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Life after Communities First
Dave Horton
John Hallett
20 Mehefin / June 2017
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Webinar learning objectives
1. Learn about the role of co-production and
asset based community development in
ACE’s regeneration/anti-poverty action
2. Understand how ACE is developing its
organisational sustainability for life after
Communities First
Introducing Ely & Caerau
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Population 26,000
Built after first and second world wars
Lost local manufacturing industry
14% of economically active people are unemployed
Poor quality employment
Low income
Poor health
High levels of social capital and strong basis of community development
Significant local heritage
The story of ACE
• Communities First delivery under Cardiff
Council
• Commitment to a community development
approach
• Conversations about sustainability and legacy
• A desire for independence
• Establishment of an organisation
What is ACE?
• A local community organisation based in Ely and
Caerau
• A company and a charity
• A local active membership (currently over 1000)
• Run by a local board of trustees
‘ACE aims to support the social, economic and
environmental regeneration of Ely & Caerau’
What is ACE for?
To represent local people effectively
To manage big projects
To employ staff
To manage buildings
To be sustainable
To support a network of community groups and
volunteers
• To be seen as credible & capable
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ACE – values and approaches
• Deep roots within our community
• Relationships
• Bringing people together (across generations, races,
abilities, etc)
• Doing things with people, not to or for people
(Co-production)
• ‘Everybody has something to contribute’
• Supporting each other on a journey
• Taking a holistic approach
• Asset Based Community Development
• Sustainability through a diverse mix of funding sources
Key ACE Projects
Timeplace
Key ACE Projects
Our Place Dusty Forge
Asset transfer; 99 year lease
DIY/community owned ethos
Income generating
Home of ACE and demonstration of co-production
approaches
• Redevelopment of building
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Key ACE Projects
ACE Training
• Income generating social enterprise
• Health and Safety in a Construction Environment,
CSCS Card, Food Safety levels 2 & 3, Co-production
and Community Development
• Building on successful personal approach
• Integrated into wider ACE support
• Contract delivery
• Expansion of courses on offer
• Construction and use of Pizza Forge
pizza ovens
Key ACE Projects
ACE Employment
• Feeding into and bidding for future
employability work through WG
initiatives
• Bidding for wider schemes of work
including DWP schemes and trust
funding
• Working to link volunteer led work into
training and employment opportunities
• A partnership based approach, using
collective/collaborative models of work
where relevant
• Focused on the person, real life support,
a cup of tea and a chat
• Trust and relationship based work
Key ACE Projects
CAER Heritage
Run in partnership with Cardiff University
Co-production of high quality research with local people
Local learning and routes to higher education
Local heritage as a crucial asset
HLF grant of £150,000 to develop plans for a community
heritage centre, further research, development of heritage trails
and interpretation (includes staffing)
• Tourism and enterprise
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Community Support
• Drop-in and follow up support with benefit problems, debt, access
to foodbank, fuel poverty etc
• Crisis support (community shop)
• Home visits
• Integration with other ACE projects and support (e.g. employment
support)
• Yearly contract delivery (Energy Best Deal, Big Energy Saving
Network)
• Citywide delivery (Smart metre roll-out project)
Key ACE Projects
Community Health
• Mental health and wellbeing support (Tier zero
delivery)
• Social prescribing
• Co-production of health services
• Possible contracts and funding
Other future opportunities
• Further asset development (Heritage Centre, discussed
youth centre, bowling pavilion, green spaces)
• Catering services
• Childcare provision
• Children’s zones
• Citywide delivery (a physical presence nearer the city
centre?)
ACE’s approach to the
transition from
Communities First
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Promoting an enterprising culture amongst staff and volunteers
Team restructure
Strategic planning
Partnership work
Management approach
The role of the board of trustees (and recruitment)
Development of social enterprise
ACE has secured over £2.2m of non-CF funding into Cardiff
West, mostly in the last 3 years.
We are now funded 50% through non-CF sources
Questions/challenges
Opportunities
Questions/challenges
• Will the CF Legacy and Employment funds make it through to
community organisations?
• Will smaller organisations like ours be able to win contracts?
• How do we make the most of opportunities afforded by a capital
city?
• Who pays for what we’re best at? Community development,
relationships, coproduction…
• How do we build our skills in social enterprise?
• Will the Welsh Government develop a workable approach to
empowerment that sees the crucial role of community anchor
organisations?
Opportunities
• Well established local networks and inclusion of most vulnerable
• Reputation
• Proactive networks (Talwrn, Citizens Cymru, Co-production Wales)
• Political influence
• CAF resilience programme
• Trust funders looking for Welsh projects
• Ongoing support for those in work
Visit to Dusty Forge
11 July
10am – 2pm
FREE
Ymweliad â Dusty
Forge
11 Gorffennaf
10yb – 2yp
AM DDIM
https://goo.gl/y73vxC
Unrhyw cwestiynau?
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Dave Horton [email protected]
John Hallett [email protected]
@elycaerau
www.aceplace.org