Love Where You Live Awards 2010

Love Where You Live Awards 2010

Love Where You Live Award Winners 2010

Community Recycling Champion

Sponsored by Amgen

Winner – Raymond Lloyd (View Video)

Raymond Lloyd is a positive role model to the people of Blaenrhondda for his commitment to recycling and keeping his local area clean. He is wheelchair bound and suffers from a number of medical problems, but this does not stop him from keeping the area of Blaenrhondda litter free. He has a litter picker and the use of an electric buggy with a special adaptation to hold recycing bags, which he utilises to collect litter from his local area. He then sorts the litter at home and puts it out with his weekly recycling. Not only is he making a massive difference by recycling items of litter, but he is also tackling the village litter problems, and he proves that everyone can make a difference.

Highly Commended – Connor Keane/Tristan Millard, Glenboi Primary School (View Video)

Connor and Tristan are active recyclers, who ensure that their school is committed to recycling and reducing their waste. To encourage both the staff and pupils to be aware of how much they can recycle and how much they waste, each week they go around the classrooms weighing both the waste and recycling generated by each class. Their school has won both the Bronze and Silver Eco award and is actively working towards the Green Flag. They have made a positive impact with recycling both in their school and the local community.

Highly Commended – Abigail Lloyd, Penygraig Junior School (View Video)

Abigail Lloyd is a pupil at Penygraig Junior School. She actively promotes recycling both within the school and the local community. As part of one of the schools environmental projects, Abigail carried out a survey of Hendrecafn Street, highlighting the households that were not currently recycling. Abigail then undertook a door knocking exercise of those houses and asked residents why they were not participating in the scheme. She explained how easy it is to recycle and now most of the residents at Hendrecafn Street are now recycling. Abigail also took part in the local Junk to Funk Fashion Show and is keen to get involved in all activities to improve environmental awareness.

Most Innovative Environmental Project

Sponsored by Site Serv

Winner – Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari (View Video)

Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari have created a unique system to help them monitor their school’s own recycling awareness. The Eco Committee have created an ‘Eco-Survey’ that each classroom has a success criteria to follow. The criteria lists categories from having a recycling box in a room to promoting the school’s eco code to even controlling lighting and effective use of electrical equipment. Within each criteria are coloured targets from red to green and reflect the classrooms performance (green being the highest and reflecting a high level of activity and red being the lowest where there is no activity). They monitor their own performance on a daily basis and each classroom is set with their own targets to achieve a higher recycling and sustainability awareness. The survey has had a positive impact on raising the staff and pupils awareness.

Highly Commended – Communities of Penygraig & Williamstown (View Video)

The Junk to Funk Fashion Show was a joint venture between Penygraig and Williamstown Communities First, Valleys Kids, community groups and 5 local schools. The project is unique and it’s aim was to generate awareness of recycling through the creation of new ideas for the re-use of material. The project saw each participating school represent an issue that affects or is affected by global warming, and the impacts were represented through the areas of fire, earth, air and water, this was then represented in the design of the outfits. The aim was to generate awareness of individual lifestyles and our impacts on our environment and to further challenge the idea of how we can re-use waste.

Highly Commended – Abercwmboi Communities 1st/Cap Coch Primary School (View Video)

This project is a joint venture between Cap Coch Primary School and Abercwmboi Communities First. The project created a ‘Green Man’ out of recycled materials at the entrance to the school. The aim of the project was to provide a reminder of the process of recycling and to encourage the community to think creatively about everyday materials. The creation process of the Green Man, involved Year 6 pupils engaging in active workshops, which also developed their team working and communication skills, whilst developing their knowledge and understanding of the recycling processes and expanding their creativity. The sculpture is an innovative way of relaying the message to the community about recycling and in a fun way for children to learn.

Best School Environmental Initiative

Sponsored by Keep Wales Tidy

Winner – Brynnau Primary School (View Video)

Brynnau Primary school has successfully created a “Community Garden” through the combined efforts of the staff, the school council and eco council. They have worked with the community to regenerate a neglected area of land adjacent to their school. The project aided in developing community cohesion and worked alongside Environmental Services, The Detached Youth Workers, Community Council, Wildlife Trust and local Police. They now have a community garden and outdoor classroom that serves as a vital facility to develop cross-curricular learning of sustainable development. Helping others to succeed is the school’s motto and the project has given pride to the wider community.

