The National Trust Shop and Visitor Centre at Rhossili, Gower is asking for the public’s help to keep Gower’s unique coastline safe and unspoilt this summer.
From today, visitors to Gower will be able to take part in a new campaign which aims to safeguard the area’s beauty and wildlife by helping to keep it free of litter this summer.
The National Trust Shop and Visitor Centre at Rhossili, will be handing out bags and gloves and asking people to Take it Away! with prizes for those willing to help.
Take it away and win a prize!
Throughout July and August, on arriving at Rhossili beach and coastal paths visitors can call at the National Trust Shop and Visitor Centre at Rhossili to receive a bag, gloves and safety guide. As a thank you for helping to protect the unique environment at Rhossili everyone who returns with a full a bag of litter will be given a free National Trust jute bag and free entry into a prize draw to win a fantastic eco-hamper.
The eco-hamper is worth over £200 and is filled with prizes that will help the winner to live a greener lifestyle. Amongst the goodies are an eco-kettle, a compost crock, washer and dryer balls, energy saving light bulbs for the whole house and feeders for birds, hedgehogs, butterflies and ladybirds.
The draw for the hamper will be made at a special eco event at the visitor centre, the Keen 2 Be Green Family Day, on August 25th. During the Keen 2 Be Green Family Day young visitors to Rhossili will learn how to care for their environment through numerous free activities such as making bird feeders and natural air fresheners from recycled materials.
New exhibition
While picking up or returning their litter bags, visitors have an opportunity to visit a new free exhibition at the National Trust Shop and Visitor Centre at Rhossili which explains the problem litter causes to coastal areas. Larry the leatherback Turtle, an interactive model, allows visitors to understand how dangerous litter can be to wildlife.
Discarded plastic in particular is responsible for many needless deaths of animals such as sea birds and turtles who can mistake it for jellyfish. But once ingested plastic can block the digestive system and cause the animals to starve to death.
The exhibition also shows how fishing lines, netting and other litter can entangle and kill marine life and coastal and marine plants can be smothered or poisoned. As well as a DVD presentation and information about local wildlife and attractions the Visitor Centre also offers activities relating to the National Trust’s current projects and work on Gower.
Shopping for a good cause
The National Trust Shop at Rhossili boasts the best selection of Gower books and maps in the area. The shop also stocks outdoor clothing, equipment and accessories, an extensive range of eco-goods, organic and traditional foods, gifts and local crafts. All profits from the shop are used to help fund the National Trust’s work on Gower.
Launching the Take it Away! Campaign, manager of the National Trust Shop and Visitor Centre at Rhossili at Rhossili, Leigh Freeman said:
'Gower is such a special place and I know many of our visitors are enchanted by its beauty and become as passionate as the National Trust about keeping it unspoilt. As we approach the busiest time of year at Rhossili, I hope everyone will understand the importance of taking part in the Take it Away! Campaign. I’m confident that the campaign will help people realise that the beaches and coastline that are in the National Trust’s care actually belong to them, and they will therefore help us to keep Gower special for everyone.'
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