Carmarthenshire community projects a success
Question: How do you turn £1million into £14million? Answer: Invest it in community projects in Carmarthenshire.
The council’s community regeneration division has attracted £12.8million in external funding for 371 different projects with council match funding of £1.3million.
The division has created or assisted 80 enterprises, created or safeguarded 72 jobs, helped or advised 864 community groups, and improved 107 community facilities. It also helped 299 people with debt and benefit issues and addressed household debt of more than £1million.
Projects range from setting up community shops, improving access to IT and broadband, a food co-op delivery service, providing community facilities and helping people back into work.
The funding has come from a number of various sources such as the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-13, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; the Welsh Government’s Communities First programme and Tidy Towns programme, European Funded programmes such as Collaborative Communities and a number of other independent sources such as Cwm Community and Environmental Fund, Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd (WREN), Coalfields Regeneration Trust and the Big Lottery.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s Community Regeneration Manager John Wilson said: “These figures show that we are making the best use of all funding sources available in order to assist our communities within Carmarthenshire. It shows also we are able to achieve excellent returns of investment in the efficient use of our core funds.”
Executive board member for regeneration and leisure Cllr Clive Scourfield said: “Carmarthenshire County Council is attracting substantial funding at a time of austerity to help our local communities.”
The council’s community regeneration division has attracted £12.8million in external funding for 371 different projects with council match funding of £1.3million.
The division has created or assisted 80 enterprises, created or safeguarded 72 jobs, helped or advised 864 community groups, and improved 107 community facilities. It also helped 299 people with debt and benefit issues and addressed household debt of more than £1million.
Projects range from setting up community shops, improving access to IT and broadband, a food co-op delivery service, providing community facilities and helping people back into work.
The funding has come from a number of various sources such as the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-13, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; the Welsh Government’s Communities First programme and Tidy Towns programme, European Funded programmes such as Collaborative Communities and a number of other independent sources such as Cwm Community and Environmental Fund, Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd (WREN), Coalfields Regeneration Trust and the Big Lottery.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s Community Regeneration Manager John Wilson said: “These figures show that we are making the best use of all funding sources available in order to assist our communities within Carmarthenshire. It shows also we are able to achieve excellent returns of investment in the efficient use of our core funds.”
Executive board member for regeneration and leisure Cllr Clive Scourfield said: “Carmarthenshire County Council is attracting substantial funding at a time of austerity to help our local communities.”
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