Cynhadledd Adfywio Gwledig Adeiladu Cymunedau Gwledig Cynaliadwy

Rural Regeneration Conference Creating Sustainable Rural Communities

Croeso / Welcome

Nia Griffths Cyfarwyddwr, CREW Adfywio Cymru

Director, CREW Regeneration Wales

@CREWRegenWales

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Lesley Griffiths AC/AM

Gweinidog Cymunedau a Threchu Tlodi

Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty

Prif Anerchiadau

Keynote Addresses

Tai Gwledig: Creu Cymunedau Cynaliadwy Steve Jones, Prif Weithredydd, Tai Ceredigion

Rural Housing: Creating Sustainable

Communities Steve Jones, Chief Executive, Tai Ceredigion

Creu Cymunedau Cynaliadwy

Creating Sustainable Communities

Steve Jones

Prif Weithredwr / Chief Executive

What are Rural

Housing Associations for?

• #Feisty Sheep and #Biddable Spaniels

• Tai Ceredigion and rural regeneration

• Partnership working

• Rural Housing Challenges

• #Rural Wolves – Cuts, NIMBYS, Tailspins

• Is it time to give up?

• Time to train the spaniels!

Tai Cymru a Ddefaid – Wales

Housing and Sheep

Cyflwno Tai Ceredigion Cyf

Introducing Tai Ceredigion

• Established in 2009 as a Large Scale Voluntary Stock Transfer

• 2227 Ceredigion County Council homes and 140 RTB leaseholds

transferred

• Ceredigion – 78K rural population - 47% speak Welsh (was 52%)

• Board made up of 5 Council nominees, 5 Elected Tenants, and 5

Independent members – committed to deliver bilingual services

• Mainly general needs family housing plus 9 sheltered schemes

• 61 % of tenants on full or partial housing benefit

• £35m homes improvement programme 2010-15 to meet Welsh

Housing Quality Standard by spring 2015 – now achieved

• Developing before 2015 was not in the script! Regeneration DNA

Original aims of Tai Ceredigion

“a first class bilingual landlord and employer that puts

tenants first, provides quality homes and benefits

communities and the local economy”

Based in Ceredigion

Have charitable status

Be a good landlord –attend to

repairs promptly, provide

accessible services at

affordable rents

Welsh Language at the heart of

our business

Good employer with career

opportunities

Meeting the housing and

employment needs of local

people

Strive to improve the local

economy

Management Board is inclusive

and comprised equally of

Council nominees, tenants and

independents

encourage tenants to become

members/shareholders

Pay attention to the wider

regeneration and community

development needs of the

County

Value meaningful tenant

involvement in policy

development, service delivery

and forward investment

programmes

Stoc Tai

Housing Stock

Tackling Fuel Poverty in “off

gas” rural properties

Ground Source heat pumps Air Source heat pumps

•

Tackling Fuel Poverty in “off

gas” rural properties

External Rockwool Insulation Solar Thermal and PVs

•

Adfywio / Regeneration

• EU Convergence Area

• ERDF / ESF/RDP opportunities

• Housing Associations as Community

Hubs

• Social Enterprise Partnership – Consistent with core business of housing

– Delivering promises to tenants more quickly

– Complementing work of other voluntary and

public sector bodies

– Delivering local employment

– Floating off viable sustainable micro

businesses

Community Enabler

• Big Lottery and Digital

Inclusion projects

• Business Planning partnership

workshops

• Identified need – Elderly

Befriending project

• Tai Ceredigion asked to host bid

and project for CAVO, Age

Concern, Social Services, Health

• £1m Big Lottery bid

• Using Tai Ceredigion’s sheltered

schemes as Community Hubs

• Additional Bids for Wii fit, internet

access, training.

• Community gardens and bio

diversity

• Development of community

gardens

• Biodiversity gardens

• Sustainable food production

• Educational projects around

sustainable food with local schools

• Community food production

• Cleaner and more environmentally

friendly places to live

Community Enabler

Training and Employment

Social clauses in OJEO

improvements main contracts

Expansion of existing Direct

Labour Force

Modernisation of DLO

25% increase in staff

Apprenticeships

Investment in training

Quick Wins Delivery of

level access bathrooms

Partnership with Working

Links / Probation

MEDRA Handyperson and

Mobile Caretaking Service

ARBED phase two energy

efficiency programme

Gwasanaethau MEDRA Services

• Social Enterprise Partnership

• Tai Ceredigion, Wales Probation Trust,

and Working Links

• Successful ERDF EU funding bid to

expand Tai Ceredigion as Ceredigion’s

largest Social Enterprise

• £125K of ERDF funding secured

• Matched by over £100K of efficiency

savings from transferred Council

budgets within Tai Ceredigion

• Will deliver:

