LESSONS FROM LOCAL DELIVERY - SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DELIVERING

AONB PROJECTS

Birmingham 28 Mar 2012

OPENING A DOOR:

Social Enterprises - examples from Protected Landscapes - Arnside & Silverdale/ Tamar Valley / Brecon NPA Green Valleys,

Social Enterprise as a vehicle for RDPE/HLF Legacy - 1SW Adventure Cycling Project

Can Social Enterprises help us grow collaborative working or sell AONB services?

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IS:

SEE TIM CRABTREES PRESENTATION!!

ARNSIDE & SILVERDALE:

The AONB Executive supported the establishment of a Community Interest Company to work alongside the existing AONB Service and the AONB Landscape Trust.

The Company is directed by the Community Interest Statement, compliance with the annual Company reporting regulations and a required statement of compliance to the CIC Regulator.

The "community interest test" includes: Carrying out environmental, landscape and habitat conservation and enhancement Facilitating community involvement and understanding of the environment - Providing education and training in countryside management & sustainable development - Producing, managing and marketing sustainable local products and

Promoting renewable energy programmes and energy conservation initiatives.

OTHER EXAMPLES:

Brecon Beacons Green Valleys CIC - working to promote renewable energy by cross financing micro hydro and wood fuel generated from community managed woodland,

Tamar Valley Trust mechanism beginning to generate income from assets and a range of associated enterprises.

CIC AS RDPE LEGACY:

1SW is a £4.6m RDPE Funded Off Road Cycling Initiative covering the 6 counties in the south west.

Protected Landscapes are partners and sit on the Executive Board that has agreed to set up a CIC as the legacy vehicle for the future management of the 6 cycling “hubs”, the Adventure Cycling Web Map and the ongoing development of a “warmer” welcome for cyclists in our protected landscapes.

Critically the CIC is emerging with 18 months of RDPE funding left and will look to generate income by selling skills and services realted to cycling inside and outside protected landscapes.

SO?

Understanding the opportunity to unhook AONB delivery from 3 year cycles of grant funding,

Understanding how through social enterprises AONB delivery can tap into local skills, energies and commitments,

Understanding how AONBs can best work with social enterprises both individually and collectively.