Future Designs

Why? / Pam?

• Bring different individuals and groups together to talk about a range of issues relevant to the area - connecting local community members, volunteers & statutory agencies
• Celebrate what works and is great about the area
• Get a clearer understanding of what works, what barriers exist and what the community needs
• Create more awareness of local groups etc. and opportunities for volunteers to get involved in different initiatives that they’re interested in and thus identifying local individuals and groups that have skills
• Kick start a plan and new projects – an action plan for afterwards

What? / Beth?

Activities

We will deliver a series of workshops, events and meetings to gather thoughts and ideas from the Llanfyllin Locality on: the environment (climate change), services, asset mapping, social and other issues – from lighting, community access to spaces, playgrounds and leisure areas, transport and much more.

We will use creative consultation methods to engage with individuals and groups across the locality. We are particularly keen to reach people who would not usually get involved or share their views through traditional surveys. We intend to have initial conversations across the locality which will then inform more in-depth conversations around certain topics.

We have attended existing events, such as Llanfyllin Show and Llanfyllin Food Fair, to start some initial conversations and deliver workshops with smaller groups that will take place in different areas across the locality. These will include:

• Open access sessions in local venues, e.g. community hall, outdoor spaces. These will include a creative activity and the opportunity to make food together and have lunch
• Open access sessions within spaces that are frequented by local people, for example the local café or pub
• Targeted sessions – working with already existing groups, for example young carers or a knit & knatter group and with local primary schools

Topics to explore:

• Environmental - low carbon / climate change – what would help local people and services achieve this (Partners for delivery – BRACE (https://www.brace.cymru/), any others?)
• Services – playgrounds / community halls / child care / transport / libraries – e.g. opening up and / or identifying safe routes – walking, cycling - through villages / towns, existing services – do they need updating / relocating, services not available that should be (Partners for delivery - community halls, schools, Tanat Valley coaches)
• Digital – what works / what doesn’t / what do we need – from car charging to broadband (Partners - ? – poss other communities that have already undertaken projects that may be replicable?)
• Social – access to spaces / things for people to do that support health & wellbeing, linking existing events across the locality (Crefft Cymru etc.) (Partners for delivery - PAVO Community Connectors, Community halls and other groups)
• Open – what other things do people want to raise / bring that may or not be broadly covered by the above (e.g. volunteers, employment – particularly young people, suitable office space, community fridges)

We are keen to use this as an opportunity to engage with possible volunteers for different groups and we will be asking people what skills that have, what their interests are and try to link people and groups together.

Service Mapping

Asset map using aDoddle - https://adoddle.org/

Where? / Ble?

Cain, Tanat & surrounding Valleys

Who? / Pwy?

Sian Walters or Barbara Carbon - helo@artsconnection.org.uk | 01691 648 929 or for more info https://artsconnection.org.uk/futuredesigns/