– New Handyperson scheme for Tai

Ceredigion tenants

– New Mobile Caretaking service for Tai

Ceredigion tenants and leaseholders

– 7 new jobs

– 8 new trainee / work experience

opportunities

– Future Options to offer gardening and

handyperson services to other Housing

Associations tenants, and elderly

owner occupiers

Gwasanaethau MEDRA Services

Creating Partnerships

Partneriaeth /Partnership

Clwb Ni – 2012/13

Partneriaeth /Partnership

Datblygu’r dyfodol

Developing the future

Principal Challenges

2015

• Aging population / large O/O stock in

disrepair

• Under occupation and consequences of

Welfare Reform Act for under 35 yr olds

• Lack of supply of smaller 1 bed homes in

rural areas

• UK Government’s Class War and further

residualisation / end of social housing

Principal Challenges

2015

• Supply of land – Councils and other public

bodies sitting on land and expecting OMV

• Planning Consent – local

members/NIMBYs and Village Greens

• Eco Warriors (Conservation Officers /

Wildlife protection Police / RSPB/ Cadw)

• Increasing demand / homelessness

• Tailspin of local government departures

Steve Jones

Potential effect on average

“Council Cymru” • If overall spending on services was to be reduced by 4% in 20114-

15 and a further 4% in 2015/16 what would the impact be on an

average council with a revenue budget of £260m?

• The council would need to find recurrent savings of at least £12.8 million

over the next two years, all from the £62.5 million controllable expenditure

that is not subject to protection. The worst case scenario would result in that

expenditure being cut by £25.0 million by 2015-16.

• Ceredigion County Council – needs to cut £21m over 3 years – how? – Libraries? Leisure Centres? Voluntary Sector funding? Planning? Legal/Democratic?

– Or look for efficiency savings in statutory services like Social Services/Education?

• Where does Tai Ceredigion and other housing associations fit into this

picture of doom and gloom? Can we / should we help?

Some other big issues

• Welsh Government Housing Bill

– Homelessness prevention responsibilities

– Bigger role for the private rented sector (?)

• Rationalisation of RSLs in Wales?

• The Health affordability / delivery issue

• Demographic / Needs time bomb

• The Welsh Language (one of TC objectives)

• The Climate change – more extremes

• Welsh Government Anti Poverty Strategy

• EU funding opportunities – ERDF/ESF/RDP – social

enterprise growth

The Way Forward

• Reference back to the JRF study findings

• Positive partnership working with Welsh

Government and new Local Government o

• New funding methods – Welsh Government

backed Bond / EU funding

• Greater scale and efficiencies, whilst retaining

local accountability and tenant involvement

• A wider role for housing associations – with a

strong focus on regeneration and tackling

poverty – with Rural Housing Enabler network

• And remember to look after your spaniels well!

The Way Forward

Stay Positive!!!

Ysgogi Twf Economaidd mewn Cymunedau

Gwledig Doug Hughes, Cyfarwyddydd, Hughes Architects a

Chadeirydd EFFAITH Dyffryn Hafren

Stimulating Economic Growth in Rural

Communities Doug Hughes, Director, Hughes Architects and Chair of the

Severn Valley EFFECT

‘Stimulating Economic Growth in Rural

Communities’

Rural Regeneration Conference

March 19 2015

Doug Hughes RIBA Director Hughes Architects

Chair SV EFFECT

Have we got the title right?

I see this simply as helping our rural communities prepare for the future

This is me and this is Mrs. Me

Rural regeneration requires being connected, being seen and being available (at

all times).

It also requires a massive amount of patience and compromise from significant

others

Where are we?

Is anywhere rural anymore?

All (good) photos by kind permission of Tim Williams- bricklayer

by day and photographer by night.

www.facebook.com/TIMSPHOTOGRAPHYENJOY

Newtown- Our Town

Newtown- Our Town

Hello- is anybody out there listening?

Source: Wales Spatial Plan 2008- we are in trouble now!

Which roughly translated as………

Excerpt from Draft Regeneration Strategy for Powys

February 2011

5.10 Regeneration Priority 9 - Establishing a network of settlements with distinct roles and functions

Machynlleth is already hub for renewable energy and holistic lifestyles

LLandrindod Wells is an existing hub for administration

Rhayader is in a strategically important location for tourism but is perhaps does not currently fulfilling its potential to become a tourism hub for

the County

Brecon might not fulfilling its potential as a base for outdoor activities

Welshpool is an important town for innovative manufacturing

Newtown is the largest settlement in Powys and accommodates the associated range of

services and facilities. Llanidloes is an historic market town with rich historical character, that acts as a hub for smaller surrounding settlements.

Centres of excellence

A key proposal of the spatial strategy is the development of ‘centres of excellence’ across the county. These centres, which are highlighted on

the spatial strategy plan, seek to build on established, emerging or potential specialist areas which will contribute to the regeneration vision.

The proposed centres of excellence which are to be enhanced or established are:

Hay-on-Wye for books

Builth Wells for agricultural events

Llandrindod Wells for public administration

Machynlleth for alternative technology

Brecon for outdoor activities

Rhayader for tourism to support the development of tourism in the Cambrian Mountains area

The number of words in the English language is: 1,025,109.8.

And this is the best we can do?

We are listening Mr. Hughes but no- one is talking to us

Local

Development

Plan

Time to stop talking about Christmas lights

A typical Town Council?

Irena Bauman RIBA

‘I believe that most architects are

underemployed.’

