LATEST NEWS
Meeting - Llandovery Rugby Club (Red Room) 20/03/12 7pm
A follow up meeting to set priorities to take forward to the Chief Executive of Carmarthenshire County Council
You may wish to take a look at the following documents that have been prepared as a result of previous workshops and meetings:
- Llandovery Scoping Workshop - proposals and Next Steps - prepared by The Prince's Foundation for (the Built Environment) Building Community.
- Llandovery Sustainable Tourism Action Plan - Report to Brecon Beacons National Park funded by the Collabor8 Project
Donation to Gleision Miners Trust
£339.03 was raised during the recent Llandovery Sheep Festival. Al the Bucket Man, our head marshall, walked the streets collecting for the families of the miners who died in this horrific accident.
The cheque was presented by Tony Smith, Secretary, recently to Lyn Harper, the agent for Peter Hain's office in Neath.
Thank you everyone! Diolch yn fawr i bawb
R.I.P.
We are sad to report that Gill Kilmartin (2010 2011 Secretary) died on Friday 4th November 2011 at home after a long fight against cancer. She was a valued member of the committee and a warm and generous person. We shall miss her very much and our condolences go to Tony, Jason and Louise.
A memorial service for Gill, to celebrate her life, will take place at 11.00 am at Llandingat Church, Llandovery on Tuesday 15th November 2011, followed by a cremation service in Aberdare. No flowers by request. Donations in lieu to Cancer Research UK
Latest newsletter - February 2011
Past meetings:
There will be a Public meeting at the Castle Hotel on Thursday 21st April at 6.30pm presented by the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment. If you Love Llandovery then it is important to attend - find out what the future can hold........................all very exciting!
3rd May 2011 - A workshop will be held to design leaflets for Days Out from Llandovery. All ideas are welcome. When friends and family come to stay where do you go? what do you do?
Our Vision
Instigated by the Princes Charities Trust at a public meeting, held in October 2009, it was decided that two bodies should be created - The Llandovery Partnership and its subset The Llandovery and District Chamber of Commerce. Both groups aim to improve the economic sustainablity of Llandovery and its surrounding area.
The Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce was set up first by electing a committee and adopting a constitution and stating its vision:
The Llandovery & District Chamber of Commerce exists to link local traders and businesses together in order to promote a positive and progressive environment in which to do business. By working together for our own good and for the good of our town we can make a difference to the community.
The Llandovery Partnership - Visioning a Better Future
Once the Chamber of Commerce was started a Partnership Management Group ( PMG ) was then established shortly afterwards. The task of this Group is to analyse the social, economic and environmental problems facing the Community and to devise a strategy for its rejuvenation and sustainability over the coming decade (the 2020 Strategy)
For several years the Town, like many other communities in rural mid-Wales, has witnessed a steadily declining local economy, deterioration of important services and the flight of its young people to the larger towns and cities.
There is virtually no affordable housing for local people of modest means and as development land is severely restricted it is very expensive. Farming, once the mainstay of the local economy, now supports very few jobs and there is limited employment opportunity elsewhere in the area. Small commercial businesses have a high failure rate and investment in the town is falling. Only a minimum level of service is possible for the railway operator, schools are having to close and most local children do not expect to return to the area after higher education.
It would not be unreasonable to expect the local population to feel frustrated and depressed and, certainly, expectations have faltered as these problems have deepened over the last few decades. But now there is a new mood emerging, evidenced by a group of determined people capable of galvanising the community, intent upon reversing this spiral of decline and able to help Llandovery prepare for the end of cheap oil and a changing climate.
To achieve this, the PMG has launched a radical initiative, the Llandovery Project, the first stage being the preparation of a range of policies for housing, food, energy, transport, tourism, education and other public services. These policies and priorities will be illustrated in a “Vision Plan”, a view of Llandovery Community in 2020. Achievable, commonsense proposals in conceptual form, presented in clear graphics and plain language.
Guided by public opinion in the town and neighbouring communities, and by discussions with Local Government councillors/officers, this work will be carried out in an accelerated programme and will be completed by March 2010.
Discussions will be sought with CCC during the early development of the vision plan. On completion the intention is to promote the project in a wider public arena as soon as possible and to work hard for the adoption of its policies.
(adapted from a summary prepared for the Llandovery Partnership by the Calon Cymru Consultancy: December 2009)