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Published: March 2009
This practical report takes an in-depth look into community-led service provision in rural areas. It concludes a three year action research project by Carnegie partners, Atlantis Leisure. Based on their experience of running an extremely successful community enterprise, the study examines the background of Atlantis leisure as well as three other case studies- Shannon Swimming and Leisure Centre, Chipping and District Memorial Hall and Kilwinning Sports Club. It focuses on what makes these organisations successful and on how it can be made easier for other community organisations to positively impact in the provision and delivery of sustainable facilities and services in rural areas.
This research illustrates the importance of the projects in the case studies to their communities. All have grown out of a significant need in their community which was not met by the public or private sector and would have remained unmet without direct action from the community. The case studies demonstrate that communities bring inventiveness, enthusiasm, passion, and given the right support will outperform their public sector counterparts both in service delivery and value for money.
Atlantis Leisure, with Carnegie UK Trust, aim to demonstrate through best practice and policy change how it can be made easier for community organisations to positively impact on the provision and delivery of sustainable facilities and services in rural areas. The conclusions of this report will form a basis for a seminar which will be held in summer 2009. More information about this will be circulated once confirmed.
| Attachment | Size |
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| Community-led Service Provision in Rural Areas.pdf | 4.51 MB |
| Appendix.pdf | 3.97 MB |