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Progress Overview AGM 2018

February 2019

Presentations:

• Overview & Progress

Deirdre Harte Scheme Updates:

• Business Investment

Emma McGill Richard Allen, Oakfire Adventures

• Village Renewal

Emma McGill Bronagh Kearney, Jack & Jill Playgroup Plumbridge

• Basic Services & Broadband

Claire McDaid

• Rural Cooperation

Linda White Programme Updates:

• Animation & Finance

Deirdre Harte

Funding Schemes

SCHEME FUNDING % TARGETS PROGRESS Rural Business Investment £2,586,000 45% 29 businesses 68 new jobs 37 businesses 90.5 new jobs (projected) Rural Basic Services £1,725,000 30% 11 feasibility studies 11 projects 19 feasibility studies 10 capital projects Rural Village Renewal £1,206,400 21% 15 village plans 12 projects 15 village plans 1 project complete Rural Broadband £230,000 4% 1 project Not progressing Rural Cooperation £432,600 7% 2 projects 9 networking events 3-4 studies 3 projects 9 networking events 3 studies

Rural Business Investment Scheme

Objective Target Number Actual Number % against target Projected Number % against target Support at least 29 businesses 29 37 127% N/A* N/A* 68 new sustainable jobs (Full Time Equivalent) 68 54 79% 90.5 133% 48 people benefit from receiving a capital grant 48 36 75% N/A* N/A* At least 3 people complete bespoke training 3 10 333% 22 733% At least 2 businesses start to export as a result of grant 2 3 150% 7 350% At least 2 businesses introducing or expanding e- business 2 1 50% N/A* N/A*

*= Dependent on ongoing assessments (remaining call 5 applications and future call 6 applications)

Rural Business Investment Scheme

Presentation by Richard Allen – Oakfire Adventures Ltd

• Call 2 - £50,000 in May 2017 to implement Zip Trekking facility
• Call 5 – £48,000 in February 2019 to implement Aerial Trekking facility
• Activity Tourism incorporating high levels of innovation
• No of jobs created to date = 2.5 FTE
• No of jobs to be created through Aerial Trekking = 1.5 FTE
• Total job creation of 4 FTE

‘Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team

• f people.’

Steve Jobs – Former CEO & Co- founder of Apple

Who am I?

Richard Allen

What experience?

Diary Farm, Coach IRFU, guide South Africa, personal trainer, night porter, dishwasher, labourer……

Education?

School, Causeway Institute, University of Ulster

How did OAKFIRE start?

• Law change June 2005
• Grants available for farm

diversification.

• Worked to gather start up

funds

Zorbing & Giant Swing 2012

August 2015 held Ireland’s hardest obstacle course. Next event is on June 22nd 2019

What next?

• Research, research and then some

more research.

• Talk to folk, get feedback, share

idea and gauge reaction.

• Online is good but experiencing is

another.

• Visit sites, use different systems.

ZIP TREKKING

• Successful business model
• Other areas expanding
• We have the terrain-trees,

rocks, levels

• Within budget / our means

The RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

• Was the funding workshop

helpful / informative?

• Process of applying – time

consuming / a lot of work required

• The business plan / financial

projections / quotes

• Competitive, no guarantees you

will receive funding

Receiving Letter

• f Offer / LOO

No LOO No project

Benefit's

Created jobs that are long term and sustainable. Outdoor recreation – health benefits / fresh air. Meet the demands for activities in the current legislation. Attract tourists / bringing people to the area.

Start up capital?

match funding your project

• Saved money – happy days
• Angel Investors – give up

equity / lose control

• Crowd Funding – hard to find /

difficult to manage

• Banks – hard to squeeze

money out of

Common thread

• Expanded every few years
• Stayed within our means
• Built around what was already

there

• Expanded when EU grants

were available / Rural Development Programme

• Demand for services

Advice

• Get your statutory permissions in

place

• Believe in yourself and your idea
• Do not be afraid to fail
• Pick the people you want to work

with

• Work hard nothing in life is free
• If you do your best you do not have

to worry what others are doing.

