Prioritising Actions
The Final Years
Mike Wilson
Chief Executive
South Kilburn NDC
Practical & Strategic
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Closure of a Government Funded
Programme
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Contractual requirements
Get your house in order
Forward Strategy
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Embed success
Build on achievements
Establish a successor body
Practical Steps
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Accountable Body role
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Archiving
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Normally external, needs to be integrated into
Accountable Body procedures
Asset Registers
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Alert them to implications
Depreciate & update appropriately
Capital Assets
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Waiver agreements or asset transfer
agreements from GOL on capital projects
What Next?
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Board Review
Projects Review
Area Needs Review
Community Needs Review
Future Regeneration Strategy
Future Funding & Income Strategy
Asset Transfer & Endowments
Board Review
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Is Year 10 the end?
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Further Regeneration required?
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Hurrah job done
What Board do you need to see it to its final
completion & successful handover?
Job not done…
What Board do you need to move forward
with?
Successor Body?
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Who do you want and why?
Programme Review
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Have you met your key outcomes?
What can you practically achieve?
Narrow down on key areas
Look for gaps where you can make
a real difference
Look to transfer project
responsibilities immediately
Be heartless….
Projects Review
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Individual review of all projects
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Are they sustainable?
Who will adopt them?
What should you fund in the final
years?
Who will match fund?
Who will take on responsibility now?
Job Done?
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What does the physical environment still
need?
What does the community still need?
Is this an opportunity to actually write a
fresh strategy for the area?
What can you do to embed
achievements?
What can you do to encourage continued
support & investment?
Future
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Establish Local Authority buy in to
an on-going regeneration strategy
for the area
Research likely funding sources
Establish successor vehicle
Agree transfer of asset base
Agree endowment fund…
Discussion
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No one will tell us how to do this
There are no simple solutions
The answers lie within….