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Date: 31/12/07

Organisation Name: Public Service Management Wales (Welsh Assembly Government) Project Description: Developing and Public Service Academy.
Creating a new public service Academy to replace PSMW underpinned by accredited leadership and management development programmes, including the establishment of a post graduate certificate in collaborative leadership for public service managers and leaders.

Email Address: trevor.samuel@wales.gsi.gov.uk or elizabeth.jenkins@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: All Wales

Organisation Core Business: Supporting and developing managers and leaders across the Welsh Public Service.

Who will be involved in delivering the project: PSMW

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Public services throughout Wales and ultimately public service users.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: All Wales

What might the outputs(activity measures): No. of participants (male and female) in programmes, No completing programmes, No. of learning programmes delivered (accredited and non-accredited), No of other interventions delivered, No of initiatives to support Local Service Boards, No of major events and participants.

What might be the results of the project: Establishment of Public Service Academy dedicated to organisational and individual learning across the public service.

What would its impact be: A learning culture in the public service and more joined up provision of public service learning and development.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: tbc

Estimated Cost: tbc

Where might the match funding come from: Making the Connections development fund and fees from participating organisations

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Date: 31/12/07

Organisation Name: Public Service Management Wales (Welsh Assembly Government)

Project Description: Building Regeneration Skills. Providing a basis for improving regeneration policy makers and practitioners in Wales in order to deliver better integrated programmes of regeneration. This could include an interchange programme between the voluntary and statutory sectors.

Email Address: trevor.samuel@wales.gsi.gov.uk or elizabeth.jenkins@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: All Wales

Organisation Core Business: Supporting and developing managers and leaders across the Welsh Public Service.

Who will be involved in delivering the project: To be confirmed but this could be a partnership between PSMW and partners engaged in urban and community regeneration.

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Communities

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Convergence areas

What might the outputs(activity measures): No. of secondments, No. of participants (male and female), No. of learning programmes delivered, Establishment of regeneration community of practice network and skill centre.

What might be the results of the project: Better skills for those in public and voluntary services involved in regenerating communities.

What would its impact be: A highly skilled workforce in regeneration, an increased understanding of citizen needs and how to meet them

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: tbc

Estimated Cost: tbc

Where might the match funding come from: Making the Connections development fund and fees from participating organisations

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Date: 22/12/07

Organisation Name: Public Service Management Wales (Welsh Assembly Government)

Project Description: Developing skills where there is a clear deficit in the public service. Identifying skill deficits across the public service (e.g. programme and project management, procurement) and developing and delivering programmes to address them.

Email Address: trevor.samuel@wales.gsi.gov.uk or elizabeth.jenkins@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: All Wales

Organisation Core Business: Supporting and developing managers and leaders across the Welsh Public Service.

Who will be involved in delivering the project: PSMW, the wider public sector through regional stakeholder groups, the private sector and the voluntary sector.

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Public service users and public services

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: The project would be delivered on a sub-regional basis in Convergence areas: South West and Mid Wales, North Wales and South East Wales

What might the outputs(activity measures): A number of programmes to address identfied skill deficits.

What might be the results of the project: A clear picture of skills and knowledge deficits in each region. An increased number of managers and workforce who have the skills to meet the requirements and challenges of a modern public service.

What would its impact be: Improved public services and a more motivated and better trained public service workforce.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: tbc

Estimated Cost: tbc

Where might the match funding come from: Making the Connections development fund and fees from participating organisations

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Date 19/12/07

Organisation name: University of Wales, Newport.
   
Email Address: Margaret.davies2@newport.ac.uk;

Geographical Area of Operation: South East Wales,

Organisation Core Business: Education, Training and Regeneration.

What will the project do:

The project will support people from disadvantaged groups in South East Wales to overcome the barriers they face when attempting to engage in education, training and employment. It will do this by providing tailored individual and group support where appropriate to address the specific barriers individuals have.

The project will support employers and training and educational establishments to better engage with people from disadvantaged groups by helping them to develop their capacity to do so where necessary.

The project will use the skills, experiences and resources of organisations who have worked collaboratively in partnerships such as the Equinex development partnership, the RISE partnership and the South East Wales Equalities Network (SEWEN). It will consult with individuals, groups and organisations (including employers) in a democratic manner in order to best develop services and support functions for the people it will target. Continuous evaluation of activity will inform project development and practice in order to continuously improve the services offered. Specialist service needs will be supported in their development by experts from partner organisations such as the University of Wales, Newport, Careers Wales, NAS, TUC etc.

