Improving Anglesey resident financial resilience and wellbeing economy
Lead organisation: Isle of Anglesey County Council
Contact: financialinclusion@anglesey.gov.wales
This project, in partnership with Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Ynys Môn aims to improve the financial resilience of households on Anglesey. Support will be delivered through utilising existing community spaces. This will include one to one bespoke support for residents in difficulties.
The project will allow the welfare rights, financial inclusion team and CAB Ynys Môn to operate on a preventative and early intervention basis, ensuring frequent follow up and intense support is provided for households facing poverty & deprivation, in order to meet both immediate hardship and improve financial resilience longer term.
CCTV project (3 areas) – Gwynedd and Anglesey Community Safety Partnership
Lead organisation: Isle of Anglesey County Council (through the Gwynedd and Anglesey Community Safety Partnership)
The installation of CCTV in 3 areas on Anglesey, namely Llangefni, Amlwch and Holyhead. The project will also include work on selected lighting columns.
The aim is to make people feel safe in the community, and to target places that are more susceptible to anti-social behaviour.
Balchder Bro Môn
Lead organisation: Menter Môn
Contact: Elen Hughes enquiries@mentermon.com
The project aims to deliver activities, events and improvements and interventions across Ynys Môn, responding and realising the priorities identified by both the communities themselves as well as strategical priorities identified by the Local Authority and other active organisations.
The main aims are to:
- stimulate local pride
- improve health and wellbeing
- empower resilient communities
The project will add value to local identity and natural resources by introducing interventions in linguistic, tourism, environment, and heritage and supporting arts and environmental events. Strengthen and develop assets and amenities by collaborating with partners to strengthen community hubs, increasing accessibility, and develop local service realisation models.
Support community schemes that will contribute to the net zero agenda and weave the ambition of an 'Energy Island' with community schemes and benefits. Encourage local ownership and strengthen people's relationships with their local environment by delivering health benefits to the community as well as conservation benefits to the environment and the conservation of native habitats and species.
Connecting People, Nature and Place
Lead organisation: Coed Lleol – Small Woods
Contact: Kate Clements kateclements@smallwoods.org.uk
This project will improve skills, community resilience and wellbeing for those furthest from the employment market (including those over 50, facing complex barriers, with health and wellbeing needs), by establishing and developing accessible outdoor sites, increasing learning activities and skills, improving woodlands and knowledge of the local environment on Anglesey.
The project will provide learning and nature-based programmes to improve confidence; create networks for training, volunteering, and progression; provide courses to inspire people to move towards environmental ‘green’ careers; connect communities, restore and manage woodland nature sites and improve accessibility through infrastructure improvements.
Cyrchfan Werdd – Green Destination Programme
Lead organisation: Isle of Anglesey County Council
Contact: Wiliam Stockwell wiliamstockwell2@anglesey.gov.wales
The Project will deliver environmental and visitor economy benefits in line with the aims and objectives of both the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan and the Destination Management Plan.
The project objectives will directly deliver the 5 key guiding principles of the destination functions work. These being:
- enhancing countryside and coastal character
- tackling the Nature Crisis
- the AONB as a Place for Enjoyment, Learning and Wellbeing
- vibrant communities in a working landscape
- managing the AONB in a changing climate
Creu Ynys Actif
Lead organisation: Isle of Anglesey County Council
Contact: Owain Jones monactif@anglesey.gov.wales
This project is made up of three different elements:
- A grant for local sports clubs. Clubs will be able to apply for grants for the development of their club. Grants worth £5,000 to £30,000 will be considered.
- Môn Actif Projects such as:
- Dementia Actif (Supporting our communities by creating experiences to allow individuals with dementia and their families be active)
- Water safety (target year 5 and 6 children in primary schools on the island and will include practical and theoretical elements)
- Young People Referral Scheme (opportunity to change the lives of our young people who are inactive or have health problems)
- Capital investment in the leisure centres.
