Lanscapes for Life Conference 2017 - Briefing - Communities of Practice
1.12.2011 2 md working with community foundations
1. AONBs
The potential to establish a national or sub national
body that can hold and channel funds for use by and
within AONBs
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2. The context
• Cuts
‣ DEFRA
‣ Local Authorities
‣ Grants
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3. A changing world
• Less grants, more seed & loans
• Decline of the voluntary sector?
• Less advocacy
• Philanthropy
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4. Future money
• Lottery
• Donations
• Development / planning gain
• Philanthropists
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5. The survey
26/49 responses
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7. Amounts received
£6,000,000
£5,086,879
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8. Sources of grants
Natural England, English Heritage,
Environment Agency, water co, Biffa
& Sita, Environment Trusts, Esmee
Fairbairn, HLF, Leader, RDA, DMOs,
harbour authority, landscape
partnerships, EU e.g. Interreg, LSP,
Local Food, RDPE, local charities
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9. Development
• 2 AONBs in receipt
• 3 others considering
• Major infrastructure
• Non cash benefits
• Risks
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10. Endowments
• 2ish AONBs
• Others looking
• Friends organisations
• Community Foundations
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11. Trading
• Publications
• Contract management
• Enviro’ volunteer work
• Attending events
• Bus
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12. Other
• Programme delivery
• Land management fees
• In-kind donations
• Rents & hire charges
• Advertising
• Project management fees
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13. Analysis
• Reliance on public grants
• Limited experience / scale of
other income sources
• Change direction!
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14. How it’s spent
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Grants to other organisations in AONB area
Core activities
Non-core activities
Other
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15. Organisations
• Most have no special org
• 2 set up charities
• 17 have considered
• Everyone interested
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18. What to do?
• SWOT
• Options
• Scale
• Costs
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20. Weaknesses
• Privileged areas
• Low socio-economic need
• Experience of attracting &
managing monies
• Part of public sector
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22. Opportunities
• Development income
• Philanthropists & Foundations
• Local giving
• Reinvent AONB teams as
social enterprises
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23. Options
• Use CFs
• Setup national fund
• Work at local level
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24. Community Foundations
• What they are
• Flow through / endowment
• Locked
• Connections
• Working model with AONBs
• Regional
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25. An AONB Foundation
• The role
• Setup
• Admin
• Fundraising
• Challenges
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26. Scale
• DEFRA / LA = £9.2m (2009)
• SDF = £1.2m (2009)
• Other = £5-6m per annum
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28. Other ways
• Reinvestment trust
• Local
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29. Questions 4 u
• Can you sell?
• Independent?
• Ethics?
• What sort of structure?
‣ Out of public sector?
‣ Federal?
• Funding upfront costs?
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