Seaside Family Forum Make a Clean Start to 2009

Local residents, parents and children joined together yesterday to help make their community a better place through a litter pick with Keep Wales Tidy.

The Seaside Family Forum, with support from Dan Snaith of Keep Wales Tidy and Communities First Glanymor & Tyisha organised the litter pick/clean up to help combat littering in their community.

Despite the cold January weather, a good turnout showed face to get their hands dirty and clean up the community. The event also gave an opportunity for local residents to express their thoughts and concerns to Keep Wales Tidy about littering and fly-tipping in the local area.

The cleanup began on Copperworks Road and finished in Crown Park, Seaside. Over 6 full bags of rubbish were filled with the efforts of the group, as well as four car tires being removed from the park.

A number of litter picks and cleanup have been organised across Llanelli by Keep Wales Tidy over the coming weeks, and it’s a great way to get involved with your local community and the places you live, so keep your eyes open for the next one and join in!

Seaside Family Forum Play Day

It's Play Day 2008 today! To celebrate, Seaside Family Forum held a Play Day at Crown Park, Seaside, Llanelli.

Members of Seaside Family Forum under their gazebo.

There was an excellent turnout from the Seaside community for this event and much fun was had playing games and sports in the park, making arts and crafts and banner painting.

The weather was good at the start of the this afternoon's event, but it then poured down. A move to the gazebo and wrapping children in bubble wrap (above) soon solved the problem!

Seaside Family Forum's banner, on the railings of Crown Park.

The event was a good chance to bring out pet rabbits!

The event was supported by Glanymor & Tyisha Communities First, Police Community Support Officers and Teresa Armstrong-Evans from New Dock Tenants & Residents Association, who kindly volunteered her services as first aider. Seaside Family Forum has close links with Seaside Community Association, who provided insurance cover for this event.

Play Day is a celebration of children's right to play. This year, the campaign calls for more challenging and adventurous activities for children. To find out more about Play Day 2008, visit http://www.playday.org.uk/.