Supporting practice: growing community assets

1. Supporting practice: growing community assets Jackie Killeen Head of Policy & Development Big Lottery Fund Scotland SURF �Same Difference� Seminar, 7 November 2006, Perth

2. 17 May 2012 Slide 2 Overview What is Growing Community Assets? Why this approach? What do we want to achieve? Types of funding available Support available Key points Key questions

3. 17 May 2012 Slide 3 Growing Community Assets: �50 million - and a tailored package of support - to help communities shape and control their futures by acquiring, developing and managing local assets.

4. 17 May 2012 Slide 4 Why this approach? Potential of asset-based development � a different approach to achieving change in communities Learning and evidence: Scottish Land Fund, Carnegie Commission, Community Land Unit Maximising impact � getting the investment and support package right Our changing social context: demographically, politically Recognising inter-dependency of social, economic and environmental sustainability Progress from project-focus to sustainable livelihoods Politically: more open debate on how to drive change in communities Demographically: what�s happening in communities � increasingly individualised society where people empowered as individual consumers. This approach puts trust in power of people acting together. Politically: more open debate on how to drive change in communities Demographically: what�s happening in communities � increasingly individualised society where people empowered as individual consumers. This approach puts trust in power of people acting together.

5. 17 May 2012 Slide 5 What are we trying to achieve? �50 million investment in communities to achieve these outcomes: Communities are stronger,with shared aspirations and the ability to achieve these together Communities have services and amenities that meet people�s needs better and are more accessible

6. 17 May 2012 Slide 6 What are we trying to achieve? People have more skills, knowledge and confidence, and opportunities to use these for the benefit of their community Communities have a more positive impact on the local and global environment Communities are more enterprising and self-reliant

7. 17 May 2012 Slide 7 What kind of �projects� will achieve this? Enterprises that are community-led and: Contribute to significant local regeneration and the creation of sustainable livelihoods Improve the appearance, safety, accessibility, and biodiversity value of community environments Provide essential community services, increase access to these and make them more productive for communities

8. 17 May 2012 Slide 8 What kind of �projects� will achieve this? Develop the production, consumption and celebration of healthy, sustainable food Develop renewable energy generation, sustainable buildings and sustainable resource use Create better access to local services and environments through cycling, walking and sustainable motorised transport

9. 17 May 2012 Slide 9 Types of funding available Technical assistance � up to �200,000 Asset acquisition � on average up to �1m Asset development � on average up to �1m

10. 17 May 2012 Slide 10 Support available Harnessing best available support Delivery contract with partnership led by Highlands & Islands Enterprise From inception to success � pre-application advice, technical & legal support, post-acquisition business development� for up to 5 years

11. 17 May 2012 Slide 11 Good organisational models for communities Development Trusts Community enterprises/ businesses Community Land Initiatives/ Trusts Social Firms Community-based Housing Associations Community Interest Companies Co-operatives Other mutuals

12. 17 May 2012 Slide 12 Key points about Growing Community Assets: Open to communities across Scotland, urban and rural Aims to support regeneration that is truly community-led and enables communities themselves to become agents of change Will support sustainable development at a local level � simultaneous delivery of economic, environmental and social outcomes for the benefit of the local community and wider public Aims to energise and transform communities by tapping into and growing local energy, talent and social capital

13. 17 May 2012 Slide 13 Key points contd Will help communities generate their own revenue stream, increasing the sustainability of assets, services and outcomes Will provide high levels of development support at pre-application and post-award stages Wider eligibility than Scottish Land Fund, ie, some profit-distributing bodies, such as co-ops, can apply Can support wider range of assets than the Land Fund (plant, equipment and vehicles as well as land and buildings) Development trusts well-positioned to make strong applications!

14. 17 May 2012 Slide 14 The questions The urban challenge � can Gigha happen in Glasgow? Can putting communities in the driving seat invert �normal� power relationships and give better results? Communities and public bodies � can community control of assets improve relationships? Which �should� come first, the capacity or the opportunity? Spotting assets, recognising liabilities Can we learn from what we discover about community ownership and control?

15. 17 May 2012 Slide 15 Contact details Information line 0870 240 2391 Email enquiries.Scotland@biglotteryfund.org.uk www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Outline proposal form 0845 606 1199