Winner – Tref Y Rhyg Primary School (View Video)

Tref Y Rhyg Primary have transformed the mainly concrete school yard into a colourful green and bright flowered area. The project has involved staff, pupils, governors, parents and grandparents bringing the community together. The school yard has flower beds, re-used tyres as large plant pots and with the support of the Tidy Towns team they have developed a raised decking area with a pond. Despite the obstacles such as vandalism and financial difficulty, they have created a better environment and have further plans to regenerate the school grounds. They are currently in the process of building a greenhouse using recycled plastic bottles.

Highly Commended – Blaengwawr Primary School/Maes Y Ffynnon Residential Home (View Video)

Generation Hand in Hand is a partnership project which has developed an area of land between Maes Y Ffynnon Residential Home and Blaengwawr Primary School. The land has been converted from a fallow land, to a lovely green fertile area that allows for education, play and social interaction. The project has developed the social interaction between the young people and the adult volunteers. The site itself has been developed to include unique ideas such as a grassed amphitheatre, outdoor gym and wildlife friendly areas, including allotments and walkways. It is a shining example of what may be achieved in a community focused school.

Highly Commended – Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari (View Video)

Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari have created a unique system to help them monitor their school’s own recycling awareness. The Eco Committee have created an ‘Eco-Survey’ that each classroom has a success criteria to follow. The criteria lists categories from having a recycling box in a room to promoting the school’s eco code to even controlling lighting and effective use of electrical equipment. Within each criteria are coloured targets from red to green and reflect the classrooms performance (green being the highest and reflecting a high level of activity and red being the lowest where there is no activity). They monitor their own performance on a daily basis and each classroom is set with their own targets to achieve a higher recycling and sustainability awareness. The survey has had a positive impact on raising the staff and pupils awareness.

Best Community Project

Sponsored by Community Safety Partnership

Winner – Blaengwawr Primary School/Maes Y Ffynnon Residential Home (View Video)

Generation Hand in Hand is a partnership project which has developed an area of land between Maesfynnon Residential Home and Blaengwawr Primary School. The land has been converted from a fallow land, to a lovely green fertile area that allows for education, play and social interaction. The project has developed the social interaction between the young people and the adult volunteers. The site itself has been developed to include unique ideas such as a grassed amphitheatre, outdoor gym and wildlife friendly areas, including allotments and walkways. It is a shining example of what may be achieved in a community focused school.

Highly Commended – Communities of Penygraig & Wiliamstown (View Video)

The Junk to Funk Fashion Show was a joint venture between Penygraig and Williamstown Communities First, Valleys Kids, community groups and 5 local schools. The project is unique and it’s aim was to generate awareness of recycling through the creation of new ideas for the re-use of material. The project saw each participating school represent an issue that affects or is affected by global warming, and the impacts were represented through the areas of fire, earth, air and water, this was then represented in the design of the outfits. The aim was to generate awareness of individual lifestyles and our impacts on our environment and to further challenge the idea of how we can re-use waste.

Highly Commended – Glyncoch Partnership (View Video)

The ‘Summer Challenge’ is a successful scheme that has been running for the past 2 years. It involves the amalgamation of enjoyable activities, informal education, learning new skills and qualifications, all of which result in a regeneration project for the area. It gives individuals of all ages an opportunity to participate and to improve their community. It has seen a joint venture with GAFA and Ymlaen Glyncoch, funded by RCT Homes for a sculpture by and for the Community and also a Mural created by the younger members. They have also worked to develop areas in the community that are rundown. They have future plans for a larger development and recovery of older deprived areas. It is a project that aims to benefit current and future generations and aims to pass on this awareness and responsibility for the community.

Best Environmental Partnership Initiative

Sponsored by ECA

Winner – Abercwmboi Communities 1st/Cap Coch Primary School (View Video)

This project is a joint venture between Cap Coch Primary School and Abercwmboi Communities First. The project created a ‘Green Man’ out of recycled materials at the entrance to the school. The aim of the project was to provide a reminder of the process of recycling and to encourage the community to think creatively about everyday materials. The creation process of the Green Man, involved Year 6 pupils engaging in active workshops, which also developed their team working and communication skills, whilst developing their knowledge and understanding of the recycling processes and expanding their creativity. The sculpture is an innovative way of relaying the message to the community about recycling and in a fun way for children to learn.

Highly Commended – Communities of Penygraig & Williamstown (View Video)

The Junk to Funk Fashion Show was a joint venture between Penygraig and Williamstown Communities First, Valleys Kids, community groups and 5 local schools. The project is unique and it’s aim was to generate awareness of recycling through the creation of new ideas for the re-use of material. The project saw each participating school represent an issue that affects or is affected by global warming, and the impacts were represented through the areas of fire, earth, air and water, this was then represented in the design of the outfits. The aim was to generate awareness of individual lifestyles and our impacts on our environment and to further challenge the idea of how we can re-use waste.

