One of the Council's initiatives to clean up the City has been recognised by the Welsh Assembly Government with a £20,000 grant.Swansea Council's Neighbourhood Environment Action Team was established only last October and has won plaudits from local residents everywhere it's gone to concentrate on deep cleaning difficult areas around the city and county.
The NEAT team is a joint effort between the authority's social services and environment departments and aims to give work experience and training opportunities to adults with learning disabilities under the supervision of other council staff.
Since October it's worked all over the city and county cleaning up areas that wouldn't otherwise have been reached. They include the riverside walk near Sainsbury in the city centre, Gorseinon, St Thomas and Port Tennant.
The team is tackling areas around the city that would otherwise become targets for fly-tipping or littering. That's good news for the communities which benefit from the clean-up and it's an encouragement to them to continue the good work.
