£32,500 funding boost for Wrexham communities

A £32,500 funding bonanza for community projects in Wrexham constituency has been welcomed by Wrexham's Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths.

The AM was commenting following the announcement that nine local communities are set to receive Tidy Town grants from the Welsh Government.

Those schemes that will share in the investment in Wrexham are:

• Caia: £6,000 for a landscaping scheme at Montgomery Road.
• Gresford: £4,000 to tidy up and enhance land and grass verges adjoining the highways and around the local schools and community centre at Chester Road shops.
• Holt: £3,000 for a river bank picnic area environmental improvement.
• Isycoed: £2,000 for improvement works to the roadside frontage of St Paul's Church
• Llay: £5,000 to plant bulbs in grass verges at all entrances into Llay and to create a picnic area and refurbishment of central gardens.
• Offa: £4,000 to clean-up the Ruthin Road area hit by anti-social behaviour and to make it suitable for members of the public.
• Rhosddu: £2,000 for general improvements of Watt's Dyke village green.
• Rossett: £2,000 to plant the existing planters and the purchase of additional planters in various locations.
• Gwersyllt: £3,500 for Gwersyllt in Bloom and an environmental action day at Hazel Avenue and Wheatsheaf Lane. 

Tidy Towns is a two part initiative between Keep Wales Tidy and Welsh Local Authorities, funded by the Welsh Government.

Keep Wales Tidy are delivering the community engagement element of the Initiative. It is a strategic project, which aims to work across Wales in all 22 Local Authorities.

The project seeks to work strategically by empowering the people of Wales to take responsibility for their local environment. This will be delivered by establishing and developing community groups throughout Wales who will work towards meeting the needs of their local community by adopting areas of their local environment and undertaking practical improvement projects.

Commenting on the news, Lesley Griffiths AM said:

"I believe the Tidy Towns initiative is an excellent idea, as it can help make real improvements to the quality of the local enviroment by making communities cleaner, greener and safer places to live.

"This funding can make an impact by helping people feel better about their own community and breathing new life into our towns and villages in the process.

"I have previously visited Keep Wales Tidy initiatives locally and I now look forward to seeing these latest schemes in Wrexham, come to fruition."