A new community Sustainability Engagement Tool, working with partners with expertise e.g. New Economics Foundation, Countryside Council for Wales, The New Economics Foundation (NEF) was commissioned to assist with its design to meet the following objectives:- o Help communities to understand sustainable development o
Inform the planning and development of sustainable community projects.
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Assist key funding partners in their assessment of community projects when allocating funding.
o Be used through incorporation into “Future Search” or “Plugging the Leaks” processes or as a stand alone activity. The Tool has now been used in 20 communities with great success.
Identifying how local people can play a greater role in planning for their futures through engaging in local community planning linked to the Community Plan statutory process. Partners in this are NEF, groups in Eire, Sweden and Finland and locally Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services and Pembrokeshire County Council.
With new LEADER+ funding investigate how environmental and heritage data can be made more user friendly and accessible in order to attract visitors and local people.
2008 & Beyond
PLANED is the Local Action Group for Axis 4 of the Rural Development Plan, The PLANED Strategy is to support “The Community as the Hub – the Heart (social, cultural) and the Pulse (economic, environmental) of Rural Life.”
PLANED aims to continue to access funding from EU, Wales and other sources:- £200,000 has been allocated by the Welsh Assembly Government Community Facilities and Activities Programme
Welsh Assembly Government funding has been awarded to PLANED to co- ordinate Rural Community Action in Pembrokeshire for one more year.
RDP Axis 3 and 4 bids cover the following themes:- Communities as the Hub of Rural Life – assisting local people to analyse and understand the current role of key hub communities and identifying and overcoming obstacles to their providing an enhanced and sustainable role in supporting the quality of life for their surrounding areas Community and Skills Hubs – providing a range of short courses to meet local skills gaps
training
Developing a Rural Skills Resource – piloting local mechanisms for people with newly acquired skills to better link to local labour market
Developing, Enhancing and Celebrating Sense of Place – will encourage local people to value and celebrate local distinctiveness
Adding Value to Heritage and Natural Resources - will support the safeguarding of local heritage and environmental sites. It will encourage greater participation by local people the celebration of heritage, nature, culture through interpretation and festivals and events
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