Angus Hardie

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• Angus Hardie
• Director, DTA Scotland
• EQUAL seminar -18th November

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• A development trust is..
• . an independent, community led organisation
  involved in a variety of enterprise
  activity principally aiming to achieve the
  sustainable regeneration of that community

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• A diverse movement
• in what they do
• in how they get off the ground
• in the legal structure they adopt

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• Westray Development Trust
• Youth centre
• Energy self-sufficient within 8 yrs
• Bio-diesel project
• Wind turbine
• Electric minibus
• Geothermal heat pumps
• Care centre
• 3 million funding 20 jobs

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• Strathfillan Community Development Trust
• Affordable housing
• Community woodlands
• Playpark
• Links to National Cycle Network, Killin
• Evening classes social events

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• Cumbrae Community Development Company Ltd
• 4.7 million restoration project
• Public service procurement
• Property company holiday lets
• Multi-sports facility planned

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• Why the interest in development trusts?
• Reducing pot of grant funding
• Developing legal and policy context
• Rural vs urban

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• Whats getting in the way?
• Lack of appropriate finance/short term funding
  regimes
• Risk aversion within and outwith the sector
• Lack of political champion and consensus about
  the way ahead

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• DTA Scotland
• Established May 2003
• Independent organisation.
• Company Limited by Guarantee.
• Edinburgh Office.
• Membership-based.
• Funding

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• Key Objectives
• Create local and national networking for
  development trusts
• Help new development trusts become established
• To lobby on behalf of the development trust
  movement, to promote their interests and
  encourage others to support the movement

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• DTA Scotland Vision
• A successful development trust in every
  community that wants one

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• Contact details
• Angus Hardie
• DTA Scotland
• 54 Manor Place
• Edinburgh EH3 7EH
• Tel. [phone]
• angus_at_dtascot.org.uk
• Website www.dtascot.org.uk