1. The Impact of WfCAP & CAPs in Wiltshire during 2014
Connections: providing opportunity for communities to work together
• 12 of Wiltshire’s 18 Community Areas have active, high-achieving CAPs/Networks, supported by WfCAP.
• CAPs bring together over 80% of the parish councils.
• CAPs have an average network of 25 partners including statutory & voluntary sector, businesses & clubs.
• The CAPs communicate with 5665 residents & organisations locally, plus a further 15,108 people online.
• WfCAP works closely with the Area Board team, plus other Council officers and elected members.
• WfCAP participates on 5 strategic level steering groups including Legacy Board & Wiltshire Compact.
• WfCAP is a stakeholder of a further 7 organisations, including the CCG & Market Towns Forum.
• WfCAP is currently working with another 10 organisations including Selwood Housing & Safe Places.
• WfCAP have in excess of 75 partners within our network.
Communication: raising awareness of what’s happening locally
• 500+ contacts on WfCAP’s database
• 175 monthly readers of WfCAP e-bulletin
• 2998 visitors to WfCAP website during 2014 > 32% being new visitors
• 1323 followers on Twitter
• 535 Linkedin connections
• 110 participants in WfCAP’s community competitions
• 12,072 views across WfCAP’s Flickr & YouTube sites
• Our successful Community Fayre last summer was attended by 140 people from across Wiltshire.
• The promotional film from this then gained over 200 watches on YouTube following the event.
• WfCAP have a direct, regular, publicity reach of over 5500 contacts
Volunteering: helping communities to do more for themselves
• 422 volunteers are actively engaged with the 12 CAPs;
• 22,558 volunteer hours have been contributed through the CAPs this year.
• Every £1 invested in a CAP gives a value for money return of over 600% in volunteer effort & value (VIVA)
Engagement: increasing influence & participation at a local level
The JSAs are a perfect example of how WfCAP & the CAPs assisted Wiltshire Council with their objectives.
• 12 JSA Culture chapters created by CAPs working together with Wiltshire Council arts officers
• 39 JSA event facilitators provided by the CAPs
• 27 JSA event group discussions facilitated by WfCAP staff
• 142 JSA priorities from 2014 are currently being addressed through CAP projects (or already tackled)
“WfCAP has been a most valuable partner in engaging community groups in developing the
Community Area JSA documents. The ability of WfCAP to mobilise both local intelligence and the
capacity of the CAP’s to plan and prepare, events and documents has enabled significant pieces
of work to happen across the county.” Peter Tyas – Manager Arts & Archives
Added Value: WfCAP has 9 years’ experience in supporting the council’s culture of community planning
• We operate on very streamlined staffing and overheads: just 2 staff & just 60 hours paid time per week.
• 3 trustees oversee and support the organisation in a voluntary, unpaid, capacity.
• In setting up as a charity, our independence has enabled us to reduce our core costs by over 17%.
• We give a disproportionate output for our limited capacity, participating in 142 events/meetings in 2014.

2. • We provide vital services including free Public Liability & Volunteer Insurance policies to communities.
• This year the CAPs have raised in excess of £80,000 for community projects from external funders.
• Despite reduced revenue allocations all Area Boards have chosen to continue support to their CAPs.