Page 18 - Winter 2022 Newsletter English
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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?
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,
I read a lot of reports and studies about the best way to approach environmental issues and I have a lot with so many inspiring groups, volunteers and good people. I would describe my role being a good talker
of meetings to discuss the changes that need to happen (internally and externally!). Sometimes these (chatting is key in supporting volunteers and groups), a community facilitator. Helping people with
are big things like Producer Responsibility legislation, sometimes they are smaller things like speaking to practical support, be it litter picks or community gardens. It’s varied.
local authorities about bins and the like. I manage a lovely team all with different skills and expertise and
we coordinate the LEAMS surveys so we’re always collecting new data and information. I love my role
because it’s so diverse and I’m always learning new things. What’s the coolest thing you’re working on right now?
Myself. In a bid to improve my mental and physical health, I’m hoping 2022 will see more running, reading,
What’s the coolest thing you’re working on right now? meditation, walking, bird watching, cold showers and less crisps! Have you tried Chicken Sensations
I’ve recently done a review of artificial intelligence for litter data, it’s really mind blowing and I never though? Sensational!
thought I’d be researching such things at Keep Wales Tidy.
Best thing about being part of the Keep Wales Tidy Team?
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
The people. someone to help with advice, pep talks and practical project support. We are a great team and there is
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?
I had this idea for a horse drawn ice-cream truck (patent pending). What did you want to grow up to be when you were a kid?
I don’t remember wanting to be anything really if I’m honest, I liked dinosaurs, space, Star Wars, birds and
Last book you read? being outside.
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez.
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself? Last book you read?
My surname was originally French, ‘Beré’ and apparently my ancestors were French aristocracy that Can’t Hurt Me – David Goggins. I love books about people overcoming their past and transformation. This
escaped the revolution but on my mother’s side we can trace back to a famous pirate. Unfortunately is a great book and story; the man is a machine. Alongside my day-to-day reading, I am reading a daily
there is no treasure inherited on either side. mediation from The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, which is 366 daily meditations from Seneca, Epictetus,
and Marcus Aurelius. It’s awesome!
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.