The project will further empower existing structures to support people into education training and employment by forging a greater cohesion in their models of provision and outreach and by commissioning and paying for identified training to enhance that already on offer. The work will undergo gap analysis with beneficiaries, partners and employers to identify shortfalls in existing structures and provisions so that the work can be conducted endeavouring to find ways to satisfy found needs. The project will use accredited and non-accredited learning and training to engage learners and extend existing learner support structures appropriately. The project will support improvements in the ability of educational and training establishments in the region to provide support for people from disadvantaged groups, thereby contributing to the success of community learning plans, community strategies and workforce development strategies.

The Equinex Development Partnership came into being as the result of an identified need to enable people from disadvantaged communities in the region of South East Wales to access education, training and employment more successfully. Funded through ESF Equal, the Partnership has worked together for two and a half years, testing out innovative ways of engaging hard to reach groups in education, training and employment. Many of the successful methods and products developed are being mainstreamed in local, regional and national (UK wide) organisations. Equinex also has considerable experience of working successfully with transnational partners.

Equinex works closely with RISE, the largest learning network partnership in the United Kingdom. RISE is increasingly providing a learning brokerage role in planning the learning to up skill the citizens of the region to meet the needs of the knowledge economy.

The SEWEN Network is the only one of its kind in Wales and comprises employer organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors. The aim of the Network is to promote equality of opportunity and good practice in employment in South East Wales

Who will be the end beneficiaries?
People who are economically inactive and people with disabilities, people from BME communities, 50+, migrant workers, pre and post 16 people in both Convergence and Competitive Programme areas, including organisations and professionals who work with these individuals, groups and communities (such as careers advisors, support workers etc).
People needing up skilling for employability and work. .
Employers in the region will also be beneficiaries.
Frontline workers, trainers and learner advocates.
Who will be involved in delivering the project:
University of Wales, Newport (Centre for Community and Lifelong Learning) and Partner organisations of Equinex and RISE including Prime Cymru, Newport City Council, National Autistic Society, South East Wales Racial Equality Council, Advocacy Action Wales, Careers Wales Gwent, TUC, WEA, Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations, Torfaen Voluntary Alliance, Coleg Gwent, Further Education providers, TUC, Ability Net, Job Centre Plus and other partners. South East Wales Equalities Network.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project:
The area of South East Wales will be covered and there is potential for key areas of project activity to be developed across Wales. Particular work areas that might be suitable include models of support to assist people with particular disabilities or barriers to inclusion and people of 50+ towards employment and learner support activities.

What might the outputs (activity measures):
Beneficiaries:
- Participants entering employment
- Participants gaining confidence to re-engage in learning and employment
- Participants undertaking support for returning to work
- Participants undertaking work placement and training
- Participants undertaking upskilling
- Participants entering learning
- Participants gaining significant progression in their learning
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Trainers: Nos of trainers trained
- Frontline staff and learning advocates – awareness training
- Tutor training for pre course screening training
- Volunteers, paraprofessionals and full time practitioners – specific specialist training at varying levels (accredited)
- Blended learning support materials and a programme of e-learning mentor support.
- Employers supported to employ people from disadvantaged groups.

What might be the results of the project?
The project will result in increased participation in employment, education and training amongst those from groups who are most disadvantaged and economically inactive.
The work will improve the capacity of organisations to support people into and towards education, training and employment.
Contributions to the Welsh Assembly Government policies “Wales: A Better Country and “Wales, A Vibrant Economy” and relevant UK and European policies. Contributions to the Lisbon agenda; the European Commission Roadmap for Equality between men and women 2006-10; the WAG Gender Equality Scheme.

What would its impact be:
Decrease in numbers of long term unemployed and economically inactive in the region.
Increased take up of education, training and employment from people from disadvantaged groups due to the changes in culture and provision being mainstreamed within organisations providing education, training and employment. Cultural impact regarding the value placed upon people from disadvantaged groups.
Reduction in skills shortage in South East Wales.
Reduction in occupational segregation by gender/age in South East Wales.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project:
Over 5 years 20k individuals assisted towards employment, 500 new volunteers/paraprofessionals, 1000 trainers trained.

