Barry Let's Get a Good Thing Going

Across the UK, there are many people who would love to do something

they think will enhance their community.

Let's not leave the beach as we found it.

Let's leave it a little nicer.

But what they're lacking is the money to get their bright ideas off the ground.

My project needs your vote.

We're giving individuals the chance to kick-start their venture

with donations from their own communities.

Brilliant. Come on in, then. Come on.

But to win that pot, and to make dreams a reality,

they first need to win over an audience of locals

who will be voting for their favourite idea.

Is it going to be open for 24 hours a day?

Would this be sort of an annual event?

What are your running costs likely to be?

All across the country,

there are local heroes prepared to go the extra mile to make our

communities better places to live.

It's a very... Sorry.

Unusual from me. Very emotional.

They just need a helping hand to get their ideas up and running.

The champion who you have voted for is...

OK. I know it's not the summer but, come on,

who could resist an ice cream by the seaside?

I can't. Today,

we are at one of the most famous seaside resorts in Wales.

Welcome to Barry.

If you live in south Wales, and are of a certain age,

chances are you've had many happy holidays on Barry beaches.

However, as foreign travel became more affordable in the '60s and '70s,

Barry, like so many British seaside resorts, saw visitor numbers tumble.

But this is a community that is fighting back.

There's a seaside regeneration project under way and a passion in the local community

determined to put Barry, and its blue flag beach, firmly back on the map.

Our home for today is Barry's Memorial Hall.

Or, if you're local, it's the Memo.

I've had my ice cream, I've had my chips.

Let's get started.

The four locals hoping to make their dreams come true today are...

former soldier and local resident Sean,

who wants to create family-friendly exercise boot camps.

-What - last-minute preparations?

-Yes. Having a little run-through.

-If you don't know it now, you'll never know it.

-Very true. Very true.

I'm sure we'll be all right. It's just coasting over things, make sure we're all right.

Keen gardener Nicky, who's hoping to smell success for her outdoor passion.

I'm going to really try my best and try and put it across.

And that's all you can do, isn't it?

Yeah. Hopefully, I'm going to smash it tonight.

The young mum, Aoife, who's on a mission to clean up the beaches.

You literally have got your hands full, haven't you?

Absolutely. He's my lucky charm tonight.

-This is Brecon.

-Hello, Brecon.

-You nervous?

-Er, yes.

I think there's a lot of adrenaline pumping around as well as anything,

but I'm hoping that we can just get the message out there.

And keen archaeologist Karl, who wants to reveal Barry's medieval secrets.

I feel that the pitch itself will be enough to get the funds that we need for the project.

Each of the four community champions have an idea

they believe could enhance life in their local area.

But to get the money to make it happen,

first they have to win over the community in this historic building.

The Memorial Hall is aptly named because the walls are lined with the

names of more than 1,800 Barry men

who died serving in the two Great Wars and most recent conflicts.

Our people's champions are over there. They're ready.

And our audience sound like they're ready.

Shall we bring them together? Let the show begin.

Hello, everybody. Hello. Hello. Good day. Come on in!

Local people have been invited to hear what our community champions

have to say, and will later vote for their favourite pitch.

As they come in, they can make a cash donation towards the community fund.

I'm just looking forward to seeing what they've got to offer

for the community, you know? See what different...

..things are happening.

A great opportunity for local community groups to raise the money.

For the community it's really good. We're excited.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

We have some very impressive people backstage and they all have

one thing in common - they care about Barry.

In fact, they love Barry.

Your job today is to listen to our four people's champions pitch to you

their dream project.

All they ask you to do is to pick your favourite and vote.

The person that gets the most votes takes home the pot of money

which you have contributed to. It's as simple as that.

-Does that sound like a good plan? ALL:

-Yeah!

Well, shall we get a good thing going?

-ALL:

-Yeah!

Let's bring on our first people's champion, then.

Now, he's a former military man

and he thinks boot camps should be child's play.

-Please welcome Sean Molino.

-Right, let's do it!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Good luck, Sean.

-Thank you.

Hello, everyone. My name is Sean Molino.

I'm a former serving soldier and physical training instructor

that served within the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards.

Off you go, big run round the park.

Right round the outside. You boys through the net.

