CASE STUDY ASSET TRANSFER Y Shed Denbighshire, North Wales Meliden Residents Action Group are Details: working in partnership with Denbighshire County Council and The team have already secured a Grŵp Cynefin to develop a Goods £1,093,556 grant from the Big Lottery Shed. Y Shed, an old railway shed on Fund Wales as part of their the Meliden to Dyserth walkway, will Community Asset Transfer programme be turned into a community hub with a supported by DTA Wales. To add to café, heritage centre, bike hire facility, this they have raised a further allotments, artists’ workshops and £300,000 from grants and donations. shop. Work started on construction in Set to open next year, the building will November 2017 and is due to take up be extended using shipping containers to 12 months. to create extra space with the interior designed to reflect Y Shed’s natural surroundings of stone and wood. The vision is to develop a hub for the Pen y Maes local community, offering volunteering, Meliden enterprise, employment and learning Tel: 0300 111 2122 [email protected] opportunities within a building that is www.facebook.com/YShedMeliden/ contemporary whilst still in keeping with its original strong features. CASE STUDY ASSET TRANSFER Y Shed Denbighshire, North Wales The community have been involved in the project and regular open sessions are held to keep them informed of progress as well as to raise awareness. They received funding recently to cover the shortfall in the heritage budget to provide heritage interpretation boards and time tunnels. The key focus for attracting visitors is to build on the current numbers of walkers and cyclists on the Prestatyn- Dyserth Way which Lessons Learned: passes alongside the Goods Shed. This path links with the Wales Coast Local concerns were uncovered Path in Prestatyn and the nearby and addressed by talking to the Offa’s Dyke and Clwydian Way long community rather than just giving distance paths. The vision is: out leaflets. To increase community capacity Fundraising was made accessible through a viable social enterprise to all by raising small amounts To increase employment, e.g. ‘buy a slate’ volunteering and learning opportunities To preserve the heritage of Meliden and offer opportunities Pen y Maes Meliden for artisans Tel: 0300 111 2122 To increase well-being in the [email protected] community through health and www.facebook.com/YShedMeliden/ environmental projects. .