Efforts to combat dog-fouling in Alyth’s streets and public spaces can continue for another two years with help from a grant from ADT’s Community Projects Fund.
The Fund has awarded Alyth Community Council a grant of £2000 over two years to buy poo-bags for its network of six dispensers located around the town. Community Council member Ian Holland installed the dispensers in May this year and keeps them filled in his spare time. Each dispenser features a reminder to dog-owners to pick up after their animals and can hold several hundred disposable bags.
Ian commented: “The dispensers have been a great success, with hundreds of bags being used by local dog-walkers every month. We know that the majority of dog-owners are responsible but sometimes might not have a bag on them when needed. We also hope that the dispensers will encourage the few not-so-responsible owners to c lean up after their dogs.
“We have placed dispensers at the foot of Toutie Street, in the Square, the Wee Park, Jubilee Park, and at Springbank and on Alyth Muir. The bags, which can be deposited in any of the public litter bins throughout the town, are being well used and making a real difference to the pavements and open spaces.”
ADT’s Community Projects Fund distributes the community benefit funds provided for Alyth by the operators of the Tullymurdoch Windfarm, some five miles north of the town. Applications to the fund are judged by an independent panel of volunteers drawn from across the community. Apply at https://lovealyth.org.uk/projects/alyth-community-projects-fund/.