Cwmaman Communities First

Our Vision - Our Future

Action Plan 2004 - 2014

How did we develop
Cwmaman, Our Vision - Our Future

The process of developing a Community Action Plan for Cwmaman began in October 2001 in response to the Welsh Assembly decision to support the 100 most deprived wards in Wales through its Community First Programme.

Following a public meeting representatives from the community were chosen to participate on the Partnership Board either on an individual basis or on behalf of a community organisation. It was agreed to run the Partnership independently from local authority control under the lead partner Cwmaman Public Hall & Institute Ltd, which would support the Partnership by providing accommodation, financial, legal and personnel management. After securing financial support from the Communities First Programme as part of Rhondda Cynon Taff Strategic Renewal Partnership bid, core staff comprising of Co-ordinator & Administrator were appointed.

Following this process the Partnership sought to develop five main priority areas:

Youth Provision: The Partnership undertook a Service Level Agreement with the Aberdare based youth support organisation Chequers to survey the needs of young people in the community and provide youth provision as part of a programme of support for phase 1.
Capacity Building: Increase the understanding and ability of the Partnership and community groups through capacity building to manage the Partnership process and increase general levels of awareness. The Co-ordinator undertook this work.
Community Social Audit: The communities opinions and priorities were surveyed to guide the overall vision aims of the Partnership and help focus on community objectives and targets. Two Social Audits were under taken in the community, the first by Valleys Arts Marketing and the second through Groundwork Trust.
Physical Mapping: To survey existing infrastructure; highways, land usage, key buildings, major landowners, environmentally sensitive areas, social housing and derelict buildings & land. Incorporate proposed environmental landscape improvement area, highway and street enhancement schemes cross referenced with priorities, aims, objectives and targets of the Community Action Plan.
Community Action Plan Preparation: To appoint independent consultants to work with the Partnership & Co-ordinator to develop a clearly identified timetable and costed Action Plan with strategically thought out projects that address community need and priorities. This would then be used to help guide the Partnerships strategy over the next 10 years and secure additional core funding for 3 years from the Assembly for running costs & staff and act as a funding strategy to bring further investment into the community of money and external agency support.

>> back to Home		The process of developing a Community Action Plan for Cwmaman began in October 2001 in response to the Welsh Assembly decision to support the 100 most deprived wards in Wales through its Community First Programme. Following a public meeting representatives from the community were chosen to participate on the Partnership Board either on an individual basis or on behalf of a community organisation. It was agreed to run the Partnership independently from local authority control under the lead partner Cwmaman Public Hall & Institute Ltd, which would support the Partnership by providing accommodation, financial, legal and personnel management. After securing financial support from the Communities First Programme as part of Rhondda Cynon Taff Strategic Renewal Partnership bid, core staff comprising of Co-ordinator & Administrator were appointed. Following this process the Partnership sought to develop five main priority areas: Youth Provision: The Partnership undertook a Service Level Agreement with the Aberdare based youth support organisation Chequers to survey the needs of young people in the community and provide youth provision as part of a programme of support for phase 1. Capacity Building: Increase the understanding and ability of the Partnership and community groups through capacity building to manage the Partnership process and increase general levels of awareness. The Co-ordinator undertook this work. Community Social Audit: The communities opinions and priorities were surveyed to guide the overall vision aims of the Partnership and help focus on community objectives and targets. Two Social Audits were under taken in the community, the first by Valleys Arts Marketing and the second through Groundwork Trust. Physical Mapping: To survey existing infrastructure; highways, land usage, key buildings, major landowners, environmentally sensitive areas, social housing and derelict buildings & land. Incorporate proposed environmental landscape improvement area, highway and street enhancement schemes cross referenced with priorities, aims, objectives and targets of the Community Action Plan. Community Action Plan Preparation: To appoint independent consultants to work with the Partnership & Co-ordinator to develop a clearly identified timetable and costed Action Plan with strategically thought out projects that address community need and priorities. This would then be used to help guide the Partnerships strategy over the next 10 years and secure additional core funding for 3 years from the Assembly for running costs & staff and act as a funding strategy to bring further investment into the community of money and external agency support.

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