Pull! Pull! Pull! Pull!

The majority of my life revolves around health and fitness.

I like to keep fit myself.

Between working my main role and trying to run the business at the same time,

there's a lot of hours eaten up in health and fitness.

But it's something I really enjoy.

Sean's love of fitness started when he was appointed as a PT instructor

in the Army, 12 years ago.

I was always a smiley PTI.

They know that. I used to... Smiling Assassin, maybe, they could call me.

But, no, I really enjoyed it.

My main role as a PTI there was to train the guys ready for operations,

whether it's Iraq, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Bosnia.

Whichever operations it was to go on, they had to be physically fit.

Sean now runs his own fitness and nutrition business in Bridgend.

And staying fit is an essential part of his everyday life.

While I'm training in the gym,

the kids like to swing round on the suspension trainers.

They really enjoy that. After that, basically, I tend to go for my run.

So, my run will be anywhere between 3, 5, 10K,

whatever I'm doing on the day.

Then I'll come back, I'll pick up Sarah and she'll do about 2-3K.

And then the last one, my little boy, he doesn't want to miss out.

He tends to do about 200 metres.

Sean's wife, Rhia, knows that for Sean to follow his dream,

sacrifices have to be made.

Sean is very, very busy.

In all fairness, as a family,

we don't get to do a lot because he is always working.

But he doesn't call it working, because it's his passion.

Wales, like the rest of the UK, has a growing obesity problem.

Almost 60% of Welsh adults are overweight

and 26% of Welsh children are overweight, or obese, too.

Go! Run. Stay there, boys. Run, run, run.

Sean thinks he has part of the solution by using his expertise

to offer free fitness classes for adults and children together.

This is a new initiative, and Sean would run these classes in his own time for free.

We've got parents and children exercising together,

learning about health and nutrition, first of all.

Then they're going to go into separate challenges.

But the main focus for me is they're having fun,

they're learning together,

and they're going to go away with a really positive attitude,

and, hopefully, give them some positive childhood experiences.

-ALL:

-Yay!

Let's take a look at some of the kit

we're going to using on the sessions.

Here we've got some tyres. OK.

I bet you're wondering what we're going to be doing with these tyres,

aren't you? You're not going to put them on your car.

You can roll them around, you can pull them.

You can attach them to the rope.

We can have some nice team relays with ropes and tyres.

OK. We can roll them around for the youngsters.

Moving on to our ropes. We can do a lot with ropes.

OK. We can jump over them, we can pull them.

Again, tug-of-war.

Think team games with the little ones.

Grandparents, parents involved all together.

Finally, we've got this. It's a cam net.

It's not for your car, if you go out in a forest, so you chuck it over

so no-one can see it when you're parking, all right?

What this is for is for you to crawl under,

to crawl up and crawl over. All right?

So, the main thing is it's all about fun, OK?

Youngsters from the age of six up to grandparents, parents,

brothers and sisters - all training together and having some fun,

exciting challenges ahead.

Let me tell a little bit how the idea come about.

Last year, I took it upon myself to deliver free sessions within schools across Wales.

I delivered over 60 sessions in schools.

The sessions have been educational.

We teach them about diet and nutrition.

So, it's a ten-minute snapshot about healthy tips.

What happened then,

we put them together as teams and they overcome challenges -

not just physical challenges but mental challenges as well.

It's not wholly physical, all right?

It's teaching. We have to engage the youngsters

to teach them to live a healthier lifestyle.

I really hope you vote for my family fitness sessions,

not just you, but for you and your family.

Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

For his family fitness sessions, which he plans to put on free of charge,

Sean needs £50 for each three-hour venue hire.

Ideally, he's hoping for several months' worth of sessions.

Well, a great round of applause from the audience,

-but how does the family think... How do you think he did?

-We think he's done very well.

He spoke very confident. We're very proud of him.

-He's got a loud voice, hasn't he?

-He can be louder.

-I bet.

Right, well, it's time for a grilling now, I think.

Let's open the floor now. Who's got the first question for Sean, please?

-Yes, gentleman on the end.

-You said a lot about outdoor stuff,

is there indoor sessions as well?

Yes, for sure. 100%.

As we run through the winter months, it will all be indoors.

