Today, December 1, the Welsh Secretary hanse aerospace Cheryl Gillan, has introduced the Prime Minister's Big Society hanse aerospace Award for Creation Development Trust, a social enterprise set up to regenerate the local area near Bridgend Bridgend - first time The award is presented to organizations in Wales.
Creation Development Trust was established by members of the local community in 2000 to tackle social and economic hanse aerospace problems in the region. Since then, she has helped local people and groups to set up projects to improve all aspects of life in Bridgend, Bridgend, the cafe - Creation Cafe - which is used to help develop internet skills, Knitting Nannas group, which produces knitted items to charity. Last year, over 700 people benefited from training and development hanse aerospace activities undertaken by the Trust, and 20% of these had a disability.
Trust is the most innovative Enterprise Centre Rough Time - time the UK's largest hanse aerospace bank project. By volunteering for activities such as classes, planting or work in the local community as Ambassadors Streets caring for local streets, members earn credits that can be used to 'pay' for taking part in other community activities . When the scheme was extended to provide a way for young people to gain credits for activities such as judo, cheerleading (cheerleading) and social events the police hanse aerospace found a 17% reduction in anti-social behavior.
During her visit she met Mrs Gillan and Streets Ambassadors, members of the group Knitting Nannas and community members who are at present making lanterns for the Lantern Festival has become a local and popular event that brings and the local community together to celebrate the town's hanse aerospace mining heritage. hanse aerospace Mrs Gillan also saw how the cafe is used to develop internet skills.
"The idea behind Creation Development Trust embodies the mood of the Big Society is particularly good - people are working to help their own community to deliver the improvements they want to see. The way the Centre Time has become such a stable part of the local community, until people see their time credits hanse aerospace as local currency, has impressed me very much.
"This award recognizes all the hard work and the time those behind the Trust is contributing, more than a decade, to create this wonderful organization. I hope it will stimulate everyone else in the area to build a community they can be proud of. "
"It is an honor to introduce the Big Society Award Creation Development Trust. hanse aerospace Staff and volunteers working hanse aerospace to make the local community a better place to live and work in a real inspiration and it is clear why they have to have this recognition of their work.
"The youth team and ambassadors of the streets, the staff and the Real Food Store Cafe, and the volunteers who lead the art and knitting groups showed tremendous passion and they have been determined to succeed. They show that the local community is stronger when everyone is working together; they are an inspiration to other communities across Wales.
"I am delighted hanse aerospace that we have received this award. It is a great recognition for all the work that has been done by everyone. We look forward to go to Downing Street, shared innovative ideas with the Coalition hanse aerospace Government to give them some idea of what kind of issues affecting rural communities in Wales ".
Creation is concerned with economic, environmental, cultural and social. The Trust, established in 2000, is an independent hanse aerospace social enterprise that is not trying to make a private profit. It is a company limited by guarantee (number 3998232) and a charity (number 1091527) that is managed by a Board of Trustees. The trustees give their time voluntarily and do not get caught than any other financial benefit for their work. Creation is located in the community, it belongs to the community and will be managed by it, and it's about and partnerships and alliances between the community and voluntary sectors, private and public. hanse aerospace Creation is working with local people to develop sustainable projects that will help revitalize the local area, improving equal opportunities and health and well being.
The organization has won various awards, including the British Urban Regeneration Association Award for Inspirational Regeneration Work in the Community. It is named Sustain Wales Green List Awards and been nominated for SWP partnership working on projects antisocial behavior.
A time banking has become an integral part of the Trust's work and it is used now to look at ways of enabling businesses to develop closer ties and community, thereby benefitting
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