The plan for the next generation

Our pledge:

•To shut up and listen

•To understand what the community wants

•To be tenacious and consistent

•To collaborate with all

•To keep everybody updated

•To speak clearly

•To assume we shall not get any financial help

•To deliver something!

The plan for the next generation

We soon learnt we could not stimulate economic growth

without social and environmental growth.

We could not do anything without our community.

We could not do anything without helping our community find

its voice.

So we started drawing….

Our ideas

Our ideas

Spreading the word

And we did all this without

So how did we do?

We now have confidence in ourselves.

There is a buzz about the place.

A can do attitude that attracts indigenous as well as

external investors.

We now have confidence in us.

We have a vibrant town council that is very good at organising a knees- up

From this…….

To this….

To this…….the town is buzzing socially

New sheltered housing- Architects Hughes

New Market Hall- Architects George and Tomos

New church- Architects Unknown

Private housing FACING THE RIVER!- Architects Hughes

New school- Architects B3

Nearly all town centre high street shops and offices full- only one empty!

A town that works for all of us

2 new town parks

Vaynor

Town Centre

More top quality art shows

And outside of the town centre too.

Newtown- one of the top Google e-towns in the UK

Web giant Google analysed the online strength of 1,300 towns

across Britain, and those with the highest scores in each region

were awarded eTown status.

Businesses in Newtown were named top in Wales of those most

actively embracing the web.

"The internet is going to play a key role in Newtown's economic

growth, helping local businesses and entrepreneurs thrive, and

contributing overall to the wider British economy,"

And a real measure of civilisation arriving.

The Colonel is on his way

Thinking a bit bigger- The Severn Valley

Welshpool + Newtown +

Llanidloes= Severn Valley EFFECT

•Started by Ernesto Sirolli 30 years

ago

•Has worked with communities all

over the world

•A WG Local Growth Zone Project

•A pilot project to stimulate

entrepreneurship and growth of

existing businesses in the Severn

Valley

It’s only just begun!

The Story So Far

We have helped 37

businesses

We have been introduced to

151 community champions,

businesses and influencers

We have 40 signed up

Resource Team ‘Business

Champions’

All since October 2014!

www.sveffect.co.uk

The Severn Valley- we are open for business

The Severn Valley-local partnerships for the local delivery of affordable housing

And to finish

As for Top Tips for stimulating growth in

rural economies?

•Be inspirational

•Be consistent

•Be connected

•Be committed

•Keep the momentum

•Be in it for the long term

•And share…there are lots of good

people out there that want to participate

•Oh yes and have a partner who has a

shed load of patience

Doug Hughes RIBA

doug.hughes@hughesarchitects.co.uk

doug@sveffect.co.uk

07814 014450

Cwestiynau

Questions

Lluniaeth a rhwydweithio Dychwelyd yma am 11:45

Refreshments and networking Return here for 11:45

Sicrhau Buddion i Gymunedau Gwledig Gerallt Llewelyn Jones, Rheolydd Gyfarwyddydd Menter

Môn ac aelod Bwrdd CREW

Securing Rural Community Benefits Gerallt Llewelyn Jones, Managing Director, Menter Môn

and CREW Board member

Start up 1995 No shareholders

Enterprise Agency ERDF / ESF sponsor

4 county reach Third sector enterprise (NFP)

£7m T/O across two companies £4m assets

60 staff

24/03/2015 menter mon cyf 2008 : JVE fund 87

MENTER MÔN Cyf Adding value to base resources. Culture to economy

24/03/2015 menter mon cyf 2008 : JVE fund 88

Bringing ADDED VALUE AND REGENERATION together

Village renewals / with local communities

Anglesey Coastal Path / with IOACC

Off road cycling / with Environment Agency

Heritage / with National Trust

LARGER CAPITAL PROGRAMME Historic Asset acquisitions Remodelling new business purpose Operation LLYS LLEWELYN

Accommodation centre and

cultural interpretation

commercial laundry to

diversify income streams

Cafe and catering centre

sustains 7 jobs;

LARGER CAPITAL PROGRAMME Historic Asset acquisitions Remodelling new business purpose Operation LLANGEFNI TOWN HALL

Office accommodation centre

Community centre

LLANGEFNI Town Hall Wholesale reconfiguration for sustainable and viable future

use

£2m development Annual T/O £90,000

LARGER CAPITAL PROGRAMME Historic Asset acquisitions Remodelling new business purpose Operation AMLWCH COPPER KINGDOM

Café and catering

Copper mining museum

LARGER CAPITAL PROGRAMME Historic Asset acquisitions Remodelling new business purpose Operation AMLWCH COPPER KINGDOM

Café and catering

Copper mining museum

LARGER CAPITAL PROGRAMME Historic Asset acquisitions Remodelling new business purpose Operation PRINCES PIER

Business Units

Thomas Telford Centre

Princes pier phase 1

Princes pier phase 1

ADDING VALUE TO BASE RESOURCES

THE SEA BED

September 2013

Crown estate launch leasing process for 6 demonstration zones

Tidal

Wave

The selection process What constitutes a good Zone?

