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		<title>FLINTSHIRE COMMUNITIES INVITED TO SHARE £20,000</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Castle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENTAL and wellbeing projects in Flintshire have the chance to share £20,000 thanks to Castle Green Homes.   Mission Green Flintshire is a voluntary scheme attached to Gladstone Grange in Hawarden and Hawthorn Meadows in Buckley.  It’s open to local community projects with an emphasis on sustainability, the environment, health and wellbeing.   Sales director [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Forest school in Prestatyn turns over a new leaf with help from homebuilder</title>
		<link>https://walesconnected.co.uk/forest-school-in-prestatyn-turns-over-a-new-leaf-with-help-from-homebuilder-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=forest-school-in-prestatyn-turns-over-a-new-leaf-with-help-from-homebuilder-2</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Castle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CHILDREN at a primary school in Prestatyn are going wild about nature and enjoying learning in a new environment thanks to Castle Green Homes.   Ysgol Clawdd Offa received £1,500 from the homebuilder’s Mission Green Prestatyn initiative towards improving its forest school area. The voluntary funding scheme is  linked to new homes being built at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Castle Green Shares Mission Green Funding in Prestatyn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Castle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[HOMELESS families, a craft club and wildlife projects were among the projects in the Prestatyn area to share funding from Castle Green Homes.   Projects with an emphasis on sustainability, the environment, health and wellbeing were invited to apply to Mission Green Prestatyn, a voluntary scheme offered by Castle Green Homes linked to its Sŵn [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Researchers supporting venture to open up Swansea’s historic waterway corridor</title>
		<link>https://walesconnected.co.uk/researchers-supporting-venture-to-open-up-swanseas-historic-waterway-corridor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=researchers-supporting-venture-to-open-up-swanseas-historic-waterway-corridor</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CHART Swansea University]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Destinations feasibility study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River Tawe blue green corridor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swansea Canal restoration project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swansea Community Boat Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swansea industrial heritage waterways]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Swansea University experts are lending their support to an ambitious scheme to revive the waterways of the city’s industrial past. The Centre for Heritage Research and Training (CHART), based at the University, has been working with the Swansea Community Boat Trust with its aims to identify a blue/green waterway corridor along the Swansea Valley from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>HOMEBUILDER URGES RESIDENTS TO LOOK AFTER WILDLIFE WITH NEW LEAFLETS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy Castle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 17:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Castle Green community investment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Castle Green Homes Trevalyn Place]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rossett biodiversity consultant]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[AS part of its commitment to be green by name and in nature, Castle Green Homes is supporting wildlife and is on a mission to educate homeowners.   The homebuilder enlisted the help of Rossett resident Helen Handley, who lives near its Trevalyn Place development and has dedicated years of her life to supporting local [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rhyl leaders and businesses unite to agree priorities for £20m regeneration strategy</title>
		<link>https://walesconnected.co.uk/rhyl-leaders-and-businesses-unite-to-agree-priorities-for-20m-regeneration-strategy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rhyl-leaders-and-businesses-unite-to-agree-priorities-for-20m-regeneration-strategy</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BUSINESS owners, politicians, third-sector groups, charities, council officers, health representatives and more came together to begin shaping a £20m strategy for a cherished seaside resort. Rhyl Neighbourhood Board held its first &#8216;thematic workshop&#8217; at the town&#8217;s rugby club, uniting up to 40 leading figures and stakeholders to identify areas for investment and development over the coming decade. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>UK Interim Water Report 2025: Major Reforms Urged Amid Growing Drought Crisis</title>
		<link>https://walesconnected.co.uk/uk-interim-water-report-2025-major-reforms-urged-amid-growing-drought-crisis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=uk-interim-water-report-2025-major-reforms-urged-amid-growing-drought-crisis</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wales Connected]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The UK’s Independent Water Commission has today released a long-anticipated interim report laying bare systemic failings in the water industry and proposing sweeping reforms to rescue the sector from what it terms a “state of dysfunction.” This comes as the country faces escalating drought conditions following its hottest and driest spring on record. Five Urgent [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>UK Hay Fever Crisis: Millions of Londoners Lives Derailed by Pollen Surge</title>
		<link>https://walesconnected.co.uk/uk-hay-fever-crisis-millions-of-londoners-lives-derailed-by-pollen-surge/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=uk-hay-fever-crisis-millions-of-londoners-lives-derailed-by-pollen-surge</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wales Connected]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 13:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Severe Spring Season Stops One in Three londoners from Doing Daily Tasks&#8211; Over a Third of Londoners (36%) Avoid Going Outside During Peak Hay Fever Season&#8211; Airtasker Allergy Air-vengers Help Hay Fever Sufferers Tackle Seasonal Chores London, UK – 08 May 2025: As the pollen count rises, so does the list of abandoned chores across [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Swansea students put household rubbish to the test to win bridge building competition</title>
		<link>https://walesconnected.co.uk/swansea-students-put-household-rubbish-to-the-test-to-win-bridge-building-competition/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=swansea-students-put-household-rubbish-to-the-test-to-win-bridge-building-competition</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[katherine.thomas@swansea.ac.uk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  A team of Swansea civil engineering students secured first place in a prestigious competition to design and build a bridge entirely made from household recyclable materials. The competition, organised by the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA), judged not only the bridges’ ability to hold the highest number of baked beans cans, but also the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The growth of micro greens: Start Up Loan helps couple harvest their sustainable dream of growing nutritious, miniature superfood from farm to fork</title>
		<link>https://walesconnected.co.uk/the-growth-of-micro-greens-start-up-loan-helps-couple-harvest-their-sustainable-dream-of-growing-nutritious-miniature-superfood-from-farm-to-fork/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-growth-of-micro-greens-start-up-loan-helps-couple-harvest-their-sustainable-dream-of-growing-nutritious-miniature-superfood-from-farm-to-fork</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bethpc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Toni and Alex Borella turned their back on London to escape to rural Pembrokeshire, they decided to launch Green Up Farm, their dream business farming micro greens and micro herbs.   They have been able to develop the passion project they began in 2021, thanks to the support of the British Business Bank’s Start [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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