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Gordon Buchanan Lost Adventures

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Here is an upcoming event that may be of interest to some of the Tidy Town volunteers:

AN EVENING WITH ONE OF WILDLIFE TV’S GREATS GORDON BUCHANAN

8:00pm | Monday 17th November | St Michael’s Theatre, New Ross | Tickets: €15 / €13
See St. Michael’s Theatre website for more details and bookings for this event.

Irish audiences will get a view into the life of a wildlife adventurer this autumn as Gordon Buchanan, the acclaimed cameraman and presenter, embarks on a tour of Ireland, with a show in New Ross on the 17th November. Gordon, who shot and presented the hugely popular BBC nature programmes Winterwatch, The Lost Land, The Polar Bear Family And Me and award-winning The Bear Family And Me, will talk to audiences around Ireland about his incredible experiences with some of the world’s most fearsome and majestic animals.

Gordon will delve into his 20 years’ of globe-trotting adventures, illustrated with his own film footage and photography, to tell tales of his encounters with weird, wild and wonderful wildlife. With a reputation for relishing dangerous and tough assignments, his stories of challenging expeditions make for a thrilling evening. Hailing from the Isle of Mull in western Scotland, Gordon has worked in wildlife documentaries for the past 20 years and is passionate about raising awareness about the world’s endangered species and habitats. He has led expeditions around the globe to places as diverse as South America, Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Russia and Alaska.

Gordon last visited Ireland in 2012 filming humpback whales and dolphins of the coast of Cork and is excited about his return this November. He said: ”I can’t wait to meet wildlife lovers around Ireland and share insights into the amazing creatures that we share our planet with.”

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Seminar: Community Owned Energy Production

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Our Wexford Tidy Towns volunteers might be interested in the following seminar. The Society for Co-operative Studies in Ireland is delighted to announce its South-East regional seminar: Co-op power – Opportunities for Community Owned Energy Production in Ireland. This takes place on Thursday 23rd October 7pm – 9.30pm in the Presentation Centre, Nunnery Road, Enniscorthy. This seminar on practical ways that communities can generate renewable energy with Speakers from community renewable energy projects in Ireland. There is no charge but places are limited. To reserve your place, email Donal Traynor on donaltraynor@ucitltd.com

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Wexford in Bloom 2014 Awards Ceremony

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A lovely evening was had by all who attended the Wexford in Bloom 2014 Awards Ceremony, held Thursday 2nd October. The ceremony was hosted by Wexford Credit Union at their premises on Anne Street. The Wexford in Bloom Committee wish to thank everyone who was involved in any way in organising the competition. A special thanks to the management and staff of Wexford Credit Union for their continued support on this competition and for hosting the night. Awards were presented to the winners of the Wexford in Bloom Competition, with over 50 prizes ranging from Special Committee Awards to Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Highly Commended presented in different categories.

Thanks to everyone who entered this year, there was a great range and high standard of gardens for the judges to see. Congratulations to all the winners and participants who took part and helped make Wexford Town and its environs a more beautiful place. A list of all those who received awards can be found here and some photos from the night can be seen here. Thanks to everyone who helped make Wexford in Bloom 2014 another very successful year.

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WTT win Bronze in Tidy Towns 2014 Competition

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The Tidy Towns 2014 Awards were held on the 8th September in the Helix, which was packed with representatives of Tidy Towns groups from all over the country. Wexford Tidy Towns were delighted to be there to be awarded Bronze this year in Category G (Large Town) at the National Irish Tidy Towns 2014 Competition Awards. Wexford Tidy Towns had a significant increase in points gaining 281 points an increase of 8 points. We were also awarded a Gum Litter Taskforce Award worth €1000 due to our successful Gum Litter Awareness Campaign “Bin it Your Way” that ran this year in Wexford Town.

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Mr. Alan Kelly, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and Mr. Martin Kelleher, Managing Director of SuperValu presented the prizes to the main winners. Clonegal Co. Carlow were awarded Ireland’s Tidiest Village, Kilrush, Co. Clare receiving the award for Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town, Westport Co. Mayo received the award of Ireland’s Tidiest Large Town, while Kilkenny City was overall winner for 2014 out of 849 towns and villages that entered this year’s SuperValu National TidyTowns competition.