Rhinweddau technegol Technical characteristics

Expectations of MM as zone leaseholder

• Manage the zone on behalf of TCE – insure; operational compliance ; communications; reporting

• Collect seabed rent on behalf of TCE

• Attract investment to add value through – infrastructure improvements ie grid connections

– wholesale zone wide consent

• Collect leaseholder added value rent and recycle into the local economy or into allied renewable energy enterprise

How will it work

Seabed Rent

Added Value Rent

Sub tenants In MORLAIS

ZONE 5 -10 Turbine Developers

Eg MCT, Open Hydro, Scottish

Renewables etc

Landowner The Crown Estate

Local economic activity benefits – local marine services; Engineering; R

and D etc

Seabed Rent

Leaseholder Menter Mon

Altruistic benefit

Amserlen gwireddu Operational timeline

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020……. 2065

funding

Consenting & engagement

Supply chain development

Grid Connection

Developers in the Zone

Manage the zone

?

?

Spen 33kv secured

Spen 33kv poss

ADDING VALUE 1 GRID CONNECTION 10MW TO 120MW Current scenario

Nat Grid 270kv Poss

NG at Bryncir Or SPEN at Y Ffor 132kv Yes

Spen 132kv No

Spen 33kv Poss

?

?

spen√

spenx

Developer berths 1 – 6

Export 10 – 120MW via Anglesey Aluminium 132kV

A

B C

A B C EXPORT

CONNECTION FROM LANDING POINT TO EXPORT

SUBSEA TO LANDING POINT

ADDING VALUE 1 GRID CONNECTION 10 TO 120 SCALEABLE 2017 - 20

Siemens 10-40MW

Minesto 13 MW

INCOME ASSUMPTIONS

4 SUBTENANTS IN 2018 PRODUCING 60MW 6 SUBTENANTS BY 2020 PRODUCING 120MW

ANNUAL INCOME PER 10MW TO TURBINE DEVELOPER = £2m

ANNUAL ADDED VALUE RENT PER 10MW TO INVESTORS = 6-10%

= £120K – £200K PER 10MW output = £720K – £1.2m at 60MW output

= £1.44m – £2.4m at 120MW output

Lease Life return

= £28.8m – £48m at 60MW over 40 years = £57.6m – £96m at 120MW over 40 years

RISKS / CONSTRAINTS

LACK OF SUB TENANTS

GRID CONN DELAYS

INCOME GENERATION DELAYS

PUBLIC SECTOR FUNDING PROCRASTINATION

GLOBAL INFLUENCES

PARTNERSHIP TENSIONS

CONSENT ISSUES

Cymhelliant / Motivation

• To seek local ownership and influence in major renewable energy developments

• To secure local economic benefit through supply chain and R and D benefit

• Secure Income for MM’s altruistic economic development work long term

• Ensure developments are suitable and acceptable to stakeholders and citizens locally

• To seek private partners who are ready to respect tolerances and find complementarity

Cwestiynau

Questions

“Un Funud Fach” Gwerthu gweithdai

“Just a minute” Workshop sell – without hesitation, repetition or deviation!

- Gweithdai 12:20 – 13:45

- Cinio 13:15

- Dychwelyd yma am 14:00

- Workshops 12:20 – 13:45

- Lunch 13.15

- Return here for 14:00

Gweithdy 4 Datblygu Tai mewn Cymunedau Gwledig a rôl

Swyddogion Galluogi Tai Gwledig Walis George, Prif Weithredydd, Grŵp Cynefin a David

Hedges, Cyfarwyddydd, Cyngor Da

Workshop 4 Developing Housing in Rural Communities and

the role of Rural Housing Enablers Walis George, Chief Executive, Grŵp Cynefin and David

Hedges, Director, Cyngor Da

DEVELOPING HOUSING IN

RURAL COMMUNITIES: THE

ROLE OF RURAL HOUSING

ENABLERS

David Hedges, Cyngor Da

Walis George, Grŵp Cynefin

Barriers and Challenges

Affordability gap

Evidence of local need

Planning policies

Land supply

NIMBYs / NOTEs

Funding

Community sustainability

Enabling Factors

Local authority land

Delivery by Housing Associations

Social Housing Grant

Rural exception sites

Rural Housing Enablers!!!

Maes y Pandy, Llanuwchllyn

Castell y Gog, Dyffryn Ardudwy

Successful Delivery

121

Successful Delivery

Godre’r Coed, Dinas Mawddwy

Gors Fach, Gellilydan

Maes y Priordy, Llandderfel

Trem y Garn, Morfa Nefyn

Successful Delivery

123

Successful Delivery

Cysgod y Cwmwd, Llanbedrog

Congl Meinciau, Botwnnog

Successful Delivery

Pant yr Eithin, Harlech

Canolfan Fenter Congl Meinciau, Botwnnog

What is a Rural Housing Enabler?

Commonly acknowledged purpose: to work with rural communities to facilitate provision of housing that meets their needs.

