunteers are in mobile phone contact with the base team as well as in radio contact with the police. During the first year approximately 250 pairs of flip-flops and 150 bottles of ...

Volunteers from eight different churches have taken to the streets of Carmarthen to help Saturday night revellers stay safe. They hand out flip-flops to women struggling in high heels and water and lollipops to those who have drunk too much. They also carry a first aid kit and are in constant radio contact with police. The Carmarthen NightLight project was launched in January and is being run by the Carmarthen branch of CYTUN (Churches Together in Wales). It includes 22 volunteers from eight churches of different denominations. Six volunteers - three on the streets and three back at the base - work every Saturday night from 11pm to 3am. NightLight co-ordinator the Rev Coralie Steel said: “The volunteers come from local churches and chapels and they carry flip-flops for girls who can no longer wear their shoes, as well as a first aid kit, water and lollipops. They pick up bottles and glasses, which can get broken and create a hazard for girls in bare feet, and they are in mobile phone c...