Prosiect Pontio Cymunedau Môn
Lead organisation: Isle of Anglesey County Council
Contact: Lyndsey Campbell-Williams lyndsey@medrwnmon.org
This project, in partnership with Medrwn Môn aims to develop a resourceful and resilient island, where communities can engage and involve themselves in designing and delivering community focused solutions, based on real need. Working in partnership with Medrwn Môn to deliver on the over-arching resilience agenda.
- The development and modernisation of existing community focused “hubs” and “safe spaces” for communities.
- The creation of new community focused “hubs” and “safe spaces” for communities.
- A feasibility study for the development of play provision and green spaces for children and young people.
- Training and support – For community groups and organisations in skills that help them to build their resources and capacity to become more resilient, including bid writing and fundraising, volunteering, building capacity, engaging with communities, and managing projects.
Lle Da – Place Making Programme
Lead organisation: Isle of Anglesey County Council
Contact: Dewi Lloyd dat@anglesey.gov.wales
A Place Making Programme for Anglesey’s town centres and larger villages which will:
- deliver a Place-Making Programme for Anglesey's town centres and resort villages
- support the development and delivery of Place-Making Plans for relevant town / large village centres
- improve the urban-realm and facilities in our town centres and resort villages
- help re-occupy empty premises and improve shop fronts
- support relevant town / community councils to develop and deliver locally
- support projects and activities that achieve the above
- provide resources for marketing, promotion, events, visual enhancements
An active, happy and healthy North Wales
Lead organisation: Gogledd Cymru Actif North Wales
Contact: Mike Pary mike@actifnorthwales.cymru
A multi-authority scheme in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Flint
Supporting people to be active on a regular basis. The project will develop and build capacity, skills, resilience, and confidence in the communities that need the support most and have most to gain from this bespoke support.
The work will be led by the communities and will focus on giving them the power to help develop long term and sustainable solutions to enable them to be active every day.
North Wales Growth Vision Opportunities – Anglesey contribution
Lead organisation: Ambition North Wales
Contact: Nia Medi Williams niamediwilliams@uchelgaisgogledd.cymru
A multi-authority scheme delivering in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire and Flint.
The project aims to maximise the benefits and opportunities to residents, businesses, and communities across North Wales from investments aligned to the growth vision including the North Wales Growth Deal.
The project builds on the ESF funded Growth Vision Enabler project to establish a regional resource to deliver the Growth Vision for North Wales. Focusing on five key workstreams:
- Regional collaboration
- Skills
- Digital
- Energy and net zero
- Benefits and social value
The project will deliver a range of activities and initiatives to ensure the opportunities of such initiatives are maximised and the benefits realised by communities across the region.
Caru Cymru
Lead organisation: Keep Wales Tidy (KWT)
Contact: Gruff Jones Gruff.Jones@keepwalestidy.cymru
A multi authority scheme delivering in Anglesey, Conwy, Flint and Wrexham.
KWT will deliver a range of tried and tested activities, many of which (such as volunteer litter picking) are already working well in partnership with the 4 councils:
- Run and expand a network of community litter-picking hubs.
- Support and expand the network of volunteer litter champions.
- Support and expand the litter free zones scheme – ensuring more schools and businesses take responsibility for keeping their local area litter-free.
- Establish and train new community groups to ‘adopt’ and maintain their local area, whilst continuing to support existing community groups.
- Awareness-raising and behaviour change campaigns
- Liaise with local authorities and community groups to identify suitable trials and campaigns to address local LEQ issues, such as dog fouling, fly tipping, tourist litter and so on.
- Produce LEQ campaign toolkit and resources.
- Provide advice and support to local authority on development of litter/fly tipping strategies.
- Set up and support repair cafes, reuse/swap shops, waste amnesties, recycling pop-ups and other activities to tackle fly tipping, assist people on low incomes (through free redistribution of items) and reduce waste (circular economy principles)
- Annual litter surveys to identify persistent problems and analysis to inform action.