Again, that's what our funding is for, to take it indoors.

We've been very thankful to have a local school that we can do with the

facility, which has already been prepped, so it's all ready to go, basically.

Obviously, the elements outdoors...

Through the summer, we can take it on the beach,

we can take it outdoors to local parks,

but winter months it really has to be indoors,

especially when dealing with the youngsters as well,

and especially some of our older people that will be attending as well.

We don't want to... It's not like some of the military boot camps

you see and we're going to have you crawling through...

Commando crawling through tunnels and posting fake grenades and stuff, OK?

But, no, it will be fun and exciting

and it will be indoors in the winter months, is the answer to the question, Huw.

Another question from the audience, please.

Yes, man in the blue shirt.

What are the longer-term running costs of the project?

Well, for me, if we're lucky enough to secure funding, that's the key.

If we can secure 200, it'll run for two months.

Hopefully, off the back of it,

if it's seen to do well and the response is great with the local

community, I'm hoping to try and secure more funding through other

avenues, basically. Hopefully,

if we've got that proven test that it has worked,

we've got the testimonials off the local community, that yes,

they're enjoying it, yes, they're learning, and, hopefully,

there's some positive results with diet and nutrition and people making

healthier lifestyle changes,

-there should be no problem in securing further funding through other avenues.

-Thank you.

Round of applause, please, for Sean Molino.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

All right. Yeah. I think it went pretty well, to be honest with you.

Some good questions, but hopefully I answered them as best I could.

Research suggests that working out together can transform families' dynamic.

As with adults, exercise puts children in a better mood because of the endorphins released.

We all know the joy that we get when we're tending to our garden.

We like to see our flowers flourish and grow.

Well, our next people's champion wants to share her garden,

but she has a very special garden.

Please welcome Nicky Vickery.

I'm really nervous. Hopefully it goes really well.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

All right? Good luck.

Hello, everyone. My name's Nicky Vickery

and I'm part of Barry Community Gardens And Allotments.

I'm also a volunteer for Gibby Green Fingers.

Nicky moved from Cardiff to Gibbonsdown on the outskirts of Barry

six years ago, and she and daughter JC love living here.

It's quite a close-knit community.

From people who I've met up here, they're very nice,

and say hello in the mornings.

There's a lot of people round here who share the same interests.

As a single mum, most of Nicky's day revolves around JC.

My daughter JC's a proper little princess.

She's five going on 15, and she knows everything.

Two days a week, Nicky goes to the Barry community gardens,

where a group of volunteers, led by Nicky,

took over some council waste ground earlier this year.

The site was being shut down but Nicky formed Gibby Green Fingers,

Gibby being the affectionate name for Gibbonsdown,

and they secured a three-year lease to manage the site as a community gardening project.

The site today includes a pond,

vegetable beds, polytunnels, and fruit trees.

People that come and use it are local residents and they've all got

different skills. Some of them do gardening, some of them do woodwork,

some of them just like to sit down and make a cup of tea

and sit down and have a chat.

But we're open to anybody who wants to come here.

Dozens of local volunteers help out, and they get a lot more out of the

green fingers club than just gardening.

It does you good. It gets you out of the house.

It helps you mix with people.

I've lost a dress size in four months coming down here,

and it didn't cost me a penny.

So I saved on all the gym fees.

This is brilliant. And you're out in the open.

The green gym, this is, the green gym.

Nicky wants to enhance the site and has come up with a plan

to build a sensory garden. Already partially constructed,

she wants to turn this corner into a specific area

that will stimulate the senses,

so that visitors of all abilities can appreciate it.

Have some wheelchair access and height access containers,

where people can come and plant their own things.

Get a nice water feature fitted in.

Get some nice flowers that you can touch, smell, feel, taste.

It will be absolutely perfect.

But as Gibby Green Fingers is solely reliant on donations,

there are no funds available to finish turning this space into

the sensory garden that Nicky and her team of volunteers dream of.

It's so frustrating not being able to push forward from this garden

because there are lots of people round this area who need a space like this.

Gibby Green Fingers are a local resident group who want to make

a difference in the area.

Most of us are born with our five senses - touch, taste, smell,

sight and hearing.

