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Bron Afon Community Housing. Barbara Castle Director of Community Investment and Involvement. Overview. Stock transfer Stock size Land portfolio In-house resources. The Vision. Bron Afon’s values: .......... Involves people in decisions that affect them
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Bron Afon Community Housing Barbara Castle Director of Community Investment and Involvement
Overview • Stock transfer • Stock size • Land portfolio • In-house resources
The Vision • Bron Afon’s values: • .......... • Involves people in decisions that affect them • Has sustainability at the heart of its thinking • Is proud to be a non-profit making social business delivering a public service
Whole Processes – Community Investment and Involvement • Creation of ‘Community Team’ a virtual team led by the Community Housing Officer • Longterm engagement with communities • Community development approach • Supporting independence and resilience • Developing enterprise outcomes
Internal Processes • Creation of sustainability officer post • Development of internal champions network • Good practice forums and intranet • Work on Sustainability Strategy • Green Futures programme re-open space
Environmental Improvement Process Bron Afon’sBasic Approach • Environmental mapping process to identify starting point for dialogue • Major Community Involvement exercises • Consultation cycle • Delivery of WHQS plus – Main Works Programme • Communal shared spaces programme
The Whole Organisation • Green Dragon • 10:10 • Small scale project involvement • The work of the Quality Design Forum • Materials / processes/ contractors/ waste • Research and networking
Conventional Outcomes • How sustainable are they? • eg...homezones? • greenery and ‘bling’ • maintenance and replicability • non-attributed spaces
Current ‘Pilots’ • Recycling from site works • Solar street lighting • Vehicle fleet assessments • External land reconfiguration • Block enclosures • Working with young people • Energy loss reduction • Energy generation • Monitoring energy consumption
Conventional Approaches to Involvement • Raise communities awareness of type of improvements that could be appropriate to a location as per environmental standard- posters, leaflets as part of consultation, encouraging communities to think outside the box
Sustainability • Needs to deliver within budget • Need to add to the budget • Needs to be sustainable • Needs to overlay other engagement with other issues – poverty; illiteracy; poor services etc
Green Futures • The business plan for WHQS environmental works and related assets • Taking time to consider the principles • 50 year timeframe • Programme for stakeholders • Future open space concerns
Green Futures • Climate change • Sustainable Development and Bio-diversity • Sustainable Design – lighting, materials etc • Environmental justice and young people • Health and movement • Energy and generation • Skills and jobs • Ownership and development