Activity

Caring for the parish

Objective

To support community-based collaborative initiatives involving more than one parish area, that will conserve, maintain and enhance characteristic natural and built features of village environments, as the basis for sustainable economic growth.

To encourage local communities to value their local environment and improve the sensitive use of built heritage, natural and cultural resources and assets.

To increase the capacity of rural communities to identify and implement priority actions designed to improve quality of life.

To facilitate and promote co-operative working, social inclusion and social cohesion between Parish communities and third sector organisations.

Outcome

An increase in the number of community led actions to enhance rural heritage and environmental regeneration.

Increased co-operative working, skills share and training between communities.

Enhancement of the infrastructure for rural enterprise.

An increase in community safety initiatives.

Local employment generation.

Scope

Collaborative environmental actions involving more than one parish area.

Training, knowledge sharing and capacity building.

Awareness actions and resources associated with the maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the natural and built heritage.

Small-scale infrastructure projects that develop or enhance the village environment. Integrated village initiatives to promote cross-community development and regeneration.