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Beach clean up for Big Weekend festival in Bangor

Students can earn themselves a ticket to Radio 1's Big Weekend music festival in Gwynedd by helping clean up a beach.

This year's free event takes place at the Faenol estate on 22-23 May, with stars including Cheryl Cole and Dizzee Rascal.

Applications are expected to heavily outnumber the 40,000 tickets available but 50 are offered to Bangor University students who clean a beach on 17 May.

BBC Radio 1 DJs will drop in to see how the beach clean-up is progressing.

Radio 1 deputy controller Ben Cooper said: ''We're pleased to add volunteering to the programme of events around Radio 1's Big Weekend.

"For Radio 1 and the listeners to be able to give something back to the area that is hosting the Big Weekend is fantastic."

We heavily encourage volunteering to our students as a way for them to gain valuable employability skills...

Becky Ryan, Bangor University

The students, who will need to register their interest in the project by 5 May, will work with Bangor University, the Marine Conservation Society and Gwynedd Council.

Becky Ryan, work experience project manager at Bangor University, said: "The centre for careers and opportunities at Bangor University are delighted to be involved with this event.

"We heavily encourage volunteering to our students as a way for them to gain valuable employability skills, so to be involved with such a high-profile event that is not only promoting volunteering but also encouraging students to think about the environment is just brilliant."

The Marine Conservation Society said it was "vitally important" that young people were made aware of "the rising tide of litter" on beaches.

On Monday, Chris Moyles unveiled the festival line-up which features more than 30 UK and international artists who will be playing on the two main stages.

Other artists performing include Florence and the Machine, Rihanna and Alicia Keys.

There are 40,000 tickets available across the weekend. Tickets are free, but last year more than 350,000 people applied for them and demand is expected to be huge again this year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/8648331.stm

[Guest PineapplesLikeAarons]

Well I would clean a beach for that. There is one down my road. I'll clean it for a ticket to R1's Big Weekend and to see Radio 1 DJs (:

[Jono]

Well I would clean a beach for that. There is one down my road. I'll clean it for a ticket to R1's Big Weekend and to see Radio 1 DJs (:

Yeah, I'll get some snaps of my beach too and tell everyone I cleaned that.

[Guest PineapplesLikeAarons]

Yeah, I'll get some snaps of my beach too and tell everyone I cleaned that.

Don't you get free tickets or something anyway? :L

[MrDoovdeHaxorz]

well it's a step on from Radio 1's usual campaigns where what happens is "we'll talk about this issue constantly for a week or two, then completely forget it again til this time next year and move on to other campaigns" This one they're actually doing some follow up, AND linking an otherwise unconnected issue to one of their events. If only all their campaigns had such thinking behind them.

[krazy_chloe]

I don't live anywhere near a beach, but I'd clean one for a Big Weekend ticket!

[Jugalug]

Well, at least people will be doing things for the right reasons.

[Computer]

Well, at least people will be doing things for the right reasons.

[Guest PineapplesLikeAarons]

Well, at least people will be doing things for the right reasons.

Well, what other reasons are there?

[Jugalug]

Selflessness.

[Guest PineapplesLikeAarons]

Selflessness.

A topic I have covered in R.P.. Therefore, I conclude that 'selflessness' is purely an object of what's-the-word and does not exist.