London Waterway Partnership Annual Meeting Reception 2 nd September - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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London Waterway Partnership Annual Meeting Reception

2nd September 2016 Holiday Inn, Camden

Welcome

• 1. Welcome and introductions
• 2. Strategic direction (Sir Brian)
• 3. 2015-6 projects (Jon Guest)
• 4. Super-Adoption: Limehouse Cut ( Dermot O’Brian)

A model for community engagement.

• 5. Events strategy: Hayes Festival (Jeannette Brooks)

Local collaboration and new participations.

• 6. What’s new for next year (Sir Brian)
• 7. Signing Super-Adoption
• 8. Networking

Presentation:

• 2. Strategic Direction
• New document
• New members
• New projects
• Shared aims and values

The Partnership and their role

The Partnership is an Advisory Board for the London Waterways of the Canal & River Trust - our role along with 9 other regional Partnerships is to:

• 1. Influence and support the development of the Trust
• 2. Act as ambassadors and advocates
• 3. Provide strategic direction and generate innovative

ideas

• 4. Promote and support the development of local

interest in the waterways

• 5. Give a non-executive perspective to assist the

London Waterway executive team

Governance framework

Council Trustees Executive Waterway Management Waterway Partnership Character areas Neighbourhood groups, canal trusts, task/project groups, funding groups

Management responsibility and control Advice, support and influence

Advisory Groups

Environment, Angling, Heritage, Navigation, Freight, Youth & Education Volunteering

Strategic contributions – and delivery

Partnership priorities and

• bjectives

Canal & River Trust national initiatives and targets Character area priorities Customer service needs

Dialogue and interactions

Character areas

Partnership Strategic Objectives

• Slough Arm Link
• Three Mills Tidal Mill Trust

partnership

• Carpenters Road Lock
• Waterway role in regeneration
• Policy for moorings in London
• Pipeline of projects
• Communications - and community

‘ownership’

• Education and Volunteering
• Ideas from elsewhere

Same objectives – bigger vision

• 3. 2015/16 London Partnership update
• Assisting the House Mill at Three Mills with dam design
• Working with national teams on waterspace regeneration
• London Mooring Policy
• Funded waterside event at Hayes
• Developing a Canal Environment Survey for the waterway
• New arts project on waterway
• Developing the Quietways towpath project
• Super-Adoption Limehouse Cut and Three Mills

• 4. Super Adoption

Adoption scale

• A mile length
• Six to 12 months long
• A single group or

community

• One project or theme
• A three mile length
• Three years long
• Approximately 13

stakeholder groups and

• rganisations
• Four strands and multiple

activities

Adoption Super-Adoption

Adoption stakeholder partners

Super Adoption

Leisure, Health and Wellbeing

Environment

Education and Training

Volunteering Walks, water sports, trip boats Ecology, new habitats, wildlife Primary and secondary education, six form, college and university education Towpath and navigation clean ups, activities, festivals and events

Adoption themes

Activities

5.Events Strategy

Hayes Canal Festival

Hayes Canal Festival 2016 Steering group Site

preparation Promotional

support Event

contribution

Event delivery Toolkit Satellite event Steering group Funding and fund raising

Volunteer programme

Business

support

Education

project

Training and community investment

25 September High Point Village Hayes

Hayes Festival - support

What’s new for next year then…?

• Aim for Green Flag status with other organisations and

local community groups

• Develop new canal side events
• New arts projects on the waterway
• More community engagement with Jena
• Develop fisheries projects across the waterway
• Improved access and signage on the Regent’s Canal -

Camden to King’s Cross

• New ideas from you!

A Call for High Level Volunteers

To provide key support for strategic objectives.

Volunteers are expected to:

• Take individual responsibility
• Work flexibly for on average a few hours per week
• Work with a Partnership member and Jon Guest (Waterway Manager) or Jeannette

Brooks (Development and Engagement Manager)

• Be prepared to present to the Partnership

Examples of individual posts include:

• Co-ordinate and Champion of a Character Area; Green Flag project manager and

manager of Corporate Contacts

The volunteer contribution is not all one way we expect our projects to give:

• Satisfaction, personal development plus social and professional interactions

London Waterway Partnership

Thank you

• 6. Signing the Super Adoption