1. Shaping Grosmont- Report & Next Steps
RURAL FUTURES
Shaping Grosmont- Report & Next Steps

2. What do we want to cover?
Sense check the Shaping Grosmont report findings
Prioritise the key themes
Explore and develop the issues and opportunities identified by the community
Who and how might we be able to take things forward?/ next steps
Introduce possible sources of funding

3. Report Findings Overview
Key themes:
7. Protecting the character and heritage of the village and landscape
8. Employment (also links to need for broadband)
9. Sustainability
10. Community governance- collaborating and involving everyone to succeed.
1. Strong sense of community
2. Activities and events for all
3. Affordable housing
4. Maintaining and improving facilities
5. Transport and accessibility
6. Traffic Management/Parking
Not definitive- can evolve, revise and refine
Many themes and ideas interconnect (e.g. Sense of community, activities, transport, community governance)

4. General Reflections on the Report Findings
Does it accurately represent what the community said?
Any issues or gaps?
Any other comments?

5. Prioritisation of themes- diamond ranking
Highest Priority Theme

6. Prioritisation of themes- Feedback
Top (3) themes?

7. Development and prioritisation of issues & opportunities identified by the community.
Under each theme:
Issues
Opportunities and ideas
Strengths? Who or what already exists that could be linked/ built on?
Who is best placed to work on this?
Would you like to be involved?
Who else needs to be involved?
What other resources are required?
Prioritisation- ranking how important/ impactful and how feasible?

9. Development and prioritisation of issues and opportunities
In groups complete the tables for each theme

10. Development and prioritisation- Feedback
Any priority issues/ opportunities/ projects emerging?
Any quick wins?
Which issues/ opportunities/ projects could be tackled by the community?

11. Next steps
What needs to happen next to make progress?

12. Funding & Support

13. Eligible expenditure: (including)
Micro Grants Scheme
Up to 2x £750 grants available for Grosmont
Bring people together to improve the quality of lives for people living in rural areas
Engagement, Raising aspirations , Training, Building social capital
Community and voluntary groups with a bank account
Eligible expenditure: (including)
Consultations with communities (e.g. Equipment or hall hire/ Surveys/research
facilitation costs)
Training and study trips
Volunteer expenses
How we will assess your application
The evidence of need for your project
Who will benefit
How it will help us achieve our overall aims and objectives
Value for money
Scope for future project development

14. National Lottery: Rural Futures Community Funding
Up to £100k available for Solutions to address rural poverty. Causes contributing to poverty, including:
Lack of access to jobs and the quality of employment opportunities
Low income and precarious employment that contribute to in-work poverty
Access to services and transport provision
Access to quality and affordable housing
Outward migration (skilled workers and young people-brain drain)
Access to quality and affordable housing / Fuel poverty
Social isolation
Rural premium
Broadband provision
Projects should:
Address Rural Poverty
Be people led
Strengths based
Use new or adapted solutions that haven’t been tried in the community before
Be connected to other local services and plans
Be long term solutions

15. Community can deliver project
ANALYSIS
Does the project need funding?
Y E S NO
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Info from place selection work
Community can deliver project with support from other agencies
Y E S
A N D
Place Profile
O R
Does the project contribute to alleviating rural poverty?
What scale is the project at?
We support community application to Rural Fund
Project has to be delivered by other agencies
Story Studio
Could we use non-rural poverty issues to help alleviate rural poverty for a win/win scenario?
Could we demonstrate to funders that rural poverty issues can be addressed whilst delivering on their wider agendas? (WFGA)
Is it essential for the delivery of projects that do contribute to rural poverty?
Other Surveys
Existing plans
Info from community over last year
We advise/ support groups and other agencies to apply for funding
Go for BLF - People and Places funding
Go for alternative funding, e.g. RDP, CTA or other local funding
N O