Reaching Jaywick: Year 1 Community Update

• CoastNet– Working to improve the quality of life in coastal communities

• Reaching Jaywick – 3 ½ year Big Lottery funded project started April 2010

• The Team Alex Midlen Project Manager (P/T) Pippa Crighton Community & Education Officer (F/T)Bryony Graham Community and Arts Officer (P/T)Naomi Davies Project Support (P/T)

About the Project

The Reaching Jaywick team… Working with and for the people of Jaywick to:

Support community activities in Jaywick

Improve enjoyment of open spaces including Jaywick beach

Providing creative opportunities to gain skills and learning

Developing a community led improvement plan

Building relationships

• A warm thank you for your support and welcome

• We have spent the year meeting, listening and understanding

• Getting to know the community– 23 local community groups/agencies– 150 meetings

• Responding to your constructive feedback, together we have changed our programme of work

Celebrating our successes

We have supported:– Jaywick Summer Fayre

– Tea dances

– Jaywick Martello Tower events

– Christmas Pantomime at Jaywick Community Resource Centre

Community Activities & Events

We have initiated:

– Jaylympics

– Big Draw

– Beach Volleyball

– Walking groups

– Film screenings

– Littoral conference

– CreativeNet

Regular Activities: CreativeNet

• Creative NetOpportunity to explore individual & Community creativity in its widest sense

• Bringing people together

• Build confidence

• Opportunities for new

experiences

• Providing Skills & Training

Regular Activities: CreativeNet

Different People & Places• CreativeNet - monthly at Jaywick

Martello Tower

• C-Net holiday workshop camps - for young people and parents/carers

• C-Net Studio Sessions

• C-Net Weekly Afterschool club - at Frobisher Primary School 2

Regular Activities: CreativeNet

• Arts Awards – 11-18 years– National Pilot

scheme (7-11 years)

• Children‘s University – Learning destination

• Coming soon– FilmClub

Activities for Year 2 Building a partnership programme of sustainable community activities and events

– Summer Events Program

– Discovering Communities – Exploring Jaywick Project• Clacton Coastal Academy school project + TDC Neighbourhood Team • AQA award

– Adopt-a-beach, Marine Conservation Society• + TDC Neighbourhood Team

Landscape IS – Kingston University

• Their role:

– Help deliver 5 Physical improvement projects

– Review past and current projects

– Take part in some Reaching Jaywick activities

Celebrating our successes: NVCC

National Voice for Coastal Communities

CoastNet have supported Jaywick’s membership to the NVCC and All-Party Paliamentary Group for Coastal and Marine Issues

Community-led plan of action

• Lots of talk about community-led regeneration… … this requires a plan of action

• We have a commitment within our project to produce one for you

• Over the last year we have been listening to your ideas, whilst reviewing past and present projects

• We are ready now to put together a draft-plan for you to review and revise and we would like to invite you to an event to do this

TUESDAY 26th JULY 201112.30pm – 3.30pm including lunch

Jaywick Community Resource Centre