• Be realistic

Working with others Collaborations

What’s next?

Birthday Parties / Forest school Activity Hub Collaborations to link woodlands Future Oaks Project Glamping?

‘Always deliver more than expected.’

Larry Page – Co-founder of Google

Aerial Trekking?

Village Renewal - Selected Villages

9 Small

Project (£35,000 grant) Drumahoe

Access improvements /trim trail

Donemana

Regeneration of space for community use

Killeter

New civic space with feature clock

Clady

New entrance/gateway features & minor environmental works

Claudy

New entrance/gateway features & minor environmental works

Plumbridge

Revitalisation of derelict & vacant site

Park

Environmental improvement scheme

Artigarvan

Enhancement of existing play area and adjacent picnic facility

Ardstraw

Enhancement of existing play area

4 Strategic

Project (£183,000 grant) Castlederg Access & Environmental Improvements Newtownstewart Play Provision (Mourne Play Park) Sion Mills Play Provision (Site T.B.C) Newbuildings Access & Environmental Improvements

15 Cluster Village Plans

Cluster Village Plans incorporate all 49 rural settlements within the Council area ensuring every village receives benefit.

Village Renewal Scheme

Presentation by Bronagh Kearney – Jack & Jill Community Playgroup

• Plumbridge awarded £35,000 to revitalise a derelict, vacant site on Dergbrough Road
• Area had suffered significant flood damage in August 2017
• Jack & Jill Community Playgroup now based on the site
• First completed village renewal capital project

Jack and Jill Community Playgroup Plumbridge

VILLAGE RENEWAL SCHEME RECIPIENTS

28th August 2017 - Floods

Outdoor Play Area destroyed and large container washed away Collateral damage inside - deluge of mud and water

What happened next??



Children due to start one week after the floods



Council contact



Rural Development – Village Renewal Grant

• Proposed Council Owned Site
• Application Process



April 2018 – Successful application

The new site – regeneration in rural area

Site work commenced quickly on derelict ground. A perfect site in the village for a community building.

June 2018 – Arrival of Portacabin

The group was delighted to have the unit delivered. August 2018 – Group received keys for the unit and able to make preparations for September 2018 intake of children October 2019 – Official Launch

The Playgroup - 2019

The Finished Project

Thank you!

Cooperation Scheme

International Appalachian Trail:

• Integrated Consultancy (ICT) design team appointed
• Audit of Derry Strabane section of trail to identify works
• Agreement of timescale for procurement and works.
• Marketing tender for overall Ulster-Ireland trail
• 3 Inter-LAG/DAERA meetings with officers from all participating LAGs
• Regular meetings with Council officers (Tourism, Marketing & Capital Dev)
• Potential spend of approx. £277k in Derry Strabane LAG area

Rivers based Access and Recreation Project:

Lead LAG – Causeway Coast & Glens

• Preparatory Technical Support 1 (PTS) - procurement and appointment
• f consultants to undertake scoping study (JM Consulting)
• Agreement of sites to be progressed in Derry-Strabane area
• Drafting of specifications for the capital works at selected sites;
• Going forward - second stage Preparatory Technical Support to appoint

a design team

• LAGs from Latvia and Estonia joined the project as project partners in

2019.

Yellow Frames (All N.I Project)

• Causeway Coast & Glens (CCG) project with Estonia

identified as a pilot by DAERA for an all-LAG NI wide project

• Installation of a yellow frame and interpretation panel
• LAG Board agreed a short-list of six locations in the Council

area that are in public ownership.

• Sites are subject to further investigation
• 2 meetings of DAERA, LAGs and RDC to explore and progress

project

Yellow Frame at Tartu, Estonia

Cooperation Scheme - networking

• DAERA / LAGs Cooperation update meeting held in Cookstown in June 2018
• Three board members attended the OECD Rural Development Conference “Enhancing Rural

Innovation” in Edinburgh, Scotland from 9th – 12th April 2018

• One board member attended the UK LEADER Annual Capacity Building Event in Llandudno,

Wales on 27th September 2018. The focus of this event was on Evaluation and best practice.

