presentation delivered at SMART event
please note this presentation was delivered as speaker support material and is intended for reference by attendees not for use as a stand-alone resource
5. Thinking… Fuel
• Bulk Oil buying
Level of 2010 2011
• Community based
savings
• If you order 2,000
litres a year in Average 8% 11%
average you would
have saved ÂŁ120
Lowest 4% 7%
Highest 16% 16%
6. Overview of SMART
• EU Grundtvig project
• Learning Project
• Netherlands, Iceland, Portugal
• Amazing the similarities in rural issues
• Looking at how rural communities can
become more sustainable
7. • Sustainability is
more than one
thing
• Egan wheel
• Going beyond
excellent individual
projects to a
holistic approach
8. A more local context
• Communities want to do more things
– 96% wanted to live in a vibrant community
• The public sector is asking for more from
communities
9. A more local context
• Challenge of volunteering/involvement
– Issue for 70-80%
• Challenge of community activity
– 54% said they did live in a vibrant community
– Majority who didn’t saw no likely change
• Challenge of multiple needs
• Challenge of a back-drop of cuts
10. A more local context
• Need to leave no community or person
behind
• Need to deal with messiness &
completeness
• Need for support broad and specialist
• Need for adult conversations
11. • So.. How do we build SMART
communities and kick start community
activity?
• Learn from each other
• Reflect on what works well and what
doesn’t
• Look at new ideas
• Get support from others along the way
12. Supporting Communities … Rural Advocacy… Developing Solutions
1st March 2012
South Green,
Mattishall
Hinweis der Redaktion
Jon Clemo CEO Housekeeping Questions Slides available online
10km radius of Marsham Reepham west Coltishall east Erpingham North Drayton south
 "sustainability is improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting eco-systems" Living in a way that meets current needs but doesn’t detract form the ability of future generations to meet their’s Social cultural, governance, transport and connectivity, services, environmental, equity, economy, housing and built environment. Social and cultural