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Three Year Action Plan – Waterways for People WEST MIDLANDS WATERWAY PARTNERSHIP Developing the Three Year Action Plan Three Year Action Plan – Waterways for People Strategic Strategic Priority Key Initiative / Project Delivery Delivery Waterway Potential Crossing Delivery Project Priority Mechanism(s) - Lead Partnership Partners Cutting Timescale Status № Key Partners & Role Potential Funding Rollout a Parish Council Roadshow by Waterway Short Term Project Building and broadening community Ambassador / WP supported Lead Parish Councils 1 Partnership members (waterway wide initiative) - Commenced engagement and ownership and instilling Engagement by Planning Local Authorities Programme of engagement with Riparian Parish Councils and On-going community pride Team County Parish Forums to promote the use and value of canals Community Groups to local communities, their health and wellbeing and their local economies. Where Riparian Parish Councils intend to undertake neighbourhood planning which will enable them to access future neighbourhood funds and where Parish Councils will be involved in priority setting of net Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) monies to be spent on local infrastructure, the Planning Team will undertake the necessary follow up by engaging in the neighbourhood plan and “Place Plans” preparation process. Volunteer Co-ordinator to establish two new community Short Term Project Volunteering WU & Monitoring Parish Councils based volunteer groups per annum e.g. Tipton Task Force Commenced Volunteering Local Authority On-going Team Neighbourhood Partnerships or Groups Volunteer Co-ordinator to accessing existing networks and Short Term Project Volunteering WU & Advisory & Community Service volunteers to work on canals by linking with existing partner Commenced Volunteering, Monitoring Volunteers, BTCV, organisations where they already have an established On-going Heritage & Existing Friends of volunteer base but do not currently carry out volunteering Environment Groups, Scouts and activity on canals and by developing propositions with them Teams Guides, Army e.g. heritage and environment based activity, etc Cadets Increase number of Community Payback days spent on the Short Term Project Community Enterprise & Monitoring Current Probation canals – Enterprise Team with the Waterway Unit to Commenced Payback WU Services and promote the use of canals by Probation Trusts and private On-going potential Private sector delivery partners to deliver required outputs and to Sector Suppliers prepare and submit bids as part of bidding process in December 2013 Programme of engagement with Religious and Faith Leaders Medium Term Under Ambassador / WP supported Lead Christian Boaters by Waterway Partnership members to gain a better Development Engagement by Enterprise Group, Community understanding of different communities needs and explore & WU Groups, Local role the canals do and potentially can play in their lives so Authority that initiatives can be designed and tailored to meet specific Neighbourhood community needs Partnerships Planned programme of positive articles in local newspapers Short Term Project Changing perceptions of people living Communications Communicatio Ambassador BBC, ITV, Regional 2 and other forms of regional/sub-regional/local media Commenced and working in the West Midlands to ns Team & Radio, Newspapers, On-going attract more local people to use, enjoy WU Social Media and value their canals Engagement with at least five corporates and strategic Medium Term Under Ambassador / WP & Lead Local Chambers of companies based in the West Midlands per annum Development Engagement Fundraising Commerce, Local (Waterway wide initiative) to explore opportunities for Team Business Forums, sponsorship, adoption, promotion, volunteering and active WEST MIDLANDS WATERWAY PARTNERSHIP Developing the Three Year Action Plan participation in canalside boundary improvement campaign Business (where appropriate) – building upon the work undertaken to Improvement date by the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Districts, Institution of Directors, LEPS within West Midlands Support Dudley Canal Trust with their learning hub project Ambassador / Dudley Canal Advisory DCT, Dudley Medium Term Under to explore opportunities for promoting the canals of the Engagement Trust Council, Dudley Development West Midlands to local and national visitors; to educate College, HLF, ERDF people on the heritage and history of our canals Waterside Care – Continue to support the joint initiative to Volunteering Enterprise, Monitoring, Severn Trent, Short Term Project Encouraging positive and responsible 3 encourage local communities to improve and maintain their Environment Ambassador Environment Commenced behaviour towards