Estimated Cost:
These are being developed with partners; however, initial estimates indicate £5.6m per annum for the duration of the project. There would need to be a phased increase in costs year on year for salary expenditure and some front loaded expenditure on equipment and materials.

Where might the match funding come from:
Core budgets of partner organisations. Volunteer time.

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Date: 06/12/07

Organisation Name: South West Wales Knowledge Economy Steering Group

Project Description: The ministerial board for the Swansea Bay: Waterfront and Western Valleys established a task and finish group to work on the Knowledge Economy theme of the Wales Spatial Plan. That Group, led by the City and County of Swansea was supported by staff from the Institute of Innovation at Swansea University and produced a report that was endorsed by the ministerial group in Spring 2007. The critical recommendation was that a Steering Group be appointed to inform and guide the Knowledge Economy Strategic Plan for the region and that the natural vehicle for this is the Technium Steering Group. The Technium Steering Group has been operational for many years and is private sector led. It has agreed to expand its remit and take on this new responsibility.

The vision is to support the further evolution of the regional culture creating an entrepreneurial and innovative region manifested through a sustainable Knowledge Economy. This initiative will require a small full-time executive team which will report directly to the South West Wales Knowledge Economy Steering Group. Its remit will be solely to inform the development of the Strategic Plan and ensure a co-ordinated and integrated programme embracing all key stakeholders and providers. The work will take place in three generic activities; high-level skills; Knowledge Infrastructure; and Sectoral Innovation.

Email Address: g.h.davies@swansea.ac.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: South West Wales

Organisation Core Business: Developing a vibrant Knowledge Economy in South West Wales

Who will be involved in delivering the project: Welsh Assembly Government, City and County of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Carmarthenshire County Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council, Swansea University, University of Wales, together with a range of private sector organisations and education providers.

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Beneficiaries will include local companies large and small active in the Knowledge Economy, businesses aspiring to become active in the Knowledge Economy, entrepreneurs in the sector, and range of large and small companies will benefit from multiplier effects as well as the economies of the region and Wales as a whole.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Swansea Bay: Waterfront and Western Valleys, and Pembrokeshire

What might the outputs(activity measures): Outputs will include growth of knowledge-based SMEs; rate of growth of knowledge-based SMEs; creation of knowledge-based SMEs; inward investing knowledge organisations; increase in higher-level skills; university spinouts; patents; other IP; new products and services; increased turnover and profitability of large and small organisations; high added value jobs (created and protected); know-how and an entrepreneurial innovation culture; private sector investment in the region; and links between HE, FE and commerce.

What might be the results of the project: The result of the project will be the creation of a vehicle that will underpin a sustainable Knowledge Economy, delivering economic stability and wealth for years to come.

What would its impact be: Its impact will be the provision of job opportunities for a range of qualified and skilled individuals. The work of the Steering Group has already demonstrated its impact in a way that can be monitored, measured and reported.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: The South West Wales Knowledge Economy Steering Group will be a seven year project and will only directly employ a relatively smaller number of individuals, though it will play a key strategic role in informing and developing a range of major strategic initiatives, some of which will be funded from Structural Funds and from other public and private sources.

Estimated Cost: £7.03m over seven years

Where might the match funding come from: Match funding of £3.7m ~ 52% will come from the delivery partners.

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Date: 29/11/07

Organisation Name: RISE Partnership

Project Description: The RISE Partnership came into being as the result of an identified need to empower the learner in whatever setting they may learn, and to be a vehicle to use their voices to influence lifelong learning provision. The Partnership has established the largest learning network in the United Kingdom which is increasingly providing a learning brokerage role in planning the learning to up- skill the citizens of the region to meet the needs of the knowledge economy.

Having established the principle of learner representation and learner advocacy the next step is to provide an ongoing, impartial facilitation for the network of support and training for the learner’s voice, and meeting learner’s needs. This network will seek to support and enhance the work already initiated by the RISE Partnership, expanding capacity, addressing identified gaps in support and integrating the work of the WEA (with its Community Learning Representatives), the TUC (and its Union Learning Representatives), NIACE Dysgu Cymru, the voluntary sector and community development workers, FE, HE and RISE Learning Advocates.

The project will embrace the Making the Connections agenda by further empowering existing structures to forge a greater cohesion in their models and approaches, to commission and pay for training that is identified to enhance the programmes already on offer. It will use accredited and non-accredited learning and training to engage learners, and extend its structures into non-unionised workplaces.

