Street team makes sure party-goers remain safe

THE Carmarthen NightLight street support scheme has been sendingvolunteers from local churches and chapels onto the streets ofCarmarthen every Saturday night for the past year. The scheme waslaunched in last January with the aim of helping late-nightrevellers stay safe.

To celebrate its first anniversary, Carmarthen mayor, the Rev TomDefis, went out on the streets with the team.

The project is run by the Carmarthen branch of CYTUN (ChurchesTogether in Wales) and currently has 23 volunteers from ninechurches and chapels of different denominations. There are sixvolunteers -- three on the streets and three back at the base -- whowork every Saturday night …