If you've lost one of them senses,

a sensory garden would be a perfect place to go and relax.

It would have objects and plants

like lights, water, and different smells,

to heighten lost senses.

Most of you here today will benefit from this project.

The sensory garden will be open to any age and it will be open to any

groups. Maybe some of you here haven't got gardens,

or maybe some people who live in flats.

It will be fantastic for Barry to get this project up and running for

everyone to come and enjoy.

If we had £200 today,

we would be able to plant 33 different varieties of plants,

which would make this space really fantastic.

This project is so important for the people of Barry,

as it would be the first sensory garden that is in this area

and will be open to the public. Thank you very much.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

For a sensory garden project,

Nicky wants £200 for plants and £250 for a water feature,

wind chimes and accessories.

We're going to open the floor now to the audience.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Right, who's got our first question for Nicky, please?

Yes, the young lady there.

Would the garden be able to be used all year round?

Yes, it will.

Hopefully, with our volunteers that are here now,

we're hoping to open six days a week all year round for everybody

like yourselves to come in and enjoy the garden.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

-Any more questions, please?

Yes, the lady in the black jacket.

There are two local schools in the area and a care home.

Would there be opportunities for those people to visit?

Yes, there would be all opportunities for any groups or any residents

from the Barry area and outside the Barry area to come and visit us.

-Thank you.

-Great questions, eh, Nicky?

Well handled, well handled.

-Thank you.

-A round of applause for Nicky, please.

-Thank you. Good luck.

-Thanks very much. Thank you.

Oh, that was very, very nerve-racking.

Sensory gardens can have a therapeutic value for visitors of all abilities.

They're credited with reducing stress and lowering blood pressure,

as well as offering a space to relax, meditate, contemplate, and talk.

Two down, two more to go.

But who is going to get a good thing going?

Well, Barry, I have to congratulate you because your beach is amazing.

Earlier today I had a lovely ice cream, I had a stroll along the beach, some chips, it was beautiful.

And our next people's champion's pitch is all about that beach.

Please welcome Aoife Blight.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Wish me luck!

Hi, how are you doing? Thanks a lot.

Hi, everyone, I'm Aoife.

I moved to Barry three years ago with my husband and I absolutely love living here.

Aoife is originally from Dublin,

but after falling for the charms of Barry local James,

they married and made Barry their family home.

We're currently on Whitmore Bay.

This is the main beach of Barry Island.

This is where everybody who's ever watched Gavin and Stacey will know.

Barry's gorgeous.

I've always loved it, growing up here, but it's definitely improved

and it's just getting better all the time.

-Yeah.

-I think you get a sense of community here.

Really happy here.

Aoife and James have always been very environmentally aware.

And that didn't change when baby Brecon was born six months ago.

But they did see a big difference in the amount of household waste they were generating.

When Brecon was born, we were using disposable nappies and, all of a sudden,

our waste went from two bags every two weeks to six.

It was massive.

So, decided to go to cloth nappies and we saw an instant reduction in our waste, back to pre-baby times.

People tend to think, this is a lot of washing, it's a lot of work, but, actually, it's not so bad.

We do a couple of extra wash loads.

The nappies are all really colourful.

We think they're better, they're more absorbent,

and they do the job really well.

Aoife and James are eco-friendly in other ways, too.

I'm using conkers to do my laundry.

You chop them up, pour some water over them,

preferably hot to boiling water,

and leave them to soak for about half an hour,

or you can leave them overnight.

Then strain them and you can use them as a laundry soap.

We always thought we'd been quite eco.

We always try to recycle as much as possible.

But then we realised that recycling isn't necessarily the be-all and end-all.

Aoife is absolutely someone who will try to drive change herself.

She is like a dynamo. She is super-enthusiastic.

When she's got something in her teeth, she just goes for it.

Trying to reduce food miles,

Aoife has turned the back garden into a fruit and vegetable plot.

Nothing more Irish than that, now!

Didn't you say you can make something out of the leaves from the carrots?

-You can make pesto.

-Carrot leaf pesto.

They can be used as parsley, I think.

They're meant to be like the same kind of herby flavour as parsley.

-Let me try a bit of this.

-Oh. It's covered in mud.

Outside the home, the problem of litter on Barry's coastline

has been an issue for Aoife for some time.

