TY - GEN

T1 - Managing local assets collaboratively

T2 - A policy brief for community & town councils' Biodiversity Champions

AU - Woodcock, Elizabeth

N1 - Polciy Brief based on a focussed discussion of PhD research findings, with Biodiversity Champions of community & town councils

PY - 2023/12/6

Y1 - 2023/12/6

N2 - This policy brief explains how community & town councils can implement a ‘Wild Pathways’ strategy to deliver their multiple responsibilities for community development, public health and wellbeing, and biodiversity.• Statutory guidance encourages community & town councils to work with other organisations on a range of issues, from managing local assets to implementing biodiversity plans.• Recent research in Wales identified multiple dilemmas for collaborative partnerships, which risk councils losing the focus on local priorities. • The research project created a specific strategy called ‘Wild Pathways’ that can help Biodiversity Champions to work with local partners to manage community assets without losing the focus on community & town councils’ priorities.• The briefing builds on a focussed group discussion with 23 Biodiversity Champions, organised by One Voice Wales’ Pethau Bychain project in November 2023.

AB - This policy brief explains how community & town councils can implement a ‘Wild Pathways’ strategy to deliver their multiple responsibilities for community development, public health and wellbeing, and biodiversity.• Statutory guidance encourages community & town councils to work with other organisations on a range of issues, from managing local assets to implementing biodiversity plans.• Recent research in Wales identified multiple dilemmas for collaborative partnerships, which risk councils losing the focus on local priorities. • The research project created a specific strategy called ‘Wild Pathways’ that can help Biodiversity Champions to work with local partners to manage community assets without losing the focus on community & town councils’ priorities.• The briefing builds on a focussed group discussion with 23 Biodiversity Champions, organised by One Voice Wales’ Pethau Bychain project in November 2023.

KW - Collaboration

KW - Biodiversity

KW - Community & Town Councils

KW - Wales

M3 - Other contribution

ER -