What is Clase Caemawr Community Partnership?

*A principle and spirit of cooperation

*Made up from Caemawr Forum, Clase Forum and the Executive Management Committee. Equally representing the communities, agencies, Council, Business

*A Development Trust, a company limited by guarantee with Charitable aims

*The monitoring and strategic body supporting community development work in Clase and Caemawr

*The Communities First body for the area

What is Communities First?

Communities First is a Welsh Assembly Government Funded programme designed to build partnerships between local residents, businesses and agencies.

The aim is to bring about long term sustainable change and improvement by working together, by Fully supporting and developing skills within local people and by encouraging Public Services and Businesses to tailor their work to meet locally identified needs.

Once we know what we need as a community we can put together our Action Plan and apply for Communities First and other funds.

Our Vision

We aim to build on the excellent progress and improving image of the Clase and Caemawr community to improve life in the area.

Encouraging local people’s work in
*Supporting families and children
*Improving health and lifestyles
*Creating jobs and businesses
*Sharing news, ideas and information
*Improving the built and green environment
*Developing community facilities and activities
*Preventing crime and improving community safety
*Providing opportunities for education training and employment
*Helping young people and older residents to have a full say in the future of the community

Our Work

Surveys and discussions over the past few years have shown that local people want to see improvements in the environment, housing and community safety.
To make a long term difference on these areas, we also need work on the causes of the problems.

We support voluntary run youth clubs, summer gardening projects, carnivals, sports teams, trips, training courses and community forums.

We also help local people to understand how decisions are made about their communities and how they can influence these decisions.

We link with other community projects and organisations to share ideas and learn from our mistakes and successes.