Alongside this: a broker and bridge builder, bringing all those with a role in delivery together. It is at the earliest stages of providing affordable housing that RHEis seen as being most relevant: raising awareness, working with communities to identify needs and possible sites; increasing communities’ knowledge of the process; and dispelling myths.

As links between housing & community regeneration have become recognised, it appears RHEs purpose has expanded to assist the community find ways of improving its long-term sustainability. In such cases housing may be a consequence of the RHE’s involvement, but it may result in other community benefits.

Evaluation of RHEs in Wales

Research consultancy team:

Jo Lavis – Rural Housing Solutions

David Hedges – Cyngor Da

Cath Stubbings - Celandine Strategic Housing

Lin Cousins – Three Dragons

Research carried out 2013 - Published January 2014

Key Research Findings

RHEs successfully put in place the evidence &

community engagement - pre-requisites for delivery

of rural affordable housing. Their Input is valued by

LAs, HAs and communities.

Since 2004 RHEs helped deliver 186 affordable

homes in 6 areas, with 240 in the pipeline. 89% of

completions in Gwynedd, Monmouthshire and South

Powys - all areas where there has been a RHE in

post since 2009.

Key Research Findings

It is universally considered that the loss of an

existing RHE project would reduce the already low

levels of rural affordable housing delivery.

It is perceived that delivery is held back by a lack

of capital funding, limited site supply, out of date

local plans, planning policies that do not take

account of financial viability & a lack of strategic

leadership. All issues which can be influenced by but

are outside the direct control of RHEs.

Research Recommendations

Adopt delivery team approach to rural affordable

housing: HA, LA housing, planning policy and

development management staff & RHE

Greater RHE involvement in site appraisal including

viability, supported by training & adoption of rural

affordable housing viability toolkit.

Greater RHE formal involvement in formal ‘training’

events for local authority politicians, organised through

the WLGA.

Research Recommendations

Extend Welsh Government funding for RHEs until March 2015, with similar commitment by local partners. During this time consider putting in place funding arrangements not wholly dependent on grant.

Post March 2015 - those Steering Groups showing commitment to rural affordable housing delivery should have opportunity to bid into funding pot available for RHE posts, with Welsh Government funding representing a maximum 33% of costs.

Research Recommendations

In parallel, Welsh Government should work with

Steering Groups, WLGA & CHC to develop alternative

funding mechanisms - recognising links between

delivery & revenue for RHE posts & include

consideration of rurally targeted capital funding

programme.

Welsh Government should review with Steering Group

Chairs and the Rural Housing Strategic Group (RHSG)

the possibility of changing to a sub-regional approach

extending across LA boundaries, but with more than

one RHE covering the sub-region.

Research Recommendations

Steering Group arrangements

Welsh Government should work with RHSG to set

Terms of Reference for Steering Groups to include a

strategic influencing role at local & national level.

Signing up to these could be a condition of future

funding for the RHE post.

Steering Groups to agree roles & responsibilities

for all those involved in rural affordable housing

delivery, including RHEs, LAs and HAs.

Research Recommendations

Welsh Government

Introduce targeted rural affordable housing capital

programme - ideally over 3 years.

Review of Acceptable Cost Guidance - applied to

rural schemes.

Permit cross-subsidy in small rural communities

including on rural exception sites - especially in high

value areas

Research Recommendations

Welsh Government

Collect and publish data on delivery of affordable housing in rural communities & levels of ACG applied to rural schemes.

Agree with the RHSG core output & outcome targets - monitored by Steering Groups, included in LA monitoring returns to and collated by Welsh Government into a published annual report.

Explore with RHSG alternative practice being adopted across the UK particularly.

A Regional Approach?

Delivery across a wider geography i.e. North West

Wales

Focus on delivery of affordable housing and

community regeneration activity

Strengthen partnership working and accountability

Alternative funding model

Collaboration - Present

Conwy Gwynedd Ynys Môn/

Anglesey

Funders

Conwy CBC X

Gwynedd Council X

IoACC X

SNPA X X

Grŵp Cynefin X X X

North Wales Housing X

Cartrefi Conwy X

Welsh Government X X X

Accountable body / employer Grŵp Cynefin

Grŵp Cynefin

IoACC

Collaboration – In Future?

North West Wales

Funders

Conwy CBC X

Gwynedd Council X

IoACC X

SNPA X

Grŵp Cynefin X

North Wales Housing X

Cartrefi Conwy X

Welsh Government X

Accountable body / employer Grŵp Cynefin

No. of RHEs 3

Delivery

Retain core RHE role across 3 Counties

Research and develop alternative delivery models

Community Land Trusts

Revolving Land Bank

Low Cost Home Ownership models

More than housing

Platform for community regeneration initiatives

Wider social, economic and environmental benefits

Governance

Service Board

LAs x 3, SNPA, HAs x 3

Rural regeneration?

Social enterprise?

Agree Business Plan

Secure new income streams

Coordinate, support and scrutinise delivery:

outcomes and outputs

Funding

Estimated budget 2015-18 £432K

Local partners 60%

Welsh Govt. 29% in year 1

Fee income 11%+

Roof tax / development levy

Sell services into other LA areas?

Regeneration activity?

