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Owing to the fact that all experience is a process, no point of view can ever be the last one. A practitioner perspective of delivery. MENTER MÔN Cyf project history.
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Owing to the fact that all experience is aprocess, no point of view can ever be the last one A practitioner perspectiveof delivery
MENTER MÔN Cyf project history The above are indicative of the range of project work MM has undertaken. Since 1996 it has successfully bid for and spent £35 m of EU funding, matched by the private and public sectors menter mon cyf 2008 : JVE fund
Menter Môn is comprised of two companies MENTER MÔN Cyf ANNOG Cyf • 1996 • Community owned • 12 nominated directors from the private and voluntary sectors • Economic development • Not for shareholder profit • £2.64m • +£320K • 23 • 5% of combined turnover Incorporation year Ownership Purpose Status Turnover Balance sheet Employees Core administration • 1998 • Community owned • 12 nominated directors from the private and voluntary sectors • VAT registered trading co. • Not for shareholder profit • £1.99m • £0 • 38 menter mon cyf 2008 : JVE fund
COMPARATIVE TRENDS IN WIDER RURAL DEVELOPMENT FROM A DELIVERY PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVE WALES 1995 - 2010
COMPARATIVE TRENDS IN WIDER RURAL DEVELOPMENT FROM A DELIVERY PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVE WALES 1995 - 2010
SUCCESSFUL LAGS SHOULD DRAW TOGETHER COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND AGITATE THEM – CHALLENGE THEM TO PRODUCE MAJOR CHANGE – THE LAG OFFERS THE FUNDS, THE DELIVERY AGENTS AND THE WILL TO IMPLEMENT INTEGRATIVE ACTIONS - THIS IS AN UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT IS DONE WELL – NO OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION OFFERS SUCH A WHOLESALE OPPORTUNITY Menter Mon’s work under earlier Leader programmes was an agitational force which produced tangible results still visible today, 15 years on, a period no one evaluates The Leader approach can still be a potent force, particularly under axis 3.
AN EXAMPLE FARM UNIONS THE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST TURNING WALKING INTO AN INDUSTRY BED & BREAKFAST EST LANDOWNERS SELF CATERING AGENCIES HERITAGE GROUPS CONSERVATION BODIES WALKING GROUPS HIGHWAYS AUTHORITIES Convened in 1996, this community of interest brought forth the following projects Funded through LEADER, structural funds and other sources, but all coordinated by the LAG over a ten year period
THE ANGLESEY COASTAL PATH 125km 35km of new paths THE SAINTS WALKS 8 x 8km THE ANGLESEY WALKING FESTIVAL now in tenth year ANGLESEY FARM HOLIDAY NETWORK of 17 members 8 x FARM DIVERSIFICATIONS The task of bringing fame to the island as a walking destination was completed through actions generated by the community of interest. Each intervention is still sustainable today In the market place or through statutory mainstreaming