impact and influence

Impact & Influence

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• Grants v Procurement• Communities• Jobs• Wellbeing• Climate Change

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Say

Result

Grants v Procurement

£12m in grants

£12m in contracts

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Procurement• Slow

• Resource intensive

• Undermines community ownership and engagement

Say

Procurement

• Promotes competition

• Destroys relationships

• Equates with private sector

Say

Jane Hutt “Grants is the Welsh way”

First Minister “I am not a fan of procurement”

Procurement is not the default option.

Result

CommunitiesWCVA supports communities throughout Wales with advice, training, grants, loans and contracts.

We help improve the lives of thousands in the most deprived communities.

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CommunitiesValleys Kids is a community hub in SouthWales valleys that WCVA has supported withgrants, loans, training and a range of other support

They, in turn, have helped change the lives ofthousands of people and families in some ofWales’ most disadvantaged areas

We help improve the lives of thousands in the most deprived communities.

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Jonathan

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Jonathan

Difficult start in life Support from Valleys Kids

Educational support Family stability

Raised aspirations Volunteering

Community leader Employment

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Jonathan‘Friends got into crime, became parents really young, some are in

prison, some have died’‘Valleys Kids saved me from

making those choices. Both me and my family owe them a huge

amount’

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Community engagement and hubs are essential ingredients in the new Communities First

programme.

Say

New programme to secure community engagement and

include hubs as an option.

Result

Climate Change

WCVA leads the sector on climate change programmes

and underpins this with a 10% carbon footprint reduction

target.

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Result 2010

TravelUse public transportReduce taxi useBicycle stands and trainingMileage allowance: bicycles &

passengersBike buy and season ticket loans

Action

FoodFood waste recycling binsFair Trade products50% vegetarian buffetsRecycle everything?

Action

Action

OfficesToilet light sensorsWater hipposVideo conferencingSolar panelsTurn heating down

Result 2011

26% decrease in total39% decrease per person

Jobs5,000 people into jobs

500 partners

ILMs, Future Jobs, Gateway, Internships

Skills, qualifications, jobs, support

Transform lives

Do

Do

Video case study

Need for job creation through ‘ILM’ models

Evidence of effectiveness and value

Say

£75 m Welsh Jobs Fund+

ILM+

Third Sector delivery

Wellbeing

Create a way of financing service change

Welsh Social Investment Bond

Do

Clear roles and examples of new ways

of delivering services.

‘Bridging the Gap’

‘A Co-designed Future’

Say

Bridging finance and incentive to change public services.

Result

Challenges

JobsImpact

Grants & InvestmentCo-production

Europe 2014 - 2020

2012

Challenges

Impact on planetProcurement

Cuts

2012