Alternative delivery models?

Implementation

Support from local partners

Awaiting Welsh Government response

Establish Shadow Service Board

Statement of Intent

Business Plan

Budget for 2015-16

Focus on delivery

DIOLCH / THANK YOU david.hedges@cyngorda.co.uk

walis.george@grwpcynefin.org

Patrwm Gwledig Newydd Yr Athro Terry Marsden, Prifysgol Caerdydd

A New Rural Paradigm Professor Terry Marsden, Cardiff University

The New Rural Paradigm: co-production, governance and design

in sustainable place-making.

Terry Marsden

The New Rural Paradigm

• A new ,multi-sector, place-based approach to rural development with closer links between rural and urban economy.

• Rural areas as part of more dynamic regions.

• Shift from subsidy-driven to more variable development through investments.

• Exploiting and valorising hitherto unused resources (OECD,2006).

The counter-tendencies

• Continued cost-price squeeze in agriculture and other land based primary sectors

• Crises in the intensive agri-food regime: disease, food risks, carbon emissions, bio-diversity loss, health concerns.

• Further centralisation of service infrastructures with public sector austerity measures.

• Further demographic ‘draining’ from rural heartlands.

NRP remedies

• Place-based development

• Endogeneity

• Novelty

• Social capital

• Market governance

• New institutional apparatus

• Sustainability as a driving community and business force=

• Niche innovations, new interfaces, re-organising territorial capital.

Towards the distributed economy

• Rural areas are the source and origin of distributed and distributive systems. Rural eco-system services are dispersed not centralised.

• Example: BBNPA provides 90% of water services to Cardiff, and 78% to Swansea.

• Example: Three National parks in Wales provide £557 million GVA (1.2% Wales Economy) 12 mill visitors and 13,000 jobs across Wales.

• Example: 40% of employment linked to environment-dispersed and often small scale.

The Bioeconomy and Resource Governance

Bioeconomy and land / water

resource

Sustainability • economic • social • ecological • intensification

Sovereignty

• producers • consumers

Governance

Security

• food • energy • fibre • feed stocks

• neoliberal • post neoliberal

Four key drivers

1. Continued post-productivism and social polarisation, positionality and property exclusivity.

• 2. Alternative community development and urban/rural linkages (esp. food, energy).Place-based eco-economy.

• 3. The new bioeconomy on the one hand and land grabbing&land abandonment on the other.

• 4. New rounds of uneven development and spatial fixing of mobilities: financialisation

Food Security Low (Vulnerability)

Food Security High (Resilience)

Sustainability High (Resilience)

Sustainability Low (Vulnerability)

1954 - 1984 1984 - 2007

2007 - present 1930s - 1954

High farming National productivism 94% self sufficiency

‘Food from our own resources’ Food prices decline as a

percentage of household income

Post-productivism Food scares associated with intensification Food surpluses ‘Supermarketisation’ Growing imports 60% self sufficiency

‘Dig for Victory’ Rationing

Food and energy shortages

‘Perfect storm’ Neo-productivism Sustainable intensification Alternate food networks Rising household energy and food costs Financial speculation

Positioning food security and sustainability in the UK

Sustainable food paradigm • 1. New food security and sustainability crisis with

combined landscape pressures associated with climate change, resource depletion and health and welfare

• 2. Need critical understanding of how science, technology, industry, markets, culture and policy regimes are responding to these more fundamental problems

• 3. Developing an engaging sustainability science in developing a new food, energy, nature nexus paradigm

Defining the bioeconomy

• ‘That part of the economy which captures the latent value of biological processes and renewable bio-resources to produce improved health and sustainable growth and development.. An economy that uses renewable bio-resources and eco-industrial clusters to produce sustainable bio-products, jobs and income’ (OECD2011)

• By 2030 bio-technologies contributing 35% of outputs of chemicals (like bio-plastics); upto 80% pharmaceuticals and 50% agricultural outputs.

• ‘Spillover’ effects on energy, health and farming. EU turnover 2 trillion Euros;em]ploying 22 million and 9% of EU employment; exploiting the intersections between agriculture,forestry, fisheries, food, pulp, chemical and health and energy.

• Broader definitions of land and water-based eco-system services, including amenity; and rising significance of land rent from local provenance of products and services (Le Heron, Slee; 2012).

Bioeconomy is the next wave of economy

By the year 2030, the world’s need for food will increase by 50 percent, need for energy by 45 percent and need of water by 30 percent. In bioeconomy, renewable resources will be used widely for producing food, energy, products and services. Efficient recycling of materials and securing the functionality of nature’s ecosystem services are characteristic for bioeconomy. Bioeconomy decreases our dependence on the fossil natural resources.

*The most important renewable natural resources in Finland are the biomasses of forests, soils, fields, lakes and sea, as well as supplies of fresh water. ** Ecosystem services are ones provided by the nature, such as absorbing carbon dioxide and recreational use.

Britain’s horsemeat The ABP and Comigel connections

Graphic: Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/graphic/2013/feb/15/horsemeat-scandal-food-safety1#zoomed-picture

Competing or complementary bioeconomy arena?

