Community led projects 2012-13

We received 168 bids totalling £2.5 million in 2012-13. We will provide funding of £350,000 to 31 projects in 15 local authority areas.

Anglesey

We awarded Plas Cybi Partnership partial funding of £3,600 to support waste skips for clean up action in Holyhead

We will provide Royal Society for the Protection of Birds/Natur Gwynedd with £6,120 funding to continue a project involving contractors treating invasive species to gain a SSSI (Special Site of Scientific Interest) Award. The project will also raise residents’ awareness of Japanese Knotweed to help reduce it spreading.

We have agreed to award Trehinion Group £29,200 to remove the following from a lane in Mona Street, Amlwch:

• dumped waste;
• drug littering; and 
• overgrown vegetation

Caerphilly

We awarded Aber Valley Heritage Group partial funding of £13,342.40 for Senghenydd Memorial Garden. The garden is affected by:

• anti-social behaviour activities; 
• littering; and 
• fly-tipped waste.

We will provide partial funding of £22,180 to Graig y Rhacca Communities First. This funding will help transform an area that is currently fly-tipped, littered and subject to anti-social behaviour activities into a community allotment.

We have agreed £20,832 of funding for Friends of Cefn Fforest Eco Park in Blackwood. They will improve several neglected areas of the park with mini projects. These will improve the area and install some preventative measures, including the erection of fencing to deter motorcyclists.

Cardiff

We awarded Roxe Foundation £2,500 for an ongoing graffiti project to provide legal graffiti walls.

We will provide Cadwyn Housing Association with partial funding of £15,000 to reduce waste issues on Havelock Close estate by providing controlled access gates to parking areas.

Carmarthenshire

We have agreed to award Llanfynydd Community Council £4,069.83 to convert unusable land into a community orchard.

We will give Pembrey Community Growing Association partial funding of £7,754.25 to put up fencing. This will transform a neglected area affected by fly-tipping into community plots.

Denbighshire

We awarded John Davies Community Facility £30,000 to improve waste land near Newbridge. The area is heavily fly-tipped and littered as it was part of the former Gran Morfa landfill site.

We will provide Prestatyn and Meliden Neighbourhood Watch £1,675.20 for a dog fouling campaign. The campaign will involve Neighbourhood Watch volunteers packing a poo bag holder containing free dog fouling bags and information sheets and issuing these to dog walkers.

Flintshire

We will give Holywell Communities First £30,000 to develop a woodland for the community. It will treat and remove invasive species and erect a fence to prevent fly-tipping.

Gwynedd

We have agreed to award Cyngor Cymuned Llanwnda £30,000 to cut back overgrowth and improve accessibility on a footpath linking the Nantlle Valley to Tryfan Junction. They will by resurface the path and erect fencing and gates.

Merthyr Tydfil

We awarded Bedlinog Miners Welfare Association partial funding of £9,600 to cleanup land that has been fly-tipped and littered and convert this to a community garden. The project also involves removing waste from the river and creating a community path.

We will provide Friends of The Inky with £28,600 to transform waste land which is used for fly-tipping, littering and by illegal off road bikers. The project seeks to:

• install fencing and litter bins; 
• improve existing pathways which are difficult to access in winter;
• treat Japanese Knotweed; and 
• plant trees.

Monmouthshire

We will give Victoria Street Neighbourhood Watch £500 to improve a neglected garden area in Library Square in Abergavenny. This area is currently affected by litter and anti-social behaviour.

We awarded Monnow Rivers Association £6,500 to remove Himalayan Balsam. This is part of a programme undertaken for the past 4 years which has seen 54 kilometres of river bank treated and Himalayan Balsam eradicated along the River Monnow.

We agreed partial funding of £9,132.84 for Monmouthshire Housing Association (MHA) for clean up actions. These actions will involve the community and will be taken in five areas affected by fly- tipping, domestic waste issues, neglected spaces and dog fouling.

Neath Port Talbot

We will provide Pontrhdyfen Miners Welfare with £15,212 to continue work on  establishing a community garden. Work will include:

• improving drainage;
• developing paths; 
• erecting security fencing; and 
• treating Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam.

Rhondda Cynon Taf  

We awarded Tref y Rhyg Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) £2,465.80 for a mosaic on a school wall to hide graffiti and vandalism. The project costs are for protective wear for pupils to take part in mosaic making workshops.

We will provide Fernhill Association of Residents with £6,959.60 to convert derelict land, which is littered and fly-tipped. They will also hold a waste awareness community day, put up fencing and create raised planting beds.

We agreed to award £12,496 to Llantrisant Community Council for equipment to help create a community allotment garden on derelict land known as ‘The Old Playground’ in Dan Caerlan Estate in Llantrisant.  

We will give Darran Las Environmental Group £2,893 to remove fly-tipped waste in Darran Las and to train residents on reducing vegetation and clearing waste.

Swansea

We awarded partial funding on £1,120 to Friends of Parc Llewelyn to help eradicate Japanese Knotweed from three areas of the park.

We will provide partial funding of £2,393.37 to Mumbles Traders Association to support the purchase of clean up packs for the community group.

We have agreed to award Hill Community Development Trust £21,550 for  environmental issues to be addressed in Townhill. These include:

• environmental training sessions to recruit ranger environmental volunteers; 
• fly-tipping removal at identified hotspots; 
• the control of invasive knotweed; and 
• improving access to green spaces.

We will give Friends of Coedbach Park £10,000 for Japanese Knotweed eradication. The Council will provide expert advice to manage site clearance effectively and safely.

Torfaen

We awarded partial funding of £18,504 to Melin Homes. This will fund a  Housing Association cross border initiative to host waste amnesty skips, litter clean-ups and undertake planting.  

We will provide the CoStar Partnership with partial funding of £4,583.24 to support 3 waste amnesty skips.

Wrexham

We will give Maesgeirchen and Tan y Bryn Allotments Association partial funding of £7,868.40 to erect security fencing to deter fly-tipping on land which is heavily fly-tipped.