Press Release - Fundraising Campaign Launch evening promises fun for everyone
Don’t Break the Heart of Wales
PRESS RELEASE
Fundraising Campaign Launch evening promises fun for everyone
For immediate release
After a busy summer and now firmly established as a leading pressure group calling for alternatives to large-scale onshore renewable energy projects, RE-think is turning its attention to the next phase of its campaign.
But whilst it is extremely grateful for the enormous support and generous donations received so far, the not-for-profit group says it will require more funds if it is to continue its important work.
RE-think is therefore planning to hold a Fundraising Campaign Launch on Friday September 15th at 7pm. This will take place at Alexandra Hall in Llangammarch Wells LD4 4EE.
The event, to which everyone is welcome, will include a Special Auction, with some amazing items on offer including Wales v France Rugby tickets and a Welsh Safari. There will also be a raffle, live music and dancing, along with refreshments and one free drink for everyone attending.
RE-think Chair Jenny Chryss said: “This should be a really special evening, in aid of an important cause. The tourism, environment, ecology and wildlife of our area is under threat as never before. This isn’t necessary. There are viable alternatives to the industrial-scale onshore wind developments which are being planned for Mid-Wales.
“Furthermore, experts I have spoken to believe it is perfectly possible to upgrade the grid ready for “net zero” without building a 60-mile overhead power line from Radnor Forest to Carmarthenshire through some of the most beautiful countryside that Wales has to offer.”
Tickets for the event cost £10 each and can be booked in advance. Please visit the RE-think Facebook page for further details, or email us at rethinkwales@gmail.com. Alternatively, you can buy them at Llangammarch Post Office or on the door.
Early booking is advised to avoid disappointment.
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“RE-think: Don’t Break the Heart of Wales” opened for business this weekend with a stand at the Smallholding and Countryside Festival at the Royal Welsh Showground in Llanelwedd.
The not-for-profit group was set up in response to plans by Bute Energy Ltd to build up to 20 renewable energy parks across Wales, along with associated infrastructure. Its proposed flagship project, Nant Mithil Energy Park in Radnor Forest, would include 36 turbines each 220 metres tall, plus a new electricity substation linked via an overhead power line to the grid in Carmarthenshire 60 miles away. Solar arrays and battery storage facilities may also feature in the plans.
RE-think’s members and supporters believe that developments such as Nant Mithil are unnecessary because floating offshore wind projects being planned in the Celtic Sea will provide all the power that Wales needs to meet its renewable energy targets, as well as exporting to England and elsewhere. The group also supports small renewable energy projects built near to the communities who use them.
The Chair of RE-think Jenny Chryss said: “It’s taken a supreme effort by the whole team to get to where we are so quickly, but we had to act fast. Nant Mithil is just one planned energy park; if it gets the go-ahead there will be many more to follow.
“These developments and the associated pylons and other infrastructure would destroy landscapes and livelihoods, along with the environment and the ecology that surrounds them. Tourists who come for the beauty of the area would no longer be drawn here if it was covered in turbines and pylons. People are frantic with worry; it’s just not needed and it has to be stopped.”
For more information, please email rethinkwales@gmail.com
