Learning from the Past Planning for the Future Day 2 Full Partnership Group

Legacy2nd December 2008 Legacy - definitions

An amount of money or property • Can leftHeritageto someone Tourism in add a will :

• to themy basket grandmother of initiativesdied and deployed unexpectedly to aid economicleft me regenerationa small legacy in post industrial

Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage:

John Muir left as his legacy - an enduring spirit of respect for the environment. Have we left a legacy? Will it endure? • Education • Access and interpretation • Volunteers • Community led initiatives / outreach • Events ______• Land management and wildlife conservation • Industrial archaeology • Landscape crime • Buffer Zone Education

5,000 + school children, 250 LLL, Junior Rangers, Victorian• Can classroom Heritage Tourism add Torfaen’s• to the Communitybasket of initiatives Heritage deployed to aid Developmenteconomic regeneration Officer in post industrial Wales Ashleigh Taylor

(in partnership) Access and Interpretation

10 new trails, treasure markers, trail leaflets, interpretation panels, gateway features, WHC interior and grounds • Can Heritage Tourism add • to the basket of initiatives deployed to aid BWHEG and Partnership Wardens economic regeneration in post industrial Wales MoU

Dragon’s Teeth Volunteers - BWHEG

Constituted group with over 50 members

• Can Heritage Tourism add Key •aimto the– to basket support of initiatives WHS deployed to aid managementeconomic plan regeneration in post industrial Wales Good relationship with Partnership Wardens & Cadw

Annual work plans discussed with BP

Dragon’s teeth Community led initiatives

Llanfoist, Routes and Roots, Gardiffaith, Cwmtillery, Camel’s• BackCan Pump Heritage Track Tourism add • to the basket of initiatives deployed to aid ‘Only aseconomic strong regenerationas the group’ in post industrial Wales Need for on going support from the Partnership

Dragon’s Teeth Events

Guided walks, talks, lectures, mini bus tours • Can Heritage Tourism add • to the basket of initiatives deployed to aid Torfaeneconomic Marketing regeneration Team in post industrial Wales WHC staff

Partnership staff Land management & wildlife conservation

300300ha upland heath managed for wildlife and grazing Reedbed and ponds created at Garn Lakes Red grouse numbers increasing More commoners engaged in land management Maintenance of managed areas – Dragon’s teeth But relatively small impact – time and resources

No guaranteed way forward

Applications to: Welsh Gov £280k, NRW £550k for further 3 years Industrial archaeology

Dyne Steel incline, Keeper’s Pond, Pwll Du Tunnel, Engine Brake Wheel, Hill’s Pit Cottages

More sites identified in WHS Management Plan

Land owner responsibility?

LAs – ever shrinking resources

Need for further grant support Landscape crime

Seconded officer made significant difference Period of secondment ended 2013 Problem returning rapidly

BP, AMs, local politicians and commoners in discussions with Police

Issue recognised as serious

Solutions being sought Buffer Zone

Revised WHS Management plan reflected UNESCO guidance

Consultants engaged to produce recommendations report

BP will meet to discuss findings Legacy?

‘A World Heritage Site and its landscape setting in an excellent state of conservation, understood, accessed, enjoyed and cared for by all - managed through strong community partnership and involvement.’

FLP has put a lot in place to help realise the vision

We’re not there yet, but…….?

That’s for you to decide If all else fails………