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Community Based Area Forums -
including Market & Coastal Towns Initiatives (MCTIs)
The Market and Coastal Town Initiative (MCTi)
is a community led regeneration initiative, funded by the South West
Regional Development Agency.
In addition, CPR Regeneration, the Urban Regeneration
Company for Camorne, Pool and Redruth runs a similar initiave for
its area and there are other area forums and partnerships, also run
along the same lines.
MCTIs and area forums are not grant
programmes to fund projects, although there may be some money to
help projects develop.
They are community led initiatives helping people
organise themselves to prepare and put into practice a plan for the
future
of their
town and surrounding area.
Their plans will cover all parts of community
life and should look 20 to 30 years ahead, setting out a vision
of
what the area should be like and what it will be like as a resident
to live there.
MCTIs and Area Forums are………….
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About the active and meaningful
involvement of the community |
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Not led by agency staff or public body
priorities |
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About building community skills, experience
and partnership working linked to district community plan |
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About brokering funding, practical help
and advice |
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Not specific amounts of money to match
fund projects |
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About building on and strengthening existing
communities |
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Not about appointing Project Officers to
do 'it' |
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Imposing an external view of what communities
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How Area Forums links with West Cornwall Together
and WCCN
West Cornwall Together's main obligation is
to deliver Kerrier's Community Strategy and Penwith's Community Strategy
both Penwith and Kerrier are using the MCTI process as a way to
make sure their community strategies reflect the views of the communities
they serve. Therefore, the MCTIs and Area Forums heavily influence
the actions within the Council’s Community Strategy and therefore,
also influence the work of West Cornwall Together and the West Cornwall
Community Network.
What areas do the MCTIs and Area Forums cover?
West Cornwall is probably unique in having such
a cluster of MCTi areas. In Penwith there are four areas which have
been awarded MCTi status and funding. Where MCTIs are not present,
there are Area Forums, thus giving West Cornwall 100% coverage for
area based forums of one sort or another. In Penwith they are:
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Hayle, St Erth and Gwithian & Gwinear (MCTI) |
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St Ives, Towednack and Zennor (MCTI) |
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St Just Parish (including Pendeen), Morvah, Sancreed, Sennen,
St Buryan and St Levan (MCTI) |
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Penzance Parish, including Newlyn and Madron (MCTI) |
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In addition there is the 'Four Parishes' forum running along
MCTI lines, covering Marazion, Ludgvan, St Hilary and Perranuthnoe |
The PDC Community
Regeneration team is charged with supporting these MCTIs and area
forums.
In Kerrier there is:
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South Kerrier Alliance, covering
all of South Kerrier (MCTI) |
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The Tin Country Partnership, covering all
of North Kerrier, an area based forum supported by CPR Regeneration: |
Interested in becoming involved? Volunteers and helpers are always welcome. Just
contact your local area forum:
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