Environment & Culture
The audio tour is also available pre-loaded on MP3 players that can be borrowed from the Knaresborough Tourist Information Centre for a small charge.
The official launch took place in October 2010 at an event organised by the pupils. Knaresborough Audio Tour was joint winner of the Environment and Culture category of the North Action for Market Towns Awards.
Mold Spring Clean has set about improving the physical environment in Mold while getting the local community on board to help out. The project began in 2009 and came out of a local desire and need to enhance the town’s physical environment.
Mold received funding from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Tidy Towns Programme, which allowed Mold Spring Clean to become a reality. In 2009, nearly 300 residents participated and a strong recycling message was put out locally.
However, it was in 2010 that participant numbers exceeded 650 making it one of the largest community initiatives of its type not only in Wales, but throughout the UK. As well as the litter picking, more than 80% of the
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river was cleaned, bollards painted, benches refurbished and planters refreshed.
A stroke of genius was the introduction of Springy, the Mold Spring Clean mascot who has been hugely successful in engaging young people and the wider community. It has given Mold Spring Clean a recognisable brand. Mold Spring Clean has created a strong sense of community pride and a desire to get involved in other community initiatives. In 2010 it was awarded the best Public Sector Initiative of the year by Keep Wales Tidy.
Mold Spring Clean won the Environment and Culture category of the Wales Action for Market Towns Awards.
A popular shortcut connecting two shopping areas in Crewkerne town centre ran through a service yard area owned by a number of landowners. The area was an eyesore with no clear separation between vehicles and pedestrians.
When fashion chain Mackays announced that they were moving into Crewkerne, A Better Crewkerne & District (ABCD) saw it as a chance to get all relevant landowners together and ask them to improve the area.
Mackays’ architect put forward a proposed design for a demarcated walkway. In March 2010 ABCD successfully applied for a £10,000 grant from South Somerset District Council’s (SSDC) Market Town Investment Group.
This grant was used as seed funding and kick started discussions with the four landowners about financing the project.
As Mackays was now on site they agreed to project manage the creation of the pedestrian link and used their contractor to carry out the works.
In the meantime ABCD and the SSDC Community Regeneration Officer investigated improvements to George Lane, a street linking the service yard and proposed walkway to the main high street. George Lane was not under highways authority and was full of potholes and weeds.
By November 2010, after negotiations with County Highways and Mackays, George Lane was resurfaced and the pedestrian link was completed.
Pedestrian Link, Crewkerne won the Partnership and Strategic Working category of the West Action for Market Towns Awards.
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