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WTT Music Quiz Fundraiser

Support your Local Tidy Towns Group in a different way. On Saturday March 28th we will be having a fun music quiz in Fusion cafe at 7.30pm. There will be tables of 4 for just €10 with bottle of wine for the winners. All proceeds will be going towards buying plants and paint for Wexford Tidy Towns. If you don’t have four just turn up on the night and we will sort you out. So come along and have some fun on the night, help out Wexford Tidy Towns by taking part and raising some much need funds to help with our efforts to keep Wexford clean and beautiful for everyone.

Music Quiz

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Clean Coasts Roadshow March 21st

The Clean Coasts Roadshow will be visiting Wexford on Saturday 21st March at the Presentation Center Enniscorthy at 1.30pm. It aims to bring together all those with an interest in protecting their local beaches, seas and marine life. There will also be speakers from local groups too including Wexford Maritime Festival, Wexford Sub Aqua Club, Duncannon Hooked Kitesurfing and many more.

Wexford lean Coasts Roadshow March 2015

Posted in Biodiversity, Events, Tidy Towns News

Green Dog Walkers & Cleanup March 21st 2015

There is a cleanup taking place on Saturday March 21st. We will be meeting at 10am meeting by the Tourist office on the Quay. We would love to see our regular volunteers and some new faces, everyone is welcome. We will be litterpicking, planting, recycling, and signing up people for the Green Dog Walkers Project.

The Green Dog Walkers Campaign is a positive and pro-active way to encourage and support responsible dog ownership in Wexford. It aims to increase awareness of the problem of dog fouling which is among the most common forms of littering. When you sign up to the scheme you will get a complimentary Green Dog Walkers high-vis vest, Green Dog-Walkers armband indicating that you are a responsible dog–owner participating in and supporting the scheme and a ‘doggie bone’ poop-bag dispenser with a roll of bags.

This is a campaign promoted and funded by the Environment Department of Wexford County Council, and supported by Borough District of Wexford, Wexford Tidy Towns, WSPCA, Visit Wexford.ie to combat the dog fouling in Wexford Town. Join our Green Dog Walkers campaign, by signing the pledge and together we can reduce dog-fouling in our community.

Posted in Cleanups, Events, Tidy Towns Competition, Tidy Towns News

Blue Info Days April 2015

There will be a weekend of events about the sea (scientific, cultural, social, economic) hosted in Wexford town and around its estuaries, lagoons and coast on the 25th and 26th April, 2015. It is being organised by Coastwatch, Trinity College, Dublin and Wexford County Council.

They are looking for volunteers to help organise the event and host field trips. If you would like to volunteer to help with Blue Info Days, please contact Karin Dubsky at kdubsky@coastwatch.org or 086 8111684 by 23rd March, 2015.

For further information, see www.citclops.eu, www.coastwatch.org or contact Karin Dubsky at kdubsky@coastwatch.org or 086 8111684

Posted in Biodiversity, Events, Tidy Towns News

WEEE Free Electrical Recycling

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There will be a FREE waste electronic and electrical collection recycling day in Wexford Town on Saturday the 7th of February 2015. Collection takes place in the Tesco carpark in Wexford from 10am – 4pm. Anything that is household related with a plug or battery will be accepted.

This Includes:

TVs & Aerials | Microwaves
IT Equipment
Dishwashers | Fridges & Freezers
Power Tools
Battery Operated Toys
Kettles & Toasters
All Waste Batteries
& Many More……

There will also be recycling collection days held in other parts of County Wexford in February including Blackwater, Kilmore Quay, Ballygarrett and Wellingtonbridge for locations and dates see here

If you cannot make any of the collection days remember that you can recycle your waste batteries and electrical waste for free all year round at one of Wexford’s four Household Recycling Centres in Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross and Holmestown.

WEEE Ireland organises free public collection days of WEEE and waste batteries. Click here to learn more about WEEE Ireland collection days.

Posted in Events, Tidy Towns Competition, Tidy Towns News

First Cleanup of 2015

On Saturday January 17th Wexford Tidy Towns will be in the Tesco Store to take all of your used batteries for recycling. We will be there from 10am to 4pm if you want to come along and drop off any used batteries you have in your house. We are also looking for some people to help out in Tesco on the day with manning the collection table. All we need is one hour of your time between the hours of 10am to 4pm. If you can help out please get in touch through Facebook or text 0863558878 with what time suits you. We are also having our first clean up for 2015 on Saturday 17th meeting in Ferrybank at 10am. We hope you will make Wexford Tidy Towns a part of your new years resolution for 2015, so see you there!

Posted in Cleanups, Events, Tidy Towns News

Lecture: Wildlife Conservation and the Community

Wexford Naturalists’ Field Club January Lecture may be of interest to some of our members. The first lecture of the year will be held on Friday 9th January 2015 8pm at The Pumphouse, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve. Non-members are welcome and admission is €5 including light refreshments. The topic will be:

Wildlife Conservation and the Community – From Barntown to Ballydesmond by Dr. Fran Igoe, Project Co-ordinator IRD Duhallow LIFE+ Project

The presentation will cover the following:

  • Nature conservation options
  • The importance of nature conservation
  • A few recent examples of wildlife loss in Co Wexford
  • A rural model for wildlife conservation – IRD Duhallow* LIFE project
  • Developing the concept further and a new LIFE project that combines actions for the protection of birds of prey, the eradication of non-native invasive plant species and water quality improvement.

IRD Duhallow is a not for profit rural development company with the aim of improving the welfare of communities in Duhallow, Cork through generation of enterprise, social supports and voluntary initiatives.

Posted in Biodiversity, Events, Tidy Towns News