The project will provide tailored learning support for education, training and skills development. This will result in improved engagement, retention, progression and achievement levels that will assist in addressing Welsh Assembly Government targets.

It will work with partners such as Job Centre Plus, Careers Wales, Ability Net and other supporting agencies to recruit, support and promote the acquisition of new skills which will enhance Learner Advocacy in many settings including the range of paraprofessionals working across the field of learning and regeneration. They will have the ability and skills to reach out within their communities/workplaces to support citizens of all ages including the most hard to reach such as NEETS, non learners, the economically inactive and low skilled enabling them to leave the welfare system and participate in education and training for employment and workplace up-skilling.

Email Address: wayne.thomas@newport.ac.uk

Geographical Area of Operation: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Monmouthshire and Newport.

Organisation Core Business: Education, Training and Regeneration.

Who will be involved in delivering the project: TUC, WEA, GAVO, TVA, Coleg Gwent, Careers Wales Gwent, WICC, FE, HE, TUC, Ability Net, Job Centre Plus and other partners

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Pre and post 16 people in both Convergence and Competitive Programme areas, including organisations and professionals who work with these individuals, groups and communities. The project will cross both Programme areas and all Priorities and Themes.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Monmouthshire and Newport.

What might the outputs(activity measures): Increase in participation in Education, Training, Employment and Capacity Building.

What might be the results of the project: An increase in learners, skill levels, qualifications attained, volunteering, employability.

What would its impact be: To provide routes into employment and improving workforce skills sets.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: Over 5 years 25k additional learners assisted, 500 new volunteers/paraprofessionals, 1000 trainers trained.

Estimated Cost: These are being developed with partners; however, initial estimates indicate 3.6m per annum for the duration of the project.

Where might the match funding come from: Core budgets of Government Departments including Job Centre Plus, volunteers, Lottery, Partner overhead rate, etc.

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Date: 22/11/07

Organisation Name: Regeneration Skills Collective Wales (network of six professional institutions in Wales (CIH Cymru, RTPI, RICS Wales, ICE Wales, RSAW & LIW)

Project Description: Provide a basis for improving the quality and quantity of professional and cross professional regeneration practitioners in Wales, facilitating the better delivery of integrated programmes of sustainable regeneration. This part of what could be a wider strategic initiative will
deliver:
a. A senior and middle management leadership / masterclass programme comprising an annual three to four sessions intensive workshop programme, targeted at senior and middle management professionals in the public, private & voluntary / social enterprise sectors working in West Wales and the Valleys. The programme would operate over a three to four years period.
b. A cross professional Regeneration Site Seminar programme, with Continuing Professional Development accreditation by the member professional institutions of the Regeneration Skills Collective Wales and others. This is likely to embrace up to 10 Site Seminars per annum within the Convergence area over a three to four years period. It is expected that each Site Seminar would be attended by approximately 35 participants.
c. A cross professional Seminar programme focussing on specific sustainable regeneration issues within the Convergence area, such as
- Aspects of both urban and rural regeneration.
- Issues of public procurement.
- Programme and project management skills
- Interaction with community regeneration / development initiatives, engaging both 'top down' & 'bottom up' approaches.
This project will also seek to engage in the Territorial Cooperation Objective of the Structural Funds Programmes (2007 - 2013). This will have a focus on the exchange of good practice and the delivery of integrated regeneration programmes at the national, sub-regional and local levels.
Also it would seek to engage with those regions, sub regions and Municipalities in Europe that already have agreements / experience of working with partners in Wales. At national / regional level for Wales, this could include Emilia Romagna (Italy). Catalonia (Spain), Silesia
(Poland) and Estonia etc.

Email Address: ressex@rics.org

Geographical Area of Operation: Pan Wales

Organisation Core Business: Professional & Cross professional skills development and training in sustainable regeneration and exchange of good practice.

Who will be involved in delivering the project: Regeneration Skills Collective Wales, in cooperation with partner stakeholders. In order to ensure that this project possesses a strategic focus, it will need to be complementary to other proposals that are being developed and delivered by the Welsh Assembly Government; the Public Services Management Board in Wales; the Welsh Local Government Association; Local Service Boards and other potential external stakeholders (e.g. the Higher Education sector)
Who will be the end beneficiaries: Regeneration practitioners in the public, private and voluntary / social enterprise sectors operating in the Convergence area.