Highly Commended – Glyncoch Partnership (View Video)

The ‘Summer Challenge’ is a successful scheme that has been running for the past 2 years. It involves the amalgamation of enjoyable activities, informal education, learning new skills and qualifications, all of which result in a regeneration project for the area. It gives individuals of all ages an opportunity to participate and to improve their community. It has seen a joint venture with GAFA and Ymlaen Glyncoch, funded by RCT Homes for a sculpture by and for the Community and also a Mural created by the younger members. They have also worked to develop areas in the community that are rundown. They have future plans for a larger development and recovery of older deprived areas. It is a project that aims to benefit current and future generations and aims to pass on this awareness and responsibility for the community.

Best Environmental Service Team of the Year

Sponsored by RCT Street Care

Winner – Cleansing Supervisory Team (View Video)

The Cleansing manager, Supervisors and their Assistants have adopted a positive attitude towards the provision of an efficient and effective Cleansing Service. They have promoted changes in cleansing methods, e.g. a greater emphasis on brushing and sweeping, as opposed to concentrating solely on the collection of litter. This change has been highlighted by Keep Wales Tidy report in which it has been acknowledged that improvements in the cleanliness of our streets have taken place. Much of this is very much down to the input of the Cleansing Supervisors and their Assistants.

Highly Commended – Tidy Towns Team (View Video)

The Tidy Towns team were set to tackle environmental issues in conjunction with communities, schools and local residents. They have undertaken over 90 projects since they were set up. The projects have to be sustainable and maintained in the future by the groups putting it forward. The projects undertaken range from cutting back overgrowth, building log circles/outdoor classrooms, providing allotment areas for schools and the provision of country walk trails and picnic areas. The team has received huge praise for their efforts and added a vital link to the work undertaken in Streetcare. The team are funded by the National Assembly for Wales through the Tidy Town initiative.

Highly Commended – Staff at Monk Street/ Bus Station Public Conveniences, Aberdare (View Video)

This small team are well known and respected in their local community for their work in both Monk Street and the Bus Station public conveniences. They have been described as friendly and welcoming by all who use the public conveniences. They take great pride in their work both within the public conveniences and the surrounding area. They regularly collect recyclable litter from the surrounding area to improve the environment and if they see somone littering they will ask them not to drop litter. They are always on hand to assist the public, from aiding with directions to assisting those in need and care about the people who use the service.

School Environmental Champion (Pupil)

Sponsored by Costain

Winner – Lauren Holmes, Treorchy Comprehensive (View Video)

Lauren Holmes is the Vice Chairperson for the Schools Eco Committee, which she has been an active member since its creation 4 years ago. As the Vice Chairperson she has aided in developing and putting into place action plans and assisted in achieving targets with her hands on approach. She has taken part in everything from litter picking, establishing recycling initiatives, delivering presentations and has started an energy saving campaign. With her drive and commitment she has been the main force behind the Eco Committees success.

Highly Commended – Connor Keane/ Tristan Millard, Glenboi Primary School (View Video)

Connor and Tristan are active recyclers, who ensure that their school is committed to recycling and reducing their waste. To encourage both the staff and pupils to be aware of how much they can recycle and how much they waste, each week they go around the classrooms weighing both the waste and recycling generated by each class. Their school has won both the Bronze and Silver Eco award and is actively working towards the Green Flag. They have made a positive impact with recycling both in their school and the local community.

Highly Commended – Abigail Lloyd, Penygraig Junior School (View Video)

Abigail Lloyd is a pupil at Penygraig Junior School. She actively promotes recycling both within the school and the local community. As part of one of the school’s environmental projects, Abigail carried out a survey of Hendrecafn Street, highlighting the households that were not currently recycling. Abigail then undertook a door knocking exercise of those houses and asked residents why they were not participating in the scheme. She explained how easy it is to recycle and now most of the residents at Hendrecafn Street are now recycling. Abigail also took part in the local Junk to Funk Fashion Show and is keen to get involved in all environmental awareness activities.

Highly Commended – Charlotte McCauly, Cefn Primary School (View Video)

Charlotte McCauly is a member of the Student Council and takes part in all environmental activities within the school, from helping with the fruit tuck shop to maintaining the poly tunnel and the school garden, which has seen development through the planting of trees and planned development of a pond. She encourages others to take part in community presentations and strives to create a better environment both within her school and the local community.