the waterways and local water course, be that stream, river or canal, in a teams, WU Agency, Keep their environs within the West Midlands sustainable way Britain Tidy, Local Businesses, Community Groups, Schools Share the Space Drop Your Pace Campaign – Raising Engagement / Enterprise and Monitoring, Sustrans, Cycle Medium Term Under awareness and encourage towpath users to be considerate Education WU Ambassador Touring Club, Local development towards each other, particularly across differing user group Authorities, sectors Campaign Groups Responsible Use of Canals Campaign – Aiming to reduce Engagement / Enterprise, Monitoring, Local Authorities, Medium Term Under littering, anti-social behaviour, and dog fouling so that Education Environment Ambassador Keep Britain Tidy, development resource can be spent on improving the canals in the West teams and Local Community Midlands WU Groups, Neighbouring Business Corporate Social Responsibility – getting local business to be Engagement / Enterprise, Monitoring, Local Businesses, Medium Term Under respectful of their adjoining canal and promote respectful Education / Environment Ambassador Keep Britain Tidy, development use of that environment. This can be achieved through Volunteering teams and Local Authorities, sponsorship, adoption, direct action on their doorstep/canal WU Environment frontage, or wider afield. Agency, Local Community Groups, West Midlands Police, Chambers of Commerce, Institute of Directors Heartlands Rings Phase 2 – learning from what we’ve Engagement / WP supported Lead Lottery Fund, Local Medium Term Under Attracting people from all age groups, 4 achieved in the first phase of the project and apply to other External Funding by Enterprise Authorities, Local Development abilities, different socio-economic and areas and specific communities. Neighbourhood ethnic backgrounds living and working Partnerships, within the West Midlands to use, enjoy specific Community and value their canals Groups, Faith Groups Projects to improve and promote safe access for disabled Engagement / Enterprise Advisory / Lottery Fund, Medium Term Under visitors – improving the access in key locations around the External Funding Monitoring Centro, DfT, Development waterway to promote access for all Disability Groups, Local Authorities, Local Neighbourhood Partnerships, specific Community WEST MIDLANDS WATERWAY PARTNERSHIP Developing the Three Year Action Plan Groups, Faith Groups Local information – providing localised literature and Strategy / Enterprise, Advisory / Local Authorities, Medium Term Under information to encourage visits by people from across the Engagement Comms Team Monitoring Local Tourism Development waterway. This can include the “It’s All Free” campaign linked and Waterway Centres, Visit to the mobile app and Hidden Gems Leaflets, plus local canoe England, Local guides and healthy walks Businesses, Tourism Attractions, Historical Societies Canal & River Trust Explorers – Working with central Medium Term Under Engaging with children and young people Learning / Central Ambassadors & Local Education 5 education team, via the Explorers project, to engage with Development living within the West Midlands and Engagement Education Monitoring Authorities, School primary school children to promote a positive learning encouraging them to the use the canals Team and WP Governors, experience of canals. Focusing on adjoining primary schools so that they become “future supporters” Wildside Centre, of the canals Adjoining Schools Work with Further Education Establishments to develop Short Term Project Volunteering WU Ambassador & Further Education volunteering opportunity / work experience proposition Commenced Monitoring Colleges, On-going Universities, Community Service Volunteers “Paddle to the Heart” initiative with Canoe England – axial Short Term Project Learning / External WP, WU & Lead Canoe England, canoes routes into City of Birmingham aimed at encourage Commenced Funding / Enterprise (& Birmingham City new canoe users from across the waterway to Birmingham. On-going Partnership Property) Council, Sport Develop canoe trails across the West Midlands. Opportunity Working England, to help support the business case for the creation of a new Birmingham Health Water Sports Centre of Excellence at the Edgbaston Reservoir Commissioning (potentially Reservoir House) adjacent to Icknield Port Loop, Board, Local Canoe working with Birmingham City Council and Sport England Clubs Produce and implement Local Stakeholder Engagement Short Term Under Strategy / WP Lead Black Country Strategy (including stakeholder mapping) & Local Development Engagement Consortium, Local Community Engagement Strategy (waterway wide Authorities, MP’s, initiatives) Local Neighbourhood Groups, Chambers of Commerce,
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