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Groundwork Trusts
I have carried out a number of projects
for Groundwork Trusts and Groundwork UK.
| I was retained on a part
time basis as the Business Development Manager
for Groundwork
Macclesfield and Vale Royal
in 1998/9 and investigated the expansion of
the Trust throughout Cheshire. This involved
negotiation at a senior level with local authorities,
Training and Enterprise Councils and the private
sector. |
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| I have carried out a feasibility
study for Chester
City Council and the Groundwork National
Office to investigate the potential for Groundwork
to operate in Chester. This has involved discussions
with a range of senior officers of the Council
and of other organisations in the city and
the running of a workshop. |
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| A Green Business Parks project
for Groundwork
Macclesfield and Vale Royal has consisted
of a survey of waste and recycling and environmental
improvements on three industrial estates in
Cheshire. |
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| I have carried out a feasibility
study for Wrexham
Groundwork investigating the potential
for the Trust to expand into Flintshire. This
involved consultations with senior staff of
the local authority and other Flintshire organisations
and the preparation of a report for the Welsh
Office. |
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| Groundwork
Rossendale appointed me to carry out
an initial assessment of their Countryside
Centre at Rawtenstall. A report was prepared
which recommends the future development of
the site as a riverside park and environmental
arts centre. |
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| I carried out a short review
of Local Agenda 21 in the north-west of England
for Groundwork
UK. The study aimed to identify the
potential role for Groundwork Trusts in partnership
with their Local Authorities to progress LA21. |
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| I have researched and drafted
a promotional publication on cycling in the
north west of England for the Groundwork
Regional Office. |
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| I was commissioned by Groundwork
Wales and the County Borough Councils
of Torfaen and Newport to prepare an independent
report assessing the potential for a new Groundwork
Trust. This involved recommendations concerning
the size of the Trust, its staffing needs,
early work programme and five-year income
and expenditure budget. |
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| I was retained by Groundwork
Lincolnshire on an 8 days a month basis
to progress a European Union Action Plan Partnership
bid for some £2mill concerned with derelict
and neglected land restoration and sustainable
management. I have also developed new projects
for the Trust involving the regeneration of
a coastal resort and the establishment of
a new trust for tree planting in the Boston
area. |
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| In 2003/4 I have carried out
a feasibility study to create a new Groundwork
Trust for Corby and
North Northamptonshire including the
preparation of bid document to the ODPM. |
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| In 2004 and 2005 I carried
out appraisals to create three new Groundwork
Trusts for North Staffordshire, Luton and
Bedfordshire and Derby and Derbyshire.
These studies involved considerable consultation
with local authorities and other stakeholders
and the preparation of ODPM bid documents
and financial profiles. |
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