Highly Commended – Pupils of Cilfynydd Primary School (View Video)

Cilfynydd Primary School has many environmental champions, with the whole school keen environmentalists. They recycle as much as they can in the classrooms, canteen and school yard. Food waste and vegetables are composted and used in the school garden and vegetable patch they have created. The school carry out daily litter picks of the entire yard and ensure that all pupils are aware that they are responsible for their own waste. The positive attitude they have developed in school towards the environment and recycling, they are taking out into the community to make the community a nicer place to live. They are currently working towards their very first Eco Schools award and hope this nomination will be a recognition of the hard work of all pupils.

Highly Commended – Trent Harries, Porth Junior School (View Video)

Trent Harris is an active member of Porth Junior School’s Eco Committee and holds the position of Vice-Secretary, at all meetings he takes the minutes and keeps the Eco Warriors and school informed of all discussions. He aids in keeping the school litter free and is actively involved with all aspects of the Eco Committee’s work. He has also lead a project to improve the outdoor area, through planting and designing services for his fellow students to use. He continuously gives up his own time as he cares for his local school and environment.

School Environmental Champion (Teacher)

Sponsored by Costain

Winner – Martin Thomas, Pontypridd High School (View Video)

Mr Thomas has taken the lead on environmental issues and set up the Eco Committee and a group of eco friendly pupils cross cutting all age groups. He has worked closely with Streetcare Services and the Environment Agency to turn Pontypridd High into a zero waste school. His initiatives involve each classroom taking responsibility for their waste and recycling by removing waste bins and creating central recycling points. He also arranged for litter picking activities that benefit the school grounds and local environment and has begun recycling food waste from the school canteen. He is a devoted individual giving up his own free time to see Pontypridd High become a zero waste school.

Highly Commended – Eryl Davies, Tref Y Rhyg Primary School (View Video)

With the commitment shown by Eryl Davies of Tref Y Rhyg Primary have transformed the mainly concrete school yard into a colourful green and bright flowered area. The project has involved staff, pupils, governors, parents and grandparents bringing the community together. The school yard has flower beds, re-used tyres as large plant pots and with the support of the Tidy Towns team they have developed a raised decking area with a pond. Despite the obstacles such as vandalism and financial difficulty, they have created a better environment and have further plans to regenerate the school grounds. They are currently in the process of building a greenhouse using recycled plastic bottles.

Highly Commended – Sian Dennett, Brynna Primary School (View Video)

With the support of Sian Dennett, Brynnau Primary school has successfully created a “Community Garden” through the combined efforts of the rest of the staff, the school council and eco council. She has worked with the community to regenerate a neglected area of land adjacent to their school. The project aided in developing community cohesion and worked alongside Environmental Services, The Detached Youth Workers, Community Council, Wildlife Trust and local Police. They now have a community garden and outdoor classroom that serves as a vital facility to develop cross-curricular learning of sustainable development. Helping others to succeed is the school’s motto and the project has given pride to the wider community.

Local Authority Environmental Champion

Sponsored by Wormtech

Winner – Ian Stuckey (View Video)

Ian Stuckey has worked for the local authority as Lengthsman in Pontypridd Town Centre for 9 years, and has been an extremely loyal member of staff who has not taken any time off sick during his employment. He has always displayed a high level of commitment and always goes beyond his normal duties and ensures there are no over flowing litter bins, litter or dog fouling in Pontypridd Town Centre. His commitment to the area has been noticed and praised by Senior Management, Councillors and the general public. This award will inspire Ian’s colleagues that hard work is recognised and rewarded.

Highly Commended – Richard Jones (View Video)

Richard Jones is a member of the Tidy Towns team who were set up to tackle environmental issues in conjunction with communities, schools and local residents. They have undertaken over 90 projects which range from cutting back overgrowth, building log circles/outdoor classrooms, providing allotment areas for schools and the provision of country walk trails and picnic areas. Richard has been a key member of the team who have received huge praise for their efforts and added a vital link to the work undertaken in Streetcare.

Highly Commended – Dean Vaughan (View Video)

Dean has worked in the Enforcement Team for the last 3 ½ years and is a valued member of the team. He is proactive in tackling envirocrime and has more recently been undertaking school visits promoting the damage of littering, dog fouling and fly tipping. Dean is prepared to tackle the difficult issues the role brings and does it in an extremely professional manner. He will always go the extra mile and is prepared to help and assist in all elements of Streetcare and portrays a positive image for the service. The work Dean has undertaken throughout RCT has and continued to benefit the residents by cleaning up hotspots and making areas a cleaner and safer environment.