There was great success locally too with other Wexford County award winners including Ballycanew who won awards in the Gum Litter Taskforce award, Best Bring Back Award and Winner in the County Award section. While Blackwater was highly commended and Rosslare was Commended in the County award section. Courtown Harbour also received a Endeavour award

Well done to everyone who helped us win Bronze this year. A big thank you and congratulations to everyone who helped in any way from those on the committee to all who attend the cleanups. We are very proud of our hard working volunteers who carry out fantastic work on the cleanups from litter picking, painting, sweeping and gardening. We are also very grateful the support we receive from the council, business owners and other community groups. Thanks also to local residents who take pride in their local community by caring for and raising awareness for their own areas. The results of all this efforts are obvious in the attractive, well cared for areas we see throughout our town. Thank you everyone for helping us achieve bronze in 2014 and to make Wexford cleaner and beautiful place to live and visit

You can download a copy of the adjudication Tidy Towns 2014 report here.

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Big Beach Clean – Kaat Strand 20/09/2014

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This week’s clean up 20th September we found ourselves at Kaat Strand as Wexford Tidy Towns were involved with the Clean Coasts Big Beach Clean weekend 2014. This event was taking place all around the nation on the weekend of the 19th, 20th and 21st of September. Clean Coast teamed up with the International Ocean Conservancy again for this International Coastal Cleanup event. Last year 645,015 volunteers in 92 countries removed 5,580 tonnes of marine litter from the world’s oceans. You can find out more about this international initiative at Clean Coasts Website

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Our Big Beach Clean was a massive success, 25 volunteers met at Kaat Strand at 10am and over the next two hours collected 52 bags of rubbish, a TV, a mattress and lots of other debris. There is always a good deal of litter washed up in this area so every pair of hands that we have will be greatly appreciated. We would like to say a big thank you to Slaney Branch, Inland Waterways, who also joined it was a pleasure to work with them. Also thank you to the Riverbank House Hotel who looked after us all again providing lovely fresh tea, coffee and scones after our clean up.
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We would like to remind you to dispose of your waste responsibly, don’t let it end up in our waters where it can do harm to the wild life and damage our coastline.

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Green Dog Walker Campaign

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We are looking for some dog owners to join us on the Quay opposite the Bank of Ireland Offices at 10.30am Friday 26th September 2014 for the launch of Green Dog Walkers Campaign. Please come along and join us with your dogs or if you can’t make it on the day make a pledge to support this campaign.

The Green Dog Walker 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.

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 through public pledges, the local papers, facebook and South East Radio.

If you are a dog owner please come along with your dog and make a pledge to be a responsible dog owner, if you are not a dog owner we would welcome your support. When you sign up to the scheme we will send you a complimentary Green Dog-Walkers high-vis vest, Green Dog-Walkers armband and a ‘doggie bone’ poop-bag dispenser with a roll of bags.

By signing up you have ‘Taken the Pledge’ to always clean up after your dog, to carry extra doggie bags and to gladly give others a bag for their dog if they ask for one. By wearing the green armband you are indicating that you are a responsible dog–owner participating in and supporting the scheme.

Join our Green Dog Walkers campaign today by signing the pledge and together we can reduce dog-fouling in our community.

Dog walkers can take the pledge by signing the form Green Dog Walkers Leaflet and returning it to Environment Section, Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford.

Download the application form here Green Dog Walker Leaflet
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Recycle for Gambia

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Recycle for Gambia – Collection Day on Saturday Sept 27th

The Rotary Club of Wexford is again seeking to recognise and support the work of Wexford Priest Fr. Sean Devereux in Gambia. Fr. Sean has now spent almost 15 years helping poor communities in the diocese of Banjul Gambia.

The Rotary Club of Wexford supported by South East Radio presents “Recycle for Gambia” a special collection day on Saturday September 27th. Fr. Sean needs the following items:

  • Bicycles, regardless of the condition, wide wheeled mountain bikes and high nellys.
  • Light clothing for children and young people, sports jerseys, t-shirts, runners and football boots.
  • Power tools… drills, saws and plains.
  • Garden tools…. shovels, picks, forks, rakes.
  • Plastic seed trays for seed planting.
  • Exercise books, pencils, colouring pencils, Ladybird reading books for their nursery schools.
  • He also need syringes, stethoscopes, old and new type blood pressure monitors, bandages and in date medical supplies.
  • For the community based radio station and University students he needs used laptops or computers, headphones, mic stands, short and boom stands, mic cable and a small analogue mixer. Also CD players and cassette players.

    • Families in rural Gambia live on less than $1.25 a day and desperately need your help. The Collection Day will be on September 27th at the Wexford Enterprise Centre Car Park (opposite the Renault garage) on the Rosslare Road, Drinagh, Wexford from 11a.m. to 4p.m.

    Your unwanted items can really transform lives in the Gambia so please donate all you can.
    Thank you

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