The beautiful beaches in the summertime can be strewn with rubbish.

We're in a very windy place,

so litter gets blown out of the bins.

We have a lot of seagulls.

They take whatever they want out of the bins.

So rubbish ends up on the beach.

Aoife wants to reduce the amount of litter on Whitmore Bay by installing

a two-minute beach clean board that allows passers-by to safely pick up

litter as they're walking and dispose of it.

The two-minute beach clean is, at the end of your day on the beach or your walk on the beach,

bring away whatever you brought to the beach,

but then spend two minutes picking up anything that you see as well.

So, it's not just leaving the beach as you found it,

it's leaving it a little bit nicer.

My idea is based on the two-minute beach clean.

This is an incentive that started in Cornwall in 2013, and it's been

incredibly successful all over the UK and Ireland.

The idea is very simple.

You just go to the board and there will be a litter picker there,

and a plastic bag you can just take with you as you go and enjoy the beach.

Go on your walk, take your time, playing in the sand.

But while you're there, maybe just pick up any marine litter you come across.

Pick it up, pop it in the bag, simple as that.

Pick it up, straight back in the bag.

Then, when you're finished, go back up to the board.

Take a photo of your new collection and post it on social media.

That'll help us spread the word all over the world

and get the message out there that doing your little bit extra for the beach is a good thing.

In Bude, where this started,

they've seen a 61% decrease in the amount of litter that is left on the beaches.

61%. That's massive. That's over the course of just one year.

Whitmore Bay is incredibly popular during the summer, and that's great,

but what isn't great is the amount of litter that gets left behind.

Last year we made the headlines, but for all the wrong reasons.

There was so much litter on the shore,

it was just washing up in and around people's legs.

It was like paddling in a bin.

That's not what we want to get known for,

and it's not what we want for our beach. So, why do I need your vote?

I need your vote so that we can buy all of the equipment we need to get this operation going.

That includes this beautiful board, and all of the litter pickers

that we'll need to make sure that if there's any loss or damage

that we have some to spare on demand.

I think this is a really important project for Barry for loads of different reasons.

Obviously, I think it's good to have clean beaches,

but also I think it will encourage everybody to get out into the fresh air,

to get out and discover their beaches.

It will help them to connect with nature and the environment around them,

as well as getting a bit fitter.

I'd love your support so that we can make a real positive impact to our environment.

Let's not leave the beach as we found it,

let's leave it a little nicer. Thank you very much.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

For her beach cleaning project, Aoife is asking for

£400 for a specially-designed A-frame board

and £8 for each litter picker.

OK. We're going to open it straight to the floor.

Who has the first question for Aoife, please?

Yes. Lady in the blue, please.

Where are you planning on putting the board?

Initially, we want to put a board at the entrance to Whitmore Bay.

There's some wonderful recycling bins there already.

Wonderful bins(!)

And there are some general waste bins there, too.

So we think it's a great place.

It gets the most footfall on the beach, and it's already got

the infrastructure in place to look after the litter that comes back up.

Thanks for your question. Another question for Aoife, please?

The costings of them boards and replacing them litter pickers, Aoife.

Have you looked into that?

Yes, absolutely. So, one of the boards costs about £400.

Beautiful quality. They'll stand up in hopefully most weather.

The litter pickers, we can get ten of them for £80.

And, my idea is to, depending on how much money we get,

to get one board and then spend the rest of the money on litter pickers,

so that we always have some backup.

But also, what I would love to do is set up some initiatives to raise

awareness. It's maybe not enough to just have it there and hope for the

best that people will see it, but to get like an event going.

We have a lot of beach cleaning clubs that go round on a monthly basis and they do a fantastic job,

so, to collaborate with them and get the whole community behind it -

not just a couple of volunteers, but the whole community -

to get out there and have a bit of fun with it.

So that's what I'd like to do if I had the extra money.

Thanks for that, Aoife. I'm going to go into the audience now and talk to

a few of your supporters, if that's OK, see how they thought you did.

So, how do you think Aoife did?

I think she did really well.

She obviously wants to make a positive difference to the environment

and particularly to Barry and the beaches.

And I applaud her effort and her energy and I think we should all support her.

