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

London Waterway Partnership Annual Meeting Reception 2 nd September 2016 Holiday Inn, Camden 1

Welcome Presentation: 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

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 Advice, support and influence Management responsibility Executive and control Advisory Groups Environment, Angling, Heritage, Navigation, Freight, Youth & Education Volunteering Waterway Waterway Management Partnership Character areas Neighbourhood groups, canal trusts, task/project groups, funding groups

Strategic contributions – and delivery Partnership Customer priorities and service needs objectives Dialogue and interactions Character Canal & River area priorities Trust national initiatives and targets

Character areas

Partnership Strategic Objectives Same objectives – bigger vision • 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

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 Adoption Super-Adoption • A mile length • A three mile length • Six to 12 months long • Three years long • A single group or • Approximately 13 community stakeholder groups and organisations • One project or theme • Four strands and multiple activities

Adoption stakeholder partners

Adoption themes Leisure, Health Walks, water sports, trip boats and Wellbeing Towpath and Super navigation clean Ecology, new Volunteering Environment ups, activities, habitats, wildlife Adoption festivals and events Primary and Education secondary and education, six form, college and Training university education

Activities

5.Events Strategy

25 September Hayes Canal Festival High Point Village Hayes Steering Steering group group Funding Training and Site and Toolkit community fund preparation investment raising Hayes Canal Satellite Festival event 2016 Event Promotional Education Volunteer support programme delivery project Business Event support contribution

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 London Waterway Partnership 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

Thank you

6. Signing the Super Adoption