WCVA supports communities throughout Wales with advice, training, grants, loans and contracts to help improve lives in deprived areas. For example, they have supported Valleys Kids, a community hub in South Wales, which has helped change the lives of thousands through services like educational support and raising aspirations. WCVA also leads on climate change initiatives in the sector, having already reduced their carbon footprint by 26% through changes like using public transport, installing solar panels, and reducing energy usage in offices. Additionally, WCVA helps people into jobs through programs that provide skills and qualifications, with over 5,000 people helped into employment through their efforts. They advocate for new models of public service delivery, such as through social investment bonds,

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4. Grants v Procurement Communities Jobs Wellbeing Climate Change

5. Do Say Result

6. Grants v Procurement £12m in grants £12m in contracts Do

7. Procurement Slow Resource intensive Undermines community ownership and engagement Say

8. Procurement Promotes competition Destroys relationships Equates with private sector Say

9. Jane Hutt “ Grants is the Welsh way” First Minister “ I am not a fan of procurement” Procurement is not the default option. Result

10. Communities WCVA supports communities throughout Wales with advice, training, grants, loans and contracts. We help improve the lives of thousands in the most deprived communities. Do

11. Communities Valleys Kids is a community hub in South Wales valleys that WCVA has supported with grants, loans, training and a range of other support They, in turn, have helped change the lives of thousands of people and families in some of Wales’ most disadvantaged areas We help improve the lives of thousands in the most deprived communities. Do

12. Jonathan Do

13. Jonathan Difficult start in life Support from Valleys Kids Educational support Family stability Raised aspirations Volunteering Community leader Employment Do

14. Jonathan ‘ Friends got into crime, became parents really young, some are in prison, some have died’ ‘ Valleys Kids saved me from making those choices. Both me and my family owe them a huge amount’ Do

15. Community engagement and hubs are essential ingredients in the new Communities First programme. Say

16. New programme to secure community engagement and include hubs as an option. Result

17. Climate Change WCVA leads the sector on climate change programmes and underpins this with a 10% carbon footprint reduction target. Do

18. Result 2010

19. Travel Use public transport Reduce taxi use Bicycle stands and training Mileage allowance: bicycles & passengers Bike buy and season ticket loans Action

20. Food Food waste recycling bins Fair Trade products 50% vegetarian buffets Recycle everything? Action

21. Action Offices Toilet light sensors Water hippos Video conferencing Solar panels Turn heating down

22. Result 2011 26% decrease in total 39% decrease per person

23. Jobs 5,000 people into jobs 500 partners ILMs, Future Jobs, Gateway, Internships Skills, qualifications, jobs, support Transform lives Do

24. Do Video case study

25. Need for job creation through ‘ILM’ models Evidence of effectiveness and value Say

26. £75 m Welsh Jobs Fund + ILM + Third Sector delivery

27. Wellbeing Create a way of financing service change Welsh Social Investment Bond Do

28. Clear roles and examples of new ways of delivering services. ‘ Bridging the Gap’ ‘ A Co-designed Future’ Say

29. Bridging finance and incentive to change public services. Result

30. Challenges Jobs Impact Grants & Investment Co-production Europe 2014 - 2020 2012

31. Challenges Impact on planet Procurement Cuts 2012