Cylch conference 2004 – Making it happen

In 2004, Cylch’s 7th annual conference focused on the partnerships, processes and personalities involved in helping to deliver the Wales Waste Strategy.

In 2004, nearly £20m of additional resource was made available to the community sector to help its local authority partners deliver the Wales Waste Strategy. The first day of the conference (Pooling Resources) examined the fundamentals of successful partnership working, drawing upon the experience of exemplar partnerships in Wales and also Doncaster (which has adopted the Welsh Exemplar model and gone on to implement a Zero Waste Strategy).

The second day (Counting Community Benefits), focused more directly on the benefits accrued by fully involving the community and its agencies to deliver the new services. The morning concentrated upon the social and economic value of community-led projects and how that can be quantified and articulated. The afternoon looked at Asset Building to achieve long-term economic viability and sustainability (including new legal and financial arrangements enabling this to happen more holistically).

Speaker presentations 2004
Click on the following links to view the PowerPoint presentations.

The Story of the English Cola Can
Newport Wastesavers - Evolving and Improving
Torfaen Community Recycling - Working in Partnership with the Local Authority
Unity Trust Bank - Finance for the Voluntary Sector
Wales Waste and Resources Research Centre - Overview of the Centre

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