Get It Out For Cardiff charity collections underway

The ‘When you clear out, donate it’ message is spreading across halls and the private rented sector with donations flooding into the green zones set up around the city.

The photos show the recent pick up of the food collection this week and donations to the green zones set up around halls around the city including Cardiff University, Liberty Living, Victoria Halls, Cardiff Students Union and UWIC

Food and bric-a-brac will be stored with Cardiff Self Storage and donated to FoodShare and RAG with clothing collected by Salvation Army and electrical items by British Heart Foundation

Thank you to all those who have donated, there has been vast amounts of donations already and the campaign run by Keep Cardiff Tidy partners is still spreading the end of term charity collection message, so please: ‘When you clear out donate reusable goods to charity’

Donate: Clothing, Food, Electrical Items and reusable items

Collection points: Laundry Room or Reception in halls of residences. (Cardiff, UWIC, Liberty Living, Victoria Halls)
Green Zone at Cardiff Students Union

Please sort items into the relevant receptacles.

Salvation Army: Clothes, belts, shoes, bags. No bedding.

FareShare Food: In date, un-opened, non-perishable foods (not fresh) e.g. Tins, packs etc

British Heart Foundation: Small electrical items: toasters, kettles, printers, mobile phones, irons etc.

RAG: Reusable items, bric-a-brac, seconds at Green Zone at Cardiff Students Union only

The campaign will run daily throughout June, some participating halls will continue after, ask at reception for details.

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Great Taff Tidy

The charity Keep Wales Tidy is calling on people to do their bit by helping to remove unsightly litter black spots along the River Taff in a mammoth clean up effort as part of ‘The Great Taff Tidy’.

The River Taff in one of 10 major rivers in the UK and a national icon, it stretches 52 miles from its source in the Brecon Beacons to Cardiff Bay.

As part of the Tidy Towns project, the ‘Great Taff Tidy’ will take place from 3rd to 5th September. The search is now on for community groups, businesses, local residents, fishing clubs, canoe enthusiasts, and individuals who walk, cycle, fish, canoe or just enjoy the aesthetics of the river to come forward and ‘adopt’ a stretch of river to clean-up on the weekend of action.

Keep Wales Tidy’s Projects Director, Louise Tambini said, “The Great Taff Tidy is a fantastic opportunity to improve the appearance of the River Taff in one big hit. Now that the water quality is good, it is the litter hanging from the bankside vegetation that detracts from the River’s beauty. It would be great if we could have groups along the River’s entire length all working together - the difference we could make would be astounding! Keep Wales Tidy is making a plea to anyone who enjoys walking or cycling along the Taff, or those who fish or canoe on its waters to come forward and join in this mammoth effort”.

Keep Wales Tidy officers will be available to advise and assist groups and individuals. Anyone wishing to help, in any shape or form, are asked to contact Louise Tambini on 02920 726976 or email louise.tambini@keepwalestidy.org

Parking permits

Have you got a residents' parking permit? If you live on a street where permits are required and you want to park your car there, you need one!

From the 5th July drivers will be asked to think before they park as a new scheme is launched to address illegal parking across the city.

We will take over responsibility from the police for enforcing parking and yellow line restrictions throughout the whole of Cardiff using our own enforcement teams.

The police will continue to issue tickets to drivers who park on zigzag markings, cause obstructions and park dangerously.

This new scheme aims to bring significant improvements to the city, making it safer for pedestrians, easier for public transport and better for the disabled community.

Information on the new scheme can be found here http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2870,4048,4188,4833,6068&parent_directory_id=2865&id=10390&d1p1=1) or you can contact Connect to Cardiff on 029 2087 2087.

Please remember that you can now pay for residential parking permits by credit or debit card. Permits are issued from County Hall and cost:

Number of Permits
Cost
1st £5
2nd £30
3rd £45
4th or more (each)
£60

Visitor's Permit
£5

You'll need to produce evidence that the vehicle is your own and that you reside at the property. For more information on the types of evidence that will be accepted click here. (Link to http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2870,4048,4194,4257&parent_directory_id=2865&id=1606&d1p1=1)

Get It Out For Cardiff - When you clear out, donate it

When you clear out, donate it

End of term charity collections, when you clear out donate reusable goods to charity.

Donate: Clothing, Food, Electrical Items, reusable items

Collection points: Laundry Room or Reception in halls of residences. (Cardiff, UWIC, Liberty Living, Victoria Halls)
Green Zone at Cardiff Students Union

Please sort items into the relevant receptacles.

Salvation Army: Clothes, belts, shoes, bags. No bedding.

FareShare Food: In date, un-opened, non-perishable foods (not fresh) e.g. Tins, packs etc

British Heart Foundation: Small electrical items: toasters, kettles, printers, mobile phones, irons etc.

RAG: Reusable items, bric-a-brac, seconds at Green Zone at Cardiff Students Union only

The campaign will run daily throughout June, some participating halls will continue after, ask at reception for details.

keepcardifftidy.com