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: Convergence Area (West Wales & the Valleys). This proposal will be complemented by similar action in East Wales, utilising other funding streams (none Structural Funds).

What might the outputs(activity measures): Over a three years period: a. Total participants
(employed) - 570 p.a. (over 3 years 1,710) b. Female participants - An objective of a minimum of 52%; this may be achieved by targeting particular events primarily towards employed women. c. Employers Assisted - It is intended to assist all local authorities (14 plus 2 National Parks) within the Convergence Programme area; 20 private sector employers operating within the Convergence area; & 15 community / social enterprise employers. A total of 51 employers. d. Projects delivering specialist training in 'sustainable development': The whole ethos of integrated regeneration embraces the concept & principles of 'sustainable development ' - 100% e. Initiatives to support Local Service Board development; engagement will be sought. f. Dissemination initiatives: The project proposals are focussed on skills development and exchange of good practice, both within Wales and between Wales and the rest of the U.K. / Europe. In this context, all of the events embraced within the project proposals (40 p.a. - 120 over 3 years) are 'dissemination' initiatives. In addition, it is proposed that this project will have a Territorial Cooperation Programme dimension, the focus of which could be the dissemination between trans-national partners. g. The project will explicitly address the cross cutting themes of Equal Opprotunities & Environmental Sustainability.

What might be the results of the project: Over a three years period a. Collaborative agreements between professional institutions & public service bodies. b. Sub regional workforce planning and development strategies: It is proposed that the project will feed into the workforce planning and development strategies of the four Wales Spatial Plan areas covered by the Convergence Programme.
c. Organisation learning & development strategies: It is intended that this project will be part of a wider, strategic initiative that will directly address this key indicator. d. Participants completing courses
(employed): Within the three elements of the proposed project, 1,710 gross; approx. 900 - 1,200 net (within the overall programme proposals some participants will attend more than one event)

What would its impact be: The outputs and results outlined above, associated with measures taken in a wider strategic initiative would lead to a. An improvement in the quality of public services, with more and better qualified public, private and voluntary / social enterprise sector sustainable regeneration policy makers and practitioners. b. An increase in public service efficiency, with more' joined up' regeneration thinking, policy making, planning and action. c. Greater citizen satisfaction and engagement with the provision of sevices associated with sustainable regeneration programmes.

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: It is essentail that this type of professional & cross professional skills development and training is undertaken throughout Wales, although it is accepted that this Structural Fund Priority is limited to the Convergence Programme area. In these circumstances, Regneration Skills Collective Wales will seek to: a. Focus the project proposal activitiesin the Convergence area; and seek to ensure that the Convergence area is the prime beneficiary of actions taken. In addition, other funding sources will be sought for complementary activity outside the Convergence area. b. Ensure that these relatively modest project proposals, in terms of cost, can be included within a wider strategic programme of skills development and training relating to the objectives of this Priority. The Regeneration Skills Collective Wales is seeking active engagement with other major stakeholders to this effect.

Estimated Cost: Regeneration Skills Collective Wales has a pilot project in the current financial year (2007 - 2008), which is seeking to establish a detailed level of cost for this project proposal. Current estimates are:
a. For the Senior / Middle Management Leadership / Masterclass programme, it is anticipated that the gross cost will be approx £60,000 p.a. (£180,00 over 3 years). b. For the Regeneration Site Seminar programme, it is estimated that the gross cost will be £16,000 - £20,000 (£48,000 - £60,000 over 3 years). c. For the Regeneration Seminar programme, it is anticipated that the gross cost will be £16,000 p.a. (£48,000 over 3 years). TOTAL project costs over three years are therefore likely to be approximately £276,000 - £288,000.

Where might the match funding come from: Member professional institutions of the Regeneration Skills Collective Wales (mainly 'in kind'); Welsh Assembly Government; Income generation. It should benoted that the Regeneration Skills Collective Wales, with the support of Construction Skills Wales and others, is managing a major research project into professional / cross professional sustainable regeneration skills in Wales, which will inform the development of this project proposal. The results of the research project will be available by April 2008.