The Envirovision Song Quest Champion

Sponsored by Integrated Graphics

Winner – Hawthorn High School (View Video)

This award goes to the winners of the Envirovision Song Quest 2009, where pupils from Hawthorn High School won the contest by becoming involved in a project over a two day period, which saw them attend workshops to write lyrics, compose music and actually record their song and play at the Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd.

Business Award

Sponsored by Clarkslegal

Winner - Costain (View Video)

Costain is the principle contractor for the Church Village Bypass on behalf of Rhondda Cynon Taff. This large scale project costing £90 million has seen and required Costain to undertake Ecological Mitigation to ensure the preservation of protected species. They have taken great effort in this process and this is evident through the creation of ponds, dormice bridges, otter tunnels, over 80 bat and bird boxes, badger tunnels and retile hibernacula’s. They have also minimised the level of earthworks required by using alternatives such as old tyres and inert landfill and they are active recyclers, diverting 90% of their site waste from landfill. Their future aim is to further reduce their carbon footprint and also reduce their waste disposal, energy use and use of raw materials.

Highly Commended – Amgen Cymru (View Video)

Amgen Cymru is a local authority waste disposal company that provides an excellent waste management, recycling and re-processing facility. They provide an extensive dry recycling service, enabling householders to recycle or re-use virtually all household items and a large scale service to commercial premises. They also provide and service local Community Recycling Centres (CRC), including the award winning CRC site at Treforest. Amgen actively and continuously seek to increase the materials that can be recycled, re-used and diverted from landfill to improve our environment.

Highly Commended – Biniau Gwyrdd, Pontypridd High School (View Video)

‘Biniau Gwyrdd’ were set up in 2009 to create small bins to encourage children to recycle. The bins are made from recycled wood and this is supplied through the network links they themselves have created. The business is aiming to develop Primary School links for the product and is also offering a % back to the schools to also help their own Eco School scheme, so not only will they be funding their own recycling project but aiding schools to develop their own. They are active in their approach, making and developing links with companies like Amgen Cymru and Land Phil Recycling Limited to generate more ideas, products and services. They are aiming to achieve promoting recycling in other schools and hope it will spread out in to the rest of the authority.

People Award

Sponsored by Site Serv

Winner – Eric James (View Video)

Eric James has lived in Mountain Ash all his life, and is passionate about keeping his local area clean and litter free. He collects litter as he goes about his daily routine and actively encourages other members of the community to take responsibility for their area, and help improve the community in which they live. As a result of his work and commitment, Darren Las Communities First are now organising litter picks and environmental projects, to encourage everyone to work towards a cleaner safer environment.

Highly Commended – Raymond Lloyd (View Video)

Raymond Lloyd is a positive role model to the people of Blaenrhondda for his commitment to recycling and keeping his local area clean. He is wheelchair bound and suffers from a number of medical problems, but this does not stop him from keeping the area of Blaenrhondda litter free. He has a litter picker and the use of an electric buggy with a special adaptation to hold recycing bags, which he utilises to collect litter from his local area. He then sorts the litter at home and puts it out with his weekly recycling. Not only is he making a massive difference by recycling items of litter, but he is also tackling the village litter problems, and he proves that everyone can make a difference.

Highly Commended – Ian Stucky (View Video)

Ian Stuckey has worked for the local authority as Lengthsman in Pontypridd Town Centre for 9 years, and has been an extremely loyal member of staff who has not taken any time off sick during his employment. He has always displayed a high level of commitment and always goes beyond his normal duties and ensures there are no over flowing litter bins, litter or dog fouling in Pontypridd Town Centre. His commitment to the area has been noticed and praised by Senior Management, Councillors and the general public. This award will inspire Ian’s colleagues that hard work is recognised and rewarded.

Judges

Our thanks go to all the judges for taking part in this event.

George Jones, Group Director RCT Environmental Services
Nigel Wheeler, Service Director RCT Streetcare Services
Brian Houston, RCT Sustainable Development Manager/ Road Safety Manager
John Harrison, Environment Agency

Sponsors

Our thanks go to all the sponsors for supporting this event.

Costain
Amgen
Integrated Graphics
ECA
Clarkslegal
SiteServ
RCT Streetcare Services
Wormtech
RCT Community Safety Partnership

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