• Agriculture and forestry: commodities and multifunctionalities.

• Bio-materials: plastics,chemicals,energy,bio-mass.

• Bio-services and eco-system services: amenity, health,open space,heritage water, bio-diversity.

• Eco-Economy: local,organic fair,ethical, producer-based rural development.

Land questions

• Different combinations of the bio-eco economy

• More diversity of land use and occupancy

• More diversified markets of rural land based goods and services.

• Need for closer management of land uses and occupancy

• Closer urban-rural linkages.

• Reintegrating production and consumption interests.

The ecological economy as: ‘the effective management and reproduction of resources (as combinations of natural, social, economic and territorial capital) in ways designed to mesh with and enhance the local and regional eco-system rather than disrupting and destroying it’

‘The eco-economy thus consists of cumulative and nested webs of viable businesses and economic activities that utilise the different types of environmental resources in urban and rural areas in sustainable ways. This does not lead to the net depletion of resources, but rather an increase in economic, ecological and community resources’.

Expanding the social, economic and ecological matrix

• ‘The more diverse the economic web, the easier is the creation of still further novelty… leading to a positive correlation between economic diversity and growth’

• (Kaufmann, 2008)

• Ecological matrix as part of social and ecological systems (Perfecto et al, Natures Matrix, 2011)

Key features of SPM

• Foundational economy: deep locality studies (Williams, CREW, 2014)

• Endogenous-exogenous equations and networks

• Innovations scaling out, in and under the nexus

• Engagement with multi-level and reflexive governance and scales: village neighbourhood, catchment, city region, bio-region, province…

• Enrolment of community into the active reappraisal of: assets, infrastructures, entrepreneurial networks, landscapes

• Evolutionary collaborative/collective informal planning and project development around place-based assets

• Re-working strategies with existing regulatory and institutional structures and creating new ‘spaces for action’

• Re-organisation of bio-sphere property rights

• Participation in translocalism agenda.

SPM processes

• Networked value creation rather than GVA/GDP squeeze

• A re-capturing of multiple flows of knowledge, goods and services

• Reflexive spatial governance

• A re-localisation of social assets, capitals and market practices

• A commitment to social as well as technical design, social innovation as well as new product innovation.

• A re-cognition of space as place

• Filling in the social and infrastructural ‘missing middle’ between individualised behaviours and aggregated abstractions.

• Nexus (food, energy, water, landscape) thinking turning into practices.

• Community based action research and capacity building

Shaping the eco-economy through financial re-engineering

• Creating regional accounts for sustainable development projects and initiatives (e.g Het Groene Woud, Netherlands).

• Shorter supply chains and networks.

• Local enterprise trading systems

• Time banking.

• Crowd funding.

• Community-based energy feed-in tariffs (e.g Germany)

Sustainable Land Management: coming to a collective, multi-stakeholder vision

• Understanding and accounting for all of the values that land management delivers.

• How to optimise the profitability and viability of land-based businesses.

• Build up levels of trust between stakeholders.

• From process-based to outcome-based regulation.

• Government policy and strategy to enable local and regional alliances and networks.

A Bioeconomy Value Network

Waste water

Fish business

Farming (greenhouse)

Biogas production

Fish farming

CHP

Household consumers

Wind power

Electricity grid

Sludge

Fish waste

Fish oil

CO2, heat, electricity Fish, vegetables

electricity

Biogas

Fertiliser

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A biogas plant utilizes wastes of the local greenhouse and fish farming as well as other wastes to produce heat and electricity as well as fertilizers to local farmers and greenhouses

In 2050, real time trading systems enable a glocal world economy

Technological breakthroughs will create wide variety of bio-based products in chemistry, energy technology and medicine as well as food industry

Significance of bioeconomy for Finland Production Value added Employees Exports

mill. € mill. € mill. €

Food, total 16 093 4 356 128 400 515

Agriculture 4 822 1 658 90 100 0 Food industry 11 271 2 698 38 300 515

Bioeconomy products, total 29 273 9 317 101 400 13 819 Forestry 4 232 2 898 25 000 68 Wood products industry 6 870 1 542 36 400 2077 Pulp and paper industry 13 653 2 967 23 300 9185 Building and construction 9 228 3 344 58 120 100 Chemical industry 1 644 434 1 600 1 347 Pharmaceutical industry 1 339 845 4 100 932

Renewable energy 4 033 1 903 5 801 0 Water purification and distribution 610 400 2 700 0 Bioeconomy services, total 2 993 1 416 33 900 0

Travel in nature environment 2 737 1 226 32 000 0 Hunting 85 79 100 0 Fishing 171 111 1 800 0

Bioeconomy in total 60 685 20 104 319 321 14 248 National economy in total 375 777 163 424 2 509 500 54 221 Percentage of bioeconomy 16,1 % 12,3 % 12,7 % 26,3 %

Luvut vuodelta 2011

Sustainable Places Institute, Cardiff University

Place-based approach

Welsh Government (WG) • Long term partnership with Welsh Government to explore shared interests in

sustainable place-making; • Achieved via:

– Independent evaluation of government led programme - ‘Pathfinders’ : • Programme explored the impact of intermediary officers in helping communities take climate change

action; • PLACE researchers considered the experiences of communities and of ‘path-finding’ officers; • reporting to government and to the academic community.

