Residents want to make their community greener and brighter
By Aimee Walsh
The residents of one local housing estate have begun to organise monthly street clean-ups in hopes to make the area ‘greener and brighter’.
June Loughlin, a Tymon North resident created a Facebook group called ‘Tymon North People’s Page’, inspired by her neighbours ‘Tymonville Resident’s Association’.
Some of the residents involved in the clean-up on Saturday
June has resided in the area for most of her life, and before that she lived locally in Tymonville.
“I’m in Tymon North for 21 years. I noticed a difference between Tymonville and Tymon North I felt like Tymon North was a bit more disjointed with each other.
I thought with everything going on, why don’t we try start something in Tymon North. I have kept it to clean ups at the moment because of the pandemic.
“We have a huge green space in the middle, where Tymon north and St Aongus meet and unfortunately, we have scramblers and a big burnt out area.
“I thought maybe if a few of us came out – just start a little footfall of people cleaning up, it would take away that feeling of looking out a window to rubbish and paper.
Some of the residents involved in the clean-up on Saturday
“Our aim is to make our Green Spaces greener and bring people together to feel proud. It is a chance to shake off some of them cobwebs of isolation and get an hour of clean fresh air, whilst doing so in a safe manner while times are difficult,” June tells The Echo.
The first monthly clean up took place on January 23, which brought out eight residents including members of the Tymonville Residents Association, friends of Tymon Park and St Aongus’ residents.
“They met at the Scouts Den in Tymon North and cleaned up around the green areas, finishing adjacent to Tymon Park.
“We filled about eight bags in total from that clean-up alone, including a wardrobe and a bicycle” June added.
The reaction from the other residents has been nothing but positive according to June, who said people felt relief something was finally being done.
“I had a woman shouting from her window with appreciation, and another woman who said she felt like crying with relief because she had been knocking on doors trying to get people out for years”.
June says that they plan to make the third Saturday of each month the clean up day, as it will also leave people free to help out in Tymon Park and Tymonville on their set days.
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