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

Whiterock Hill Cleanup 13/09/2014

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We had 16 volunteers out on Saturday 13th September and we got some amazing results due to the huge amount of work that the volunteers did on the day. They were out litter picking, cutting back brambles, nettle and branches sticking out onto the footpaths and hoeing and digging to retrieve the footpaths from leaves and dirt. There was 19 bags of rubbish and 4 large trailers full vegetation collected during the two and a half hours cleanup. It was a great mornings work on what is becoming one of the busiest approach roads to the town.

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Congratulations to all the volunteers for their hard work and to the Council staff who were out supporting us. This shows just how keen Wexford Tidy Towns volunteers are, we recently achieved Bronze Medal status in the National Competition and on Wednesday and Saturday our team was out continuing to keep Wexford Tidy. Thank you everyone. And a special thank you to Gaelic Bar Wexford for lovely tea coffee and biscuits afterwards.

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As enthusiastic and hard-working as we all are, we could always do with new volunteers, so if you have a couple of hours to spare why not become a Tidy Towns’ Volunteer. Our next clean-up is Saturday 20th at Kaat Strand as part of Clean Coast’s Big Coast Clean. We will gather at 10am and spend two hours cleaning the beach. 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.

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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

    Posted in Events, Tidy Towns News

    Let’s Bee Friendly in Wexford

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    Wexford Tidy Towns “Let’s Bee Friendly” biodiversity campaign was launched this year by the biodiversity committee of Wexford Tidy Towns and supported by Wexford County Council as an action under the Wexford County Biodiversity Action Plan 2013-2018. The aim was to encourage everyone to keep under-threat pollinators like bees in mind when planting and looking after our gardens. Garden centres in Wexford have been encouraging shoppers to include bee-friendly flowers in their shopping basket. Learn more about how you can help from our gardening tips and pledge your support to the “Let’s Bee Friendly” campaign. We would love to hear about any actions you have taken to help the bees this summer by filling in the form on the “Let’s Bee Friendly” page.

    Also have you seen any of the bee friendly flower around Wexford town they are looking great and help our buzzing little friends. Below is a small section of people involved in the campaign and some of the flowers you can find around the town.

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    Wexford County Council have a great wild flower display growing at the entrance to their HQ.

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    Wexford in Bloom helped provided lots of flowers around the town this Summer that both the people and bees enjoyed.

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    The bee-friendly flowerbeds on 1798 Street were planted by workers from the Council, along with green-fingered volunteers from the Cornmarket Project.

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    Wexford Creamery were one of the groups that sponsored a “bee friendly” flower bed which is located at Rocklands.

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    This is one of the “Let’s Bee Friendly” posters which is located on the Quays in Wexford.

    We thank everyone for their support to this important biodiversity campaign and encourage people to make a pledge on the “Let’s Bee Friendly” campaign page to let everyone know how you did or are helping our bees!

    Posted in Biodiversity, Events, Tidy Towns News

    Picnic in the Park – Redmond Park

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    Love Redmond Park has their Annual Picnic in the Park taking place on the last Sunday of August from 2pm – 5pm. It is a great day out for all the family. For the younger folk it gives an opportunity to milk the last little bit out of the Summer before settling back into school mode. Format is same as last year with arts zone, puppet show, obstacle races with Menapians AC, football skills with The Vols (GAA) and Wexford Celtic (soccer), live music with The Ocelots and others, Bui Bolg’s super-sized BENCH, hoola-hoops and more. MC is DJ Cullie. Hot and cold drinks and ice cream served.

    The most important thing, however, is you! Bring a picnic basket and a rug and enjoy a relaxed afternoon in Wexford’s favourite little park.

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    Wexford Tidy Towns Summer 2014

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    Thank you to our all volunteers who have helped out at the clean-ups and in other ways this summer. We have continued with our weekly clean ups meeting every Wednesday at 6pm in the Bullring. We have also had several Saturday clean-ups around Wexford town where there has been some fantastic work done by our volunteers from litter picking, sweeping, weeding, and more, all helping keep Wexford clean, tidy and beautiful. Special thanks to Michael Hayes for the fantastic hospitality he has showed us all, in O Brien’s on the main street after the Saturday clean-ups it is much appreciated.

    The Tidy Towns competition judging has been going on during the summer months around Ireland. Thanks to all those who also make a special effort to keep our town clean by ensuring the areas near their own homes and businesses are kept clean and clear of rubbish. We love to hear from people about the clean ups they undertake to do themselves and if any individuals or groups would like to organise a clean up get in touch with us here at Wexford Tidy Towns to see how we can help.

    Some key problems we keep seeing is the dog fouling around the town especially on the Quay. Remember to pick up after your dog and use the bins provided. Also a huge portion of the litter we pick up continues to be cigarette butts discarded on the ground please put them in bins or containers provided. We can also provide special pouches for individuals to store them in to be disposed of later. Please help us by disposing of all your waste correctly and responsibly.

    If you would be interested in getting involved follow us on Twitter, get in touch on Facebook or send us a email info@wexfordtidytowns.com We are always looking for more people to join us here at Wexford Tidy Towns, everyone is welcome. Just come along to our regular Wednesday evening clean-ups 6pm in the Bullring or join us for our next Saturday clean up, which is on the 23rd August meeting at Ferrybank 10am. We would love to see some new faces there, litter pickers, gloves, bags etc. are provided.

    Posted in Tidy Towns Competition, Tidy Towns News

    Wexford in Bloom 2014 Updates

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    The Wexford in Bloom Committee did fantastic work this summer arranging for the beautiful flower displays around the town, thanks to Beechdale garden center for all of our beautiful flowers. Wexford in Bloom would like to thank everyone who was involved with the flowering especially the businesses on the main street who committed to placing baskets/tubs outside their premises, DoneDeal for their donation to flower the Bullring and the people in the Faythe and William Street who took part in their scheme to flower up their own areas. Thank you also to all the participants of the competition along with our sponsors Wexford Credit Union, and Wexford Municipal District, Wexford County Council for their help and commitment to the project so far.

    The Wexford in Bloom Competition judging took place from Monday the 14th July to Friday the 25th July inclusive with all schools judged in June due to access purposes. Judges this year were Mr Chris Maddock from Teagasc, accompanied by PhD students Leanne Roche, Mary Harty and Ian Fox. There was a great selection of gardens for our judges to see this year as people in the community showed off their gardening skills. Well done to everyone who entered we were very impressed. Wexford in Bloom will announce the outcome of the competition and awards at a later point check back here or wexfordinbloom.com

    One of Wexford in Bloom’s aims is to promote and encourage people’s interest in the environment and help support the Wexford Tidy Towns Biodiversity Campaign “Let’s Bee Friendly” by helping feed the bees over the summer months. Pledge Your Support by planting some of the recommended pollinator friendly flowers in your garden or following some of the gardening tips to help our bees. Email your pledge to bees@wexfordtidytowns.com or fill out the form on our campaign page to let everyone know how you are helping our bees.

    Posted in Biodiversity, Events, Tidy Towns News