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Date: 21/11/07

Organisation Name: Keep Wales Tidy (lead)

Project Description: This partnership proposal aims empower local communities to take responsibility for their local environment. This will be delivered by establishing and developing community groups who will work towards meeting the needs of their local community by adopting areas of their local environment and undertaking practical improvement projects.
The partnership consists of Keep Wales Tidy, BTCV Cymru and Groundwork Wales and each partner will be responsible for a particular element of the project.
Keep Wales Tidy shall mobilise communities to identify and respond to eyesores and will be responsible for overseeing clean up programmes.
Groundwork Wales shall implement environmental improvement schemes and ensure links into Communities First. These activities shall be supported by a volunteering and learning programme run by BTCV which will encourage and motivate skills development and further local engagement.

3) Project Objectives
• To provide a comprehensive, flexible service aimed at encouraging wide
community engagement
• To undertake small scale environmental projects which increases their
contribution to the local economy
• To undertake and coordinate clean up events and raise awareness of
implications of littering and dumping
• to support community groups to undertake practical environmental work
which will lead to improved access and enhanced biodiversity value
• Provide the technical understanding of participants to ensure
sustainability of implemented projects
• to provide training for volunteers to enable them to take responsibility
for their local environment;
• to provide transferable skills for volunteers that will benefit
community development;
• Provide a service based on local community action that increase the
number of individuals able to move to routes of employment (including social enterprise) or further training.
• To provide non-stigmatised and focused opportunities for volunteering,
training and learning linked to local referral and other agencies
• To work with agencies to access training pathways and routes to
employment


What will the project do:

KWT will oversee all litter and waste initiatives and implement a community ‘adoption’ programme. Activities include;
• Initial engagement of communities
• ‘adoption’ of local area and small-scale practical environmental
projects
• basic, informal training (H+S, risk asses, on site environmental
management skills)
• Identification of potential clients for more formal training programmes
• Management of litter contract for high profile, dangerous sites that are
unsuitable for volunteers

BTCV will work with the community groups to identify training needs and then prepare training plans and oversee the training programme.
• To deliver a range of accredited and non-accredited high quality courses
• To assess the needs and requirements for training of the local community
and to devise a project plan for delivering the required training in consultation.
• To prepare schemes of work, resources and session plans for this skills
area.
• To carry out appropriate assessment procedures and maintain accurate
records of participants’ attendance, achievement and progression.
• To establish and maintain close links with other community learning
providers to ensure comprehensive learning opportunities to meet the needs of the volunteers

Groundwork implement a community green spaces programme and ensure that Communities First partnerships are fully engaged.
• Work with communities to transform areas into valuable community assets
• Engage with Communities First partnerships and identify environmental
projects
• Engage Groundwork Trust Teams and local authorities to ensure legal and
other compliances
• Commission external experts if required to implement project e.g.
drawings, plans, and consultants.

Email Address: louise.tambini@keepwalestidy.org

Geographical Area of Operation: All Wales

Organisation Core Business: To create effective action to achieve a cleaner, safer, tidier Wales’.

Who will be involved in delivering the project: BTCV , Keep Wales Tidy, Groundwork, CCW, Forestry Commission, Communities First Partnerships, Environment Agency Wales, Local authorities, Education/Training providers, Local community groups and organisations.

Who will be the end beneficiaries: Community groups, individuals, public sector, business sector, visitors

Spatial area/s to be covered by the project: All Spatial Plan areas

What might the outputs(activity measures): Number of community groups engaged, number of areas adopted by community groups, number of environmental enhancement projects undertaken (eg access, biodiversity), number of clean-ups undertaken, tonnes of waste removed, number of neglected areas brought back into community use, number of volunteers gaining new skills, people going on to higher level training/work/volunteer placements,

What might be the results of the project: Improvement in Local environmental quality, Participants entering further training or employment, changes in behaviour, new habitats created, existing features managed, community groups formed, increase in capacity of community groups as better relationships and networks are formed with delivery partners (local authorities and other public sector agencies)

What would its impact be: Increased pride in local area leading to greater involvement in environmental projects. Enhanced environmental quality, reduction in neglected areas, Increased connection of local communities with their natural environment, Increase in skills and employability among volunteers, Increased awareness of environmental issues among target communities, Change in attitudes towards sustainability and the environment,

Roughly what might be the scale of the project: All Wales over 5 years

Estimated Cost: Estimated Cost: £12.5million

Where might the match funding come from: Environment Agency Wales, CCW, Welsh Assembly Government, Local Government, Lottery


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