1. Presentation – Angela Wadeson and Lorraine Daly

2. Background Origins Governance 60 staff - over 70% local people 150 active volunteers Annual turnover of about £1.2m –17 discrete projects –6 community buildings

4. Funding Economic Development WCVA Europe Other Contracts Local Authority Contracts Social Enterprise Charitable Trusts

5. Aims of the Partnership Caia Park Partnership works with people to provide services, facilities and opportunities to enable individuals, groups and communities to fulfil their potential CPP works on Caia Park and increasingly borough wide CPP aims to become more sustainable through Social Enterprise

7. What does the partnership do? Lifelong learning & Employment –ICT –Woodwork –Coleg Harlech/WEA –Future Jobs Fund –Intermediate Labour Market Volunteering Enable

9. What does the partnership do? Youth Team Tenancy Support Migrant Worker Information and Advocacy Fairshare Support and Development Adult Day Care Social Enterprise

10. Why social enterprise? Driving Forces: –Funding pressures Grant funding reducing Time limited nature of grants Dependence on certain funders e.g. CF –Local authority –Independence –Trustees

11. Where Social Enterprise fits in To maintain existing work by replacing grant funding Supplementing Grant funding Establishing new services on a sustainable basis Creating unrestricted income

13. Starting up Useful ingredients –Community Enterprise Development Worker –Large staff and volunteer base with wide range of skills –Previous experience –Reserves and resources –Convertible existing services

14. Story so far Café Best Buffets Sparkles Day Nursery Caia Crafts Deva House Advance Training and Consultancy Textile recycling – Kit for Kids

15. Caia Park community café 5 days a week from Monday until Friday 9.00 am until 2.30 pm. The café provides tasty, healthy home cooked food all prepared on site from fresh ingredients. The café is a sustainable community enterprise employs two qualified members of staff who oversee the running of the café whilst providing a learning environment for the volunteers, students and Future Job Fund young people. Community café

17. The café provides a buffet service that caters for all events, what ever the size or wherever the venue. We provide buffets for all occasions across Wrexham. Prices start from £4.95 per person. Buffet Service

19. Sparkles Day Nursery operates Mon - Fri between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm. Sparkles Day Nursery is registered for up to 30 children between 2 months old and full-time school age. We also offer “a wrap around ” service from some schools. Adult/Child ratio: One adult to three children under 2 One adult to four children aged 2 years One adult to eight children aged 3 – 5 years Sparkles Day Nursery

21. Caia Crafts aims to offer local residence the opportunity to learn new skills and improve confidence through the medium of wood. Caia Crafts are committed to recycling wherever possible. There products are produced from commercial waste or timber which has come from accredited woodland. Products Caia Crafts sell: Trugs Chopping Boards Farrier Boxes Elegant Boxes Caia Crafts

23. Deva House Deva House is all about providing high quality services for older people. Services for older people include: Independent Bathing Facilities Informed Advice on Benefits and Entitlements Health Checks and Advice on Healthy Living Assisted Laundry Facilities Supervised Day Trips Supported Holidays Complementary Therapies Advocacy – Developing Ideas and Support

25. Meals on Wheels Deva House provides a Meals on Wheels service which contains: Freshly cooked two-course meals - provided every week day to the customers door step at £3.50 per meal. Excellent hot meals – provided daily o the premises at £3.50 per meal. Freshly made Lunch packs – with sandwiches, cake and fresh fruit at £2.00.

26. Advance Training and Consultancy offers accredited and non accredited training to businesses, community groups and individuals, in Wrexham and the surrounding area. The training is provided by experienced, qualified trainers in comfortable well equipped training rooms. Advance Training & Consultancy

27. Non Accredited Training Offered Effective Staff Supervision & Development Effective Recruitment & Selection Developing a Professional Image Understanding Confidentiality within the Workplace Complying with the Disability Discrimination Act Train the Trainer Diversity Awareness An Introduction to Human Rights An Introduction to Hate Crime Community Cohesion - Making it Happen Black Coffee/White Coffee - Political Correctness Culture, Religion, Faith & Society Advance Training & Consultancy

28. Accredited Training: Health & Safety in the Workplace Level 2 First Aid at Work- 1Day First Aid at Work - 3 Days The Principles of Manual Handling Level 2 Food Safety in Catering Level 2 Health & Safety in the Workplace Level 2 First Aid at Work- 1Day First Aid at Work—2 day refresher The Principles of Manual Handling Level 2 Advance Training & Consultancy

29. CPP has been working towards setting up a Textile Recycling social enterprise. The new enterprise will involve: recycling of good quality clothing for children and babies. Collections will made from a network of nurseries and schools, and also kerbside collections. All textiles will be sorted at a grading facility before being sent for resale at the new shop. Unwanted textiles will be weighed in and the income earned will be put back into the project. Textile Recycling – ‘Kit for Kids’

30. Provide training opportunities for ILM and Future Job Fund employees, e.g. customer care, retail skills. Provide volunteering opportunities. Provide high quality clothing at an affordable price. Job opportunities.

31. Positive impact Maintained services and jobs Become more businesslike Developed new skills Increased independence Role model More training and employment opportunities Continue to encourage Community Cohesion

32. Challenges New ethos and culture Learning the hard way Impact of recession Start up costs Risk

33. Plans for the future Strengthening/maximising existing enterprises Developing new enterprises –Textile recycling –Other recycling Maximising opportunities presented by ILM and FJF

34. Questions and Answers

35. Contact details: www.caiapark.org lorraine.daly@caiapark.orgorraine.daly@caiapark.org ange.wadeson@caiapark.org 01978 310984