• Three board members attended the European LEADER Seminar in Austria from 15th – 17th
• October. This seminar focussed on the role of LEADER, added value, new challenges and
• pportunities.

Rural Basic Services Scheme

• Technical Support Call 2 - 9 projects, £33,337
• Small Grant Call 2 - 1 project, £15,400.69
• Large Grant Call 1 - 4 projects, £860,789.78
• Small Grant Call 3 – 3 projects, £110,641.10
• Large Grant Call 2 – 6 projects under assessment,

potential £860,188.93

• Potential overspend of £ 28,072.10

BUDGET: £1.725M

Technical Support (feasibility studies): £500 to £5,000 Small Grants: £10,000 to £50,000 Large Grants: £50,000 to £250,000 Applicant: Community/voluntary or public sector

Rural Broadband Scheme

• Workshops held June 2018 (4 in total)
• 3 expressions of interest received
• 2 of 3 EOIs went on to work with BT Open

Reach directly (project was 100% funded)

• Sign posted to Project Stratum
• Broadband photocall
• Broadband Budget re-profiled into Basic

Services (Jan 2019)

BUDGET: £230,000

Aim: Improve rural broadband for communities in “not spot” areas Applicant: Council, community/ voluntary sector or private sector (with Council as applicant)

Animation & PR

Animation in 2018

EVENT TYPE Events Attendees Pre-application workshops 18 294 Procurement/business planning/other workshops 21 147 Other events (e.g. Enterprise Week, launches) 12 556 TOTAL 51 997 Total since beginning of programme = 115 events & 2,500 attendees

Communication/PR in 2018

Marketing Campaigns:

• 24 adverts
• 13 press releases/media campaigns
• 26 social media campaigns
• 14 web content/online articles
• 7 email campaigns

Total to date: Adverts Press Releases Social Media Campaigns Website Articles 79 24 38 36

Financial Update

Programme Budget

BUDGET 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 TOTAL Projects £200,842.50 £650,000.00 £1,434,191.50 £3,424,716.00 £470,000.00 £6,179,750 Administration & Animation £232,223.36 £253,734.78 £276,501.84 £284,157.67 £312,927.35 £1,359,545 TOTAL £433,065.86 £903,734.78 £1,710,693.34 £3,708,873.67 £782,927.35 £7,539,295

Total budget - £7.5 million

See summary breakdown of the funding allocation across the financial years of the programme

Admin Spend 2017/2018

Admin Budget 2018/2019 - Expenditure to Date

Project Spend 2017/2018

Scheme 2017/2018 Target Spend 2017/2018 Actual Spend

Business Investment

£523,536 £588,960

Rural Basic Services

£70,214 £61,258

Village Renewal

£56,250 £33,750

Rural Cooperation

• £3,704

TOTAL £650,000 £687,672

Project Spend for 2018/2019

The agreed projected project spend for 2018/2019 is £1,434,191 – see table below for details of claims expected by 31st March 2019 with likely accruals:

Scheme Claims paid Claims due Expected Accruals Scheme TOTAL Business £291,645 £121,473 £383,560 £796,678 Basic Services £61,599 £55,288 £619,753 £736,640 Village Renewal £43,437 £6,834

• £50,271

Co-operation £9,400

• £9,400

TOTAL £406,081 £183,596 £1,003,313 £1,592,990

Overall Project Spend to Date

Scheme Interim Strategy Allocation Funding Spent to Date (Claims Paid)

£ Projects £ Claimed

Business £2,586,000 29 £1,017,013 19 Basic Services £1,725,000 11 £113,907 19 Village Renewal £1,206,400 8 £68,750 2 Cooperation £432,600 2 £7,454 2 Broadband £230,000 1

• Total

£6,180,000 51 £1,207,124 42