Partnership Working

Presentation for CCF Gathering, Glasgow, November 2011

Aim To bring people together to plan and start creating a vibrant and resilient community, independent of fossil fuels

-The transition to a low-carbon future will be challenging -Our communities will face many unexpected shocks

-Resilient communities and ecosystems will be crucial

Shock

Community/ecosystem

Resilience

Brittle systems, lacking resilience, will be liable to collapse

Collapse/Breakdown

Resilience

Brittle systems, lacking resilience, will be liable to collapse

For resilient communities, shocks may be an opportunity and stimulus for creative change

Breakthrough

For resilient communities, shocks may be an opportunity and stimulus for creative change

One component of resilience is the number and quality of connections within a system

We seek to involve and work with many other groups in the community, including: Dunbar Community Woodland Group Dunbar in Bloom Dunbar Allotments Association John Muir Birthplace Carbon Neutral Stenton Dunbar Harbour Trust Dunbar Community Development Company Dunbar Community Council Dunpender Community Council East Lammermuir Community Council Dunbar Parish Church Belhaven Church Our Lady of the Waves Shore and Harbour Residents Association Trees Tenants and Residents Association Wingate Tenants and Residents Association

Dunbar Arts Trust Dunbar Film Club Dunbar Writers Group Dunbar Primary School Dunbar Grammar School East Linton Primary School Stenton Primary School Dunbar Arts Crafts and Produce Market Dunbar Fairtrade Town Dunbar Trades Association Dunbar History Society Living Streets Dunbar Headway Dunbar Cycling Countess Youth Group Sparewheels Carshare Club Dunbar Brownies BeGreen Dunbar Scouts Dunbar Community Bakery RELBUS........ ...and others....

....have organised events to bring diverse community groups together....

...make space available on our web platform for over fifty community groups, projects and local businesses....

....provide facilitation services and training to encourage creative meetings in which everyone can contribute their ideas and knowledge.....

...run projects to encourage households to come together to develop neighbourhood action plans...

The 2025 Energy Descent Action Planning Process

Working with East Lothian Council and Reaching the Wider Community

....ran a two year project to involve local people in developing a vision for a low carbon future and an action plan for getting us there...

Our Community, our Place

Natural Resources Human Resources Resource Flows Change over time

...using community mapping...

2009

2025

...work closely with our local authority...

...and community planning partnership...

...including with the East Lothian Environment Forum...

...which has helped to inform the latest East Lothian Single Outcome Agreement...

...and led to us helping to facilitate a workshop for members of the Board and theme groups of East Lothian Community Planning Partnership

We are also working with East Lothian Council to find ways to make finance available to help householders implement the advice of our home energy audit team......

..... to support community renewables projects....

...and to support social enterprises such as Dunbar Community Bakery