Saundersfoot is currently working hard as a community preparing to greet their visitors during the next few weeks by ensuring all businesses are fully Covid 19 aware and are providing a safe environment for everyone.

Saundersfoot Chamber for Tourism held their first ‘Business Forum’ on Monday via Zoom, where over 30 local business owners joined in discussions on what measures could be taken to ensure they keep their workplace safe for their staff, their customers, local residents and the environment when reopening after lockdown.

Dilys Hackett, chair of the Saundersfoot Chamber for Tourism, said: “The aim of the forum is to make sure that Saundersfoot is fully Covid 19 Aware and ‘Good to Go’ when the time is right.

“We want our local residents to feel confident about shopping in the village and equally we want our visitors to be reassured and welcomed back knowing we have procedures in places to help make them feel safe.

“The best way to achieve this is by working together as a community, talking to each other and sharing invaluable advice and intelligence led information.

“The forum, which we aim to run as a ‘drop in’ weekly meeting, is a great tool for local businesses to communicate, ask questions and keep up to date with the latest protocols and government advice.”

Saundersfoot Community Council have already positioned six hand sanitiser stations around the village as an additional facility for the public.

The proposal to offer this additional safeguarding to residents, and potential future visitors, was by Councillor Phil Baker whose initiative, enthusiasm and energy ensured that the six units were purchased by the Community Council and in place on the day when non-essential retail outlets were reopened.

One week later, a group of four Community Councillors toured the village and asked how the floor-standing units had been received, with positive feedback received.

The units feature the contact telephone number of the clerk for the community council who stated that she had already had over seven enquiries from other councils and local businesses to ask where they can obtain similar units.

Village volunteers are also implementing more stringent and regular beach cleans to keep Saundersfoot looking its best.

For more information on this initiative in Saundersfoot, please visit www.visitsaundersfootbay.com