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A Wood of Our Own Event HIE Community Assets Team

A Wood of Our Own Event HIE Community Assets Team. Helen Macdougall, Senior Development Manager Inveraray 28 th March 2012. HIE WORKS WITH COMMUNITY WOODLAND GROUPS THROUGH. Community Assets Team (CAT), previously Community Land Unit Community Account Management in Fragile Areas

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A Wood of Our Own Event HIE Community Assets Team

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  1. A Wood of Our Own Event HIE Community Assets Team Helen Macdougall, Senior Development Manager Inveraray 28th March 2012

  2. HIE WORKS WITH COMMUNITY WOODLAND GROUPS THROUGH ... • Community Assets Team (CAT), previously Community Land Unit • Community Account Management in Fragile Areas • Account Management of Social Enterprises

  3. Community Land Statistics • Communities in Scotland own more land than: • National Trust for Scotland • John Muir Trust • RSPB • As at March 2012 more than 500,000 acres of land is in community ownership in Scotland • On the Western Isles 2/3 of the population live on land under community ownership

  4. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? • community has control over land & land assets • woodlands • buildings & development land • water resources • minerals and sporting rights • Land managed for community benefit (employment, infrastructure, housing, tourism, amenity, social development, etc) • The key principles are: • Open membership • Community support, benefit & control • Non-profit distributing, but hopefully profit-making!

  5. ASSET DEVELOPMENT AIMS • Support community-led regeneration to enable communities to have more control and influence • Support sustainable development at the local level (joined-up economic, social, environmental outcomes) • Enable communities to generate income for re-investment • Encourage more people to become actively involved in their community • Energise and transform communities

  6. What kind of projects can be funded? • Acquiring land: must have an end purpose that delivers outcomes for the local community (changes/impacts) • Acquiring or developing buildings – to generate income and deliver range of community services, directly, or indirectly • Sustainable development • renewable energy, waste recycling, energy efficient buildings • viable in longer-term

  7. Range of Assistance • Advice and Support • Capacity Building • Acquisition • Capital Funding • Revenue Funding • Case-by-case basis

  8. SCOTTISH LAND FUND • £6m programme over 3 years • £1m yr 1; £2m yr 2; £3m yr 3 • Delivered jointly by HIE and BIG Lottery • Land focused • Expressions of interest to HIE • Launch in summer 2012

  9. Helen Macdougall helen.macdougall@hient.co.uk 01546 605444 Claire Hannah claire.hannah@hient.co.uk 01520 722028 Community Assets Team Main Line: 01520 722 988 www.hie.co.uk/support-for-communities/community-assets/

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