– Expert review - Place-making leadership group (high-level panel of sustainability experts, led

by Wales Commissioner for Sustainable Futures).

– Co-funded research projects and networks: Including: • PhD (2012) “Building Community Resilience – The role of community energy projects in sustainable

place making”; • MSCA- Innovative Training Network: “Sustainable Place Shaping”.

– 12-month staff secondment – Member of Department for Environment and Sustainable

Development joined PLACE on 2013, to enhance collaboration and knowledge transfer.

Canal and River Trust (CRT)

• CRT: Responsible for safeguarding 2,000 miles of Canals and Rivers across UK – formed in 2010 -politically driven by shift to Localism.

• Charity status – necessary to demonstrate public benefit of services (including through enhancing biodiversity, arts, cultural and community benefits).

• PLACE-CRT Strategic Partnership formed in 2013 - commitment to work together on a 10-year research programme.

Stage 1: Public Benefits Outcomes Framework - Approach

• Scientific Consulting Research Model of participatory science (Leydesdorff and Ward 2005) – most appropriate for first research stage;

• Long-term research arrangements and approaches vary in accordance to context;

• Stage 1: An iterative process -

continuous review of Public-Benefits indicator framework , rather than summative evaluation.

* Leydesdorff, L., & Ward, J. (2005). Science shops: a kaleidoscope of science–society collaborations in Europe. Public Understanding of Science, 14(4), 353-372.

Adapted from: Cooper, C. B., Dickinson, J., Phillips, T., & Bonney, R. (2007). Citizen science as a tool for conservation in residential ecosystems. Ecology and Society,12(2), 11.

Conclusions

• Differing bio-economy/ eco-economy framings in regions and nation states.

• Forces of integration and fragmentation.

• Nexus and integrating value networks providing new , more distributed business models (e.g SITRA, Finland, Lund, Sweden).

• New linkages between biodiversity, consumer choices/access and health priorities

Conclusions 2

• The Distributed economy

• The deepened and broadened rural economy

• Translocal and as well as re-localised connections. e.g. Rural Alliances 76 community-business alliances/regional networks.

• Reflexive forms of multi-level governance: e.g procurement, fiscal and financial decentralisation, community co-production.

• Nexus business development.

Cwestiynau

Questions

“Un Funud Fach” Gwerthu gweithdai

“Just a minute” Workshop sell – without hesitation, repetition or deviation!

Lluniaeth a rhwydweithio Gweithdai i ddilyn am 14:45

Refreshments and networking Workshops to follow at 14:45

Gweithdy 1 Ynni Adnewyddadwy Cymunedol Dan McCallum, Cyd-sefydlydd Awel Aman Tawe / Egni

Community Energy

Workshop 1 Community Renewable Energy Dan McCallum, Co-founder Awel Aman Tawe / Egni Community

Energy

Dan McCallum

Rheolwr, Awel Aman Tawe ac Egni

www.awelamantawe.co.uk www.egni.coop

Golwg lleol/Local views

Cyfarfod Cynllunio/Planning Committee

• Sefydlu gan/established by Awel Aman Tawe

• Cydweithfa annibynnol / independent co-op

• 119 kw (Dove 21kw, Glynnedd 14kw, AAT 4kw, Ysgol y Bedol 50kw, Canolfan Blaendulais 30kw)

Egni

Ysgol Gwaun Cae Gurwen School

2004 10kW

Mantaision / advantages • Rhag-gofrestru /pre-register i FiT

• Sdim problem rhwng cael arian cyhoeddus a FiT/No conflict between public funding and FiT

• (S)EIS

Cefnogaeth/Support • Adfwyio Cymru/Renew Wales – Sharenergy, Menter Mon, Transition Tywi, Rounded Developments

• £2k Cooperative Membership

• £10k Coalfields Regeneration Trust

• £10k Sefydliad/Foundation Waterloo

• £5k Naturesave

• Canolbwynt Menter y Co-operative/ Coop Hub

• Amgylchedd Cymru/Environment Wales

Canlyniadau/Results

• £171k o 94 aelodau/members

• 81% o Gymru/Wales; 7 % yn lleol /local

• £103k (64%) o 15 aelodau/members

• 1,000 tunnell o garbon

• 4% - 10% ROR

• Incwm £15k

• yn arbed £6k/saves £6k

Cefnogaeth i Ynni Cymunedol

• Adfywio Cymru/Renew Wales www.renewwales.org.uk

• Ynni’r Fro www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/ynnirfro

• Ynni Cymunedol Cymru / Community Energy Wales www.communityenergywales.org.uk

• Community Energy Scotland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QtvyrQHJQE

• Cymru Effeithlon / Resource Efficient Wales www.resourceefficient.wales.gov.uk

0300 123 2020

Sesiwn Llawn / Adborth

Plenary / Feedback session

Sylwadau i gloi

Closing remarks