Yeah. It's a great idea.

But it's down to you to decide who's going to get a good thing going.

But for now, please, ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for Aoife Blight.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you. Bye!

Ah! That was OK, I think.

Typical beach litter, such as plastic bottles,

takes 450 years to degrade.

And food trays made of Styrofoam will never degrade.

So, to protect the beach, removing the litter is the only solution.

Now, all you local residents may think you know Barry,

but how well do you really know it?

Well, our final people's champion today believes, and wants to share,

some secrets that have been left undiscovered for hundreds of years.

Please welcome our final people's champion today, Karl-James Langford.

I'm looking forward to this, so I'll see you soon.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Good luck. Good luck.

-Thank you.

My name is Karl-James Langford.

I'm an actor, I'm an archaeologist,

and I have a love for the history and archaeology of our wonderful town.

No, you're not seeing things, there really is a pirate doing the garden.

Barry local and dad-of-two Karl uses costumes to bring colour and life to his personal passions.

# Hark, now, the drums beat up again. #

As well as being an actor and an archaeologist, Karl is also a teacher.

So a man of many talents.

I've got a very colourful life. I teach in the week, various classes.

On a Wednesday, every now and again, I do a ghost walk,

and I'm dressed up as a pirate with my little friend here,

who's called Poe - Pieces Of Eight.

I like to present the past and bring it alive.

We're walking through the site of a medieval village.

Karl is also the chairman of the Archaeology Cymru group and he holds

regular guided walks in the local area.

Today's walk is exploring the deserted village of Highlight,

two miles north of Barry.

Over on the right would have been the original site of a manor house.

So, we're going along this wonderful lane...

There are medieval ruins on the outskirts of Barry and,

apart from local archaeologists, very few people know about them.

Karl has studied the history of this village called Highlight and wants to share its past.

We've got the humps and bumps on the left and humps and bumps on the right.

What we've got, we've got this medieval lane.

It's a sunken lane and it goes through the deserted medieval village of Highlight.

In its heyday, 150 people lived in the village.

But the plague in 1349 killed 90% of the inhabitants.

And by the 1500s, the village was totally abandoned.

How can this be protected more? Nobody knows about this, do they?

I think the protection of the site is actually people coming out here and appreciating this is here.

I didn't know there was a church here.

I didn't realise there was a bit of village here.

He wants to share the secrets of this ancient ruined village with the

whole community by asking for funds to erect signs that explain to

passers-by what lies beneath their feet.

There will be information about the history of the landscape,

history of the sites they're actually visiting.

We've got volunteers on board as well,

that we don't need any money for.

But we've got volunteers on board to actually clear the route.

Along the coast, archaeological sites are being eroded every single day,

being lost into the sea. This is a site inland.

This can be saved and preserved.

Let's save what we've got before these sites are lost for ever.

A visit to Highlight will be enhanced by using

wonderful signs, such as this.

These signs will guide us to understand the rich tapestry underneath all our feet.

Highlight is one of those footpaths that you can tease out

interesting pointers to our past.

The route way led all the way to the sea,

all the way to the ancient village of Barry.

There is the ruins of a church there today.

This last sign that you would see

would be a description of the church itself.

The route is a footpath that can be

made into a footpath for people in wheelchairs.

It's a footpath for children.

It's for everybody. Barry is for everybody.

If I do win this pitch today, £200 may produce two or three signs,

500 - six or seven signs.

Let's keep this town alive,

because it's in the past that we can then go into our future.

Thank you very much.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

For his walk to reveal Barry's hidden archaeology,

Karl wants £500 to make information boards

that will be erected along the route of the ancient past.

Very passionate pitch, I'm sure you'll agree, there.

So, we'll open up the floor straightaway, I think.

Who's got the first question for Karl, please?

Gentleman on the end there, please.

Hi, Karl. A quick question.

These ruins, could they be damaged if people are walking or cycling over them?

The footpath has been established for a long period of time.

The footpath went through the village.

The remains of the buildings, the humps and bumps,

are on the left and the right.

So, you wouldn't be doing any damage.

By seeing these sights, by understanding that they're there,

we can protect them.

If we don't know the past is there, then we can't protect it.

-A question from me, Karl.

