July 13, 2020 - 1707 views
A local group with a heart of gold has treated Colwyn Bay town centre to a very welcome surprise this morning.
Thanks to the efforts of volunteers helping out at the Kind Bay Initiative, shoppers and shop keepers arrived this morning to find the organisation had given flower beds, planters and window boxes a colourful makeover and filled them with bedding plants and shrubs.
As the local market returns to the town tomorrow, it was perfect timing to give the town a lift and instill some positivity and colour.
Due to restriction placed on the town, the annual Colwyn Bay in Bloom competition was unable to be held so the Kind Bay stepped in to fill the gap and make sure that the town did not miss out on its floral makeover.
Helen Robinson of the Kind Bay said "Thank you to one of our volunteers Angela who told us about how sad the planters were looking in the Bay and helped to organise this huge feat!"
"It actually took over 20 of us to do this today so a huge thank you to Vin, Georgia, Natasha, Wendy, Caroline, Sarah, Phil, Karen, Ben 1 and Ben 2, Kyle, Gaz, JD, Louiise, Ellie and Fraser, Margaret, Becky, Alex and Helen. Such an amazing team!
"We did this because we wanted to bring the bloom back to the Bay, to uplift peoples spirits after the awful time everyone has been through. We will be down every two to three weeks to maintain them and the council will be watering them, so in a few weeks we really will be blooming!"
The Kind Bay have been instrumental at helping our community through many difficult weeks by arranging tins on the doorstep collections for the local foodbanks.
In recent weeks they have helped the Welsh Mountain Zoo feed their animals and St. David's Hospice to boost it's donation centre in Mochdre and Llandudno with items to be sold in their local charity shops.
