Page 18 - Winter 2022 Newsletter English

MEET THE TEAM

Get to know our team at Keep Wales Tidy

Jemma Bere
Policy & Research Manager Gareth Davies

Project Officer
Describe your job role at Keep Wales Tidy?
I am the Project Officer for Cardiff. This is a great role, massively busy, diverse, fun, lots of enquiries,
Describe your job role at Keep Wales Tidy? with so many inspiring groups, volunteers and good people. I would describe my role being a good talker
I read a lot of reports and studies about the best way to approach environmental issues and I have a lot (chatting is key in supporting volunteers and groups), a community facilitator. Helping people with
of meetings to discuss the changes that need to happen (internally and externally!). Sometimes these practical support, be it litter picks or community gardens. It’s varied.
are big things like Producer Responsibility legislation, sometimes they are smaller things like speaking to
local authorities about bins and the like. I manage a lovely team all with different skills and expertise and What’s the coolest thing you’re working on right now?
we coordinate the LEAMS surveys so we’re always collecting new data and information. I love my role Myself. In a bid to improve my mental and physical health, I’m hoping 2022 will see more running, reading,
because it’s so diverse and I’m always learning new things.
meditation, walking, bird watching, cold showers and less crisps! Have you tried Chicken Sensations
What’s the coolest thing you’re working on right now? though? Sensational!

I’ve recently done a review of artificial intelligence for litter data, it’s really mind blowing and I never
thought I’d be researching such things at Keep Wales Tidy. Best thing about being part of the Keep Wales Tidy Team?
The best thing about being part of the Keep Wales Tidy team is just that, we are a team. There is always
Best thing about being part of the Keep Wales Tidy Team? someone to help with advice, pep talks and practical project support. We are a great team and there is

The people. always someone I can ask for advice when I don’t have the answers.

Who would you most like to swap places with for the day?
Brian Cox because then I would finally understand the secrets of the universe. Who would you most like to swap places with for the day?
I would like to swap places with an astronaut for the day and look down on earth from space.

What did you want to grow up to be when you were a kid? What did you want to grow up to be when you were a kid?

I had this idea for a horse drawn ice-cream truck (patent pending). I don’t remember wanting to be anything really if I’m honest, I liked dinosaurs, space, Star Wars, birds and
being outside.

Last book you read?
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. Last book you read?
Can’t Hurt Me – David Goggins. I love books about people overcoming their past and transformation. This
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself? is a great book and story; the man is a machine. Alongside my day-to-day reading, I am reading a daily

My surname was originally French, ‘Beré’ and apparently my ancestors were French aristocracy that mediation from The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, which is 366 daily meditations from Seneca, Epictetus,
escaped the revolution but on my mother’s side we can trace back to a famous pirate. Unfortunately and Marcus Aurelius. It’s awesome!
there is no treasure inherited on either side.
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself?
Happiest when walking on a beach, on a mountain, through a forest, alongside a river or eating crisps.