Bloomfield House Community Centre is asking four to 11-year-olds to compete for the prize of displaying their art work on the centre's water butt. The winner will get their climate change themed artwork and their name placed onto the side of the centre's watersaving device.

A water butt has been donated by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water as part of the Welsh Assembly Government's Climate Change Challenge. Bloomfield is one of three centres finding innovative and fun ways to cut their carbon footprint. The challenge aims to demonstrate that individuals and communities can have a positive impact on reducing Wales' carbon footprint through everyday actions.

Water butts are large tanks that store rainwater by connecting to the drain pipe and collecting any natural rainfall. Some can store up to 340 litres of water to use when the garden needs watering or the car needs washing. This reduces water use and the energy in purifying and pumping water saves money.

Vicki Travers-Milne, manager at Bloomfield, said: "The competition works on many levels as we are getting the kids here interested in climate change and showing them how they can reduce their carbon footprint. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water are very supportive and we are looking forward to using the water butt to reduce our water use.

"We plan to make the most out of the storage device, by using it to clean our bus and watering our new garden. Narberth gets its fair share of downpours, so we should be making use of it in no time. There is a big push in Wales this year to reduce our carbon footprint by three per cent and by making changes like using a water butt we hope we can do our bit."

Rhian Morris from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water said: "Water butts are an effective way of cutting down on water waste and will save money in the long term. We are thrilled to be helping such a positive project and are fully behind the campaign to reduce Wales' carbon footprint."

The aim is to get all of the groups at the centre involved in the challenge and encourage them all to do their bit to help the centre reduce its carbon footprint. People will be able to take away what they've learnt and put it into practice at home too.

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