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RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION

What is Rural Community Action?

Rural Community Action (RCA) has been introduced by the Welsh Assembly Government to “empower communities and enable them to take responsibility for the regeneration of their area”. RCA is managed by the Welsh Development Agency on behalf of the Assembly, working with local partnerships. In Pembrokeshire, PLANED is the managing partnership on behalf of the Pembrokeshire Partnership Management Board.

Who is involved?

Rural Community Action is providing the opportunity for organisations involved in rural community regeneration to work together to provide complementary support to local people in their communities. RCA in Pembrokeshire is focussing on the following activities:

Community Facilitation

PLANED (Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise & Development) is a community led local development partnership. Its role is to encourage the widest possible participation of local people in the Rural Community Action process. PLANED, with its participative structure, will encourage the involvement of all local people and organisations to work together to improve the quality of life in their community.

Voluntary Sector Development

PAVS ( Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services) is an independent charitable organisation supporting voluntary action across the county. It is part of a network of similar organisations covering every local authority area in Wales. PAVS will provide ongoing and in depth support, to targeted voluntary and community organisations, which might include support with: Establishing and constituting a group; Project and policy development; Strategic Planning and signposting to other sources of support.

Youth Support and Participation

Prince's Trust Cymru has considerable experience and expertise of working with young people. Under RCA it will support and encourage young people living in rural communities to develop the skills and confidence to participate in community action.

Encouraging Community Sense of Place

With RCA funding PLANED will be able to increase its support to communities to research their local area, its history, heritage and culture and to develop projects to celebrate local distinctiveness.

Community Business Support

Encouraging the creation of community and social economy businesses through specialist support, linked to the Pembrokeshire Enterprise Network and building on the Welsh Assembly Government review of the social economy, will be facilitated by PLANED .

Technical Support

Through the RCA programme,Pembrokeshire County Council will offer technical support to community groups and assist them in the development and design of projects.

If you or your community would like to get involved in Rural Community Action please contact:

PLANED
The Old School
Station Road
Narberth
Pembrokeshire SA67 7DU

Tel: 01834 862101 Fax: 01834 861547

communities@planed.org.uk

 

 

 

PLANED’s ‘Supporting Communities’ project is part-financed by the
European Union Objective 1 (EAGGF) and the Welsh Assembly Government through the Local Regeneration Fund, Envirnment Wales and the Countryside Council for Wales.
PLANEDs 'Rural Community Action' programme is part-financed by the Welsh Assembly Government and is facilitated by the Welsh Development Agency, which ia a sponsored body of the Welsh Assembly Government.
Rural Community Action
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