-Go for it.

Why are we only finding out about this now?

I think Barry itself, since 1884,

has constantly moved forward and forward and forward.

And eventually we'll stop and then we'll realise what we've got.

It's not just about medieval sites and Roman sites.

It's about all those sites from the Tudor period,

all those wonderful layers of the past.

Everything is relevant and today is relevant.

This moment today will one day be history.

But it's important to all of us.

-Thank you.

-Round of applause, please, for Karl.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Good luck.

Wow! That went really well.

Good reaction from the audience.

The fund that one of the people's champions will take home today is £523.20.

So, who gets the money?

Which project is going to benefit the community of Barry the most?

Well, let's have a little recap of our four people's champions.

Today, we've heard from Sean and his fun, family fitness sessions.

CHEERING Yes! Yes!

Nicky, who wants to create a sensory garden for the whole community.

CHEERING Yeah.

Aoife, with her beach litter clean-up campaign.

A round applause for Aoife. CHEERING Yes!

And Karl's walk to rediscover old ruins.

A round applause for Karl as well, please.

CHEERING Yes.

So, the question is very simple.

Which project do you think the community of Barry is going to benefit from the most?

Well, it's time to vote.

I think Sean did exceptionally well for our community here in Barry.

Our children need excellent role models and I think that the best

role models for our children are their parents.

There's some fantastic projects across the board, so, ultimately,

whoever wins, they're going to be a credit to the community.

Let's just see how people vote, really.

I've lived in Barry all my life and I've never heard of Gibby Green Fingers,

and I think they need to get out there and push the message a bit more, cos it's brilliant.

I thought the other pitches were great.

We've got four fantastic projects going, and everybody is just

brimming with enthusiasm and passion for their individual projects.

If we can get one of these going, that would be an incredible thing for Barry.

If we can get all of them going by collaborating together somehow, that would be just incredible.

It's not the best man who wins, it's the community wins.

Four great projects.

There was the beach clean-up, archaeology,

family free fitness, and the sensory garden.

All great. I don't know how it's going to go.

So, that's it. It's now time to reveal who you have chosen

to get a good thing going in Barry. But, first,

please welcome back our people's champions.

CHEERING

Well done.

CHEERING CONTINUES Yes!

Now, I don't know how you've done it

because these four fantastic projects

were probably really difficult to separate,

but your votes have been counted and verified.

Without further ado, it's time to announce the winner.

And the winner is...

..Aoife and the beach litter clean-up. Whoo!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Well done!

-Thanks very much.

-Well done.

-Oh, my God!

I'm absolutely delighted. I'm ecstatic.

The competition was incredibly tough.

Like, the projects were amazing all round.

All four pitches are going to benefit the local community. And that's what it's about, 100%.

The projects are still going to go ahead a little bit. For me, we're going to see how it goes.

Fingers crossed, we can keep it going through other means,

but we're definitely going to go ahead with it anyway.

I thought all the presenters did exceptionally well.

Barry must be a stronger place as a consequence of all the effort that

they're all putting in.

-I really am so proud of you.

-Proud of myself!

Aoife can't wait to tell her husband, James.

Hi. I have some news.

We won.

-Oh, wow, that's amazing!

-I can't believe it.

That's incredible news. Well, I knew you could do it.

Thanks a million.

We became aware of all the different projects that were

going on in Barry anyway, that I didn't know existed.

This is not the end of the sensory garden, no.

We've had a couple of people in the audience tonight.

Some people actually came up and want to make donations to us,

and also we've had a couple of councillors who are local from the area,

who are going to come in and get mucked in.

Aoife's project, I'm really looking forward to seeing that in Barry.

Think it'll make a tremendous difference to the town.

There have been no losers today. Everybody has won.

It's been really positive.

You know, I want to say a deserved winner,

but it's difficult because everybody deserved to win because all the

projects were really, really strong, but I think what pipped it for Aoife

was everybody loves a beach.

Everybody loves a clean beach, and Barry, that's what they do here.

They're proud of their beach here

and I think that's what pipped it for Aoife.

And again, the community wins.

Four weeks later and the new board arrives.

Aoife is keen to get it set up on the beach at Barry Island.

