Community Development Trusts

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1 Community Development Trusts Urban Design Summer School 2009 Andy Perkin Regional Development Officer Development Trusts Association West Midlands

2 Regeneration Schizophrenia Build a great place and we ll create a great community! Build a great community and we ll create a great place! 2 the community won t stay if the place isn t good! the place won t stay good if the community doesn t look after it!

3 Why involve the community? They are experts in their place Brings people together for a shared agenda Ongoing dialogue - builds trust Raises skills and experience Increases sustainability Empowers people 3

4 What are development trusts? Over 450 trusts across the UK They reach a quarter of the UK population A combined income of over 260m Of which 106m is earned income Nearly 500 million community owned assets 4 4,500 staff and 17,000 volunteers

5 Development Trusts Association What does the DTA do? Support the development of new and emerging trusts Help existing trusts to work more effectively Work to get others to support the movement 5

6 What are development trusts? Four common principles: 1 Engaged in the economic, environmental and social regeneration of a defined area 6

7 What are development trusts? Four common principles: 2 Independent, aiming for self sufficiency and not for private profit 7

8 What are development trusts? Four common principles: 3 Community owned and managed 8

9 What are development trusts? Four common principles: 4 Actively involved in partnerships and alliances between the community, voluntary, private and public sectors 9

10 Fabulous Beasts! business start ups, managed workspace, recycling, environmental improvements, management of public space, micro credit, advice and debt counselling, welfare advice, energy efficiency advice, family support, child care services, community grants schemes, affordable housing, volunteering, job training, supplementary education, youth work, community safety, transport schemes, festivals and arts activities, sports and leisure, community cafes and restaurants, food markets, healthy living schemes. and much, much more. 10

11 How do they do this? Community and social enterprise Businesses with social objectives whose surpluses are reinvested in the business or in the community. 11 Community assets Freehold or leasehold in an asset such as a building or a piece of land. Not just traditional community buildings.

12 Asset development Types of assets.. Managed workspace, industrial buildings, visitor centres, marina, sports facilities, training facilities, shops, cafes, cinema, housing, green space, car parks, community centres, live/work space, health centres, nursery, transport (buses), wind farm, arts centres. and an abattoir! 12

13 Mull and Iona Community Trust 13

14 Coin Street Community Builders 14

15 Stourport Forward 15

16 All Saints Action Network 16

17 Greets Green Community Enterprises 17

18 Witton Lodge Community Association Witton Lodge Community Association 18

19 South Wye Development Trust 19 South Wye Development Trust

20 Milton Keynes Parks Trust Established in 1992 to own and manage, in perpetuity, the strategic open space in Milton Keynes. Endowed with a property portfolio and other assets by the Milton Keynes Development Corporation to generate the income required to maintain the open space. 20

21 Milton Keynes Parks Trust 21

22 Milton Keynes Parks Trust 4 retail centres 5 individual shops 7 public houses 6 industrial properties 3 office suites 13 others 22 2 Petrol stations a rugby club a farm house a leisure centre a garden centre a youth hostel an equestrian centre a sailing club a vineyard

23 Milton Keynes Parks Trust Expenditure Management of green estate (contractors) Infrastructure refurbishment and landscape work 1,922, ,664 Employee costs 659,296 Plant and equipment 12,353 Administration 282,878 Income Commercial property (net of cost of management) Other investment income (net of cost of management) Generated by operations (eg agricultural licences) 2,704, , ,616 Grants 71,209 Total 3,321,596 Depreciation 59,680 Total 3,129,476 23

24 Northstowe Community Trust Master planning 24

25 Northstowe Community Trust 427 ha core 148 ha open space 9,500 homes 24,000 residents 7 schools years

26 Northstowe Community Trust Three key roles: 1. Champion Northstowe as a sustainable community (environmental capital) 2. Support active and engaged civic life (social capital) Safeguard the town s assets (economic capital)

27 Northstowe Community Trust Income generating ideas: Pavements and service ducts Parking charges Endowment assets 27

28 Northstowe Community Trust A development trust s asset endowment could include; Leisure facilities Community hall/facilities Parks and open spaces Playgrounds Land zoned for commercial purposes Business park or units Office space 28

29 Northstowe Community Trust A development trust s revenue endowment could include; Set up or seed corn revenue funding In kind contributions (office space, seconded staff and access to specialist advice) Section 106 revenue agreements (open spaces and grounds maintenance) Creative use of section 106 to include revenue contributions Contracts negotiated in advance to deliver services A contribution built into housing associations rent structure (service charge) 29

30 Contacts Contact: Also: Andy Perkin Regional Development Officer DTA West Midlands t m Andy Perkin Director R99 t m