I won £523.20 and I've been able to buy the board,

litter pickers for both adults and children,

and a whole set of gloves so everybody will be safe on the beach.

Since the pitch I've had loads of support from local businesses,

local people in general.

I've been in touch with the Friends of Barry Beaches,

who've been really happy that something like this is going ahead.

The Council, too, have been great,

they're delighted that people are trying to engage like this

and they've been able to support us.

Today the beach is looking pretty clean,

but it's amazing how you'll go out and you'll think -

"Oh, there's nothing here," but within about two minutes you'll find a lot of bits.

Once you get your eye in, you'll see it everywhere.

There's always litter on the beach and it always needs to be collected.

To officially launch the board in its new home,

Aoife has organised an inaugural beach clean.

We're hoping we can make a bit of noise and get other people

that are on the waterfront today having a go as well, or just asking questions.

I'm really happy that the board's finally up.

I've got the litter pickers in and the bags in,

and we're really looking forward to getting going.

Thank you so much for coming out and supporting this.

-Shall I cut the ribbon?

-OTHERS:

-Yay!

-Yay!

-APPLAUSE

We love spending time here with our family,

so we want it to be a really nice, clean, safe, environment

so we should do our bit to make that happen as well.

This sort of project is actually saying -

it's all our responsibilities to keep the beaches and the environment

-a lot cleaner.

-I think most people would be really behind the idea of

picking up just a little bit of litter off the beach,

but you don't always have the equipment to do it.

So you don't really want to put your hands in other people's rubbish.

So actually, just having these

gloves and these pickers easily available

as you walk onto the beach, it's going to make a massive difference.

See, things like this, this is possibly a lollipop stick,

but it's probably actually the stick of an ear bud.

You shouldn't find that on this beach,

but it's been washed up with the tides.

Such a brilliant idea. I can't believe no-one's thought of it before.

I'm really pleased and proud that we've got a two-minute beach clean board on Barry Island now.

Everybody moans about the rubbish on the beach,

but no-one really does anything about it.

This is going to push people to help out and to clean the beaches up.

Husband James and baby Brecon are backing Aoife all the way.

I'm really proud of Aoife.

I expected her to do well, she's really good at this kind of thing.

She's obviously won the funding from the event, and that's gone really

well, and today we've had plenty of people down here.

I'm really pleased.

A beach front chip shop is so impressed by Aoife's campaign

that they've offered to store the board overnight,

and they are inspired to be greener in other ways, too.

We've recently changed all of our packaging.

We've changed from polystyrene to recyclable cardboard.

So, we helped her out today,

just to make sure the beach was left clean and tidy.

By doing this we're getting people to get excited about the idea of looking after their own environment.

This is their beach. It's great.

It certainly is great, but what about the runners-up?

Sean wanted to set up free family fitness sessions

and he needed funds to hire indoor venues.

Even though I didn't walk away with the money,

the main thing for me was being there and trying to spread the word

about what I'm doing, and it's been fantastic.

I've had meetings with local councillors,

they're really keen to get something going now through the summer,

which is fantastic. A lot of my stuff is going to be done outdoors

and that way we can keep the sort of cost down on it as well, if we can,

which is great, so everybody can get involved.

No, it's going to be really fantastic.

Karl-James Langford wanted to put up signs around the site of medieval ruins on the outskirts of Barry.

People do care about Barry,

people do care about what's going on, and there are people who want to

help, and that help has come in our direction.

People wanting to not only give their time,

but there is funding out there, as well.

So, I'm not daunted by not winning the money,

I'm actually enthused by the fact there was enthusiasm in the room.

And Nicky wanted to create a sensory space within the Barry Community Garden.

It's been really good, people are getting involved.

There were some people in the audience who have come down and got involved

in the gardens. We had somebody come down and made a cash donation a few days later.

We're hoping to go out and to start us off to buy £100 worth of sensory flowers.

It's amazing, I'm so happy.

Great things happen when communities get together.

What are the possibilities for your area?

I think if you've got a community project that you're thinking about,

just go for it. Use social media, find your people.

They're out there, they're looking for you, you're looking for them.

If you think it's going benefit your community,

then don't let anything hold you back

because it's as easy as starting a conversation, and you can do it.

If I can do it, you can do it.