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COMMUNITIES FIRST – CLUSTER REQUEST FOR FUNDING 2015/16

PLEASE NOTE ALL REQUESTS FOR FUNDING MUST BE CLEARED AND ENDORSED BY THE LEAD DELIVERY BODY BEFORE SUBMISSION.

Section 1 – Endorsement and Compliance

Cluster Manager

Signature:Date

Name in Block Capitals: ALICE GREENLEES

Organisation and Position:Communities First West Cluster, City and County of Swansea – Cluster Manager

Contact details:[email protected]: 01792 457025

Authorised representative of the Lead Delivery Body for the Cluster

Signature:

DateName in Block Capitals:

Organisation and Position:

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mailto:[email protected]

The Request for Funding Application 2015/16 should be completed in conjunction with the accompanying guidance note and Communities First Outcomes Framework.

All sections must adhere to stipulated word limits and be completed in the boxes provided.

The completed and signed Delivery Plan (including the Community Involvement Plan and the Financial Table) should be submitted to the relevant Welsh Government Communities First Implementation Team by 19 September 2014. An electronic version and signed hard copy is required by 5 pm on the above date. Late submissions could result in a delayed decision on your future funding.

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Delivery Plans should be returned to:

For the Local Authority Areas CF Delivery Team Address

Anglesey,Conwy,Denbighshire,Gwynedd,Flintshire andWrexham

Communities First North WalesTeam

Communities DivisionWelsh Government

Sarn MynachLlandudno Junction

ConwyLL31 9RZ

Tel: 0300 062 5456

Bridgend, Carmarthenshire,Neath Port Talbot,Pembrokeshire andSwansea.

Communities First West Wales Team


Government BuildingsPicton Terrace

CarmarthenSA31 3BT

Tel: 01267 225352

Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly,Newport, Torfaen

Communities First Gwent TeamCommunities Division

Welsh GovernmentRhydycar

Merthyr TydfilCF48 1UZ

Tel: 0300 062 8280

Cardiff,Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Vale of Glamorgan.

Communities First Bro Taf Team


RhydycarMerthyr Tydfil

CF48 1UZTel: 0300 062 8288

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Section 2 – Delivery Plan

IMPORTANT NOTE: You should carefully consider the accompanying guidance and Communities First Outcomes Framework before submitting your application for 2015/16. If you require further clarification please contact your Regional Communities First Implementation Team.

Cluster Programme Overview

Please provide a concise overview of planned delivery for 2015/16 outlining your key priorities. This should be restricted to a maximum of 600 words.

Analysis of the data for the West cluster in Swansea shows that six out of the 8 LSOAs in the cluster are amongst the 10% most deprived communities in Wales, as ranked by the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation. In each of these LSOAs there are high levels of deprivation across the four domains of income, employment, health and education suggesting that many people are coping with multiple problems, with all the drain on time, energy and confidence that that entails. Townhill 1, 2, 3 (the north side of Townhill and the north and eastern end of Mayhill|), and Castle 1 (Brynmelyn) show the highest levels of deprivation.

For this reason the cluster team’s programme will cover all three outcomes and, although many activities/projects will be delivered cluster-wide, particular emphasis will continue to be given to work with the four LSOAs where need is greatest.

Our Prosperous Communities projects for 2015/6 will continue to focus on:

Intensive support for people furthest from the labour market and those who will be looking for work when their children move into full-time school

Support for 16-25 year olds who are not in employment, education or training

Access to advice and support for people coping with debt and benefit problems

Our Learning Communities projects for 2015/16 will continue to focus on

Early years intervention to increase the school readiness of children in this area

Out of school activities for children’s wellbeing and development Additional support to children in school through literacy catch up and

personal development linked to VAP score Support to parents so that they are better able to support their

children in school Opportunities for adults to gain or update qualifications

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Our Healthier Communities projects for 2015/16 will continue to focus on:

Making it easier for people to make health choices about food, exercise and lifestyle

Equipping people with the knowledge and confidence to keep themselves safe and healthy

Strengthening community support and networks for the most excluded

We use an integrated approach that makes the most of every contact that the cluster team has with community members, particularly the most vulnerable. Many residents are facing complex problems that cannotbe helped by one project or service. Whatever the initial point of contact, the cluster team will take the opportunity to discuss with people whether there other issues that they would like to address and to refer to other Communities First projects, or to other providers where appropriate.

We also want to recognise the strengths that many people have. We work with many people who are coping with multiple problems but who are also some of the most stalwart and committed of volunteers. By emphasising the positive contribution that people can make to their own community the cluster team can help people build the confidence to make change. Encouraging community members to volunteer on our projects, with a view to taking on and running projects themselves, is an important step forward.

All projects will contribute to the City and County of Swansea PovertyStrategy.

Please outline, using bullet points, any key changes to your existing priorities/ projects (2014/15) outlining the main reasons for this change and where new priorities/ projects have emerged. This should be restricted to a maximum of 300 words.

We have made no changes to our priorities and projects. We took the opportunity to make substantial changes to the Cluster Delivery Plan for 2014/15 and now wish to focus on operational issues, particularly co-ordination with partners.

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Programme Outcome

Prosperous Communities Outcome

To reduce inequalities in income and opportunity for the most deprived communities in Wales, ensuring people have access to the resources

needed to provide for themselves and their families and to improve their life chances.

National Indicators Please refer to Aspireview

Story behind the Baseline

Clusters should insert their current Story Behind the Baseline.

In a situation of job shortages residents who have low or no qualifications, a history of mainly temporary or seasonal work, and in some cases additional problems of substance misuse or a history of offending, find it difficult to break into better paid and secure work. For people living long-term on very low incomes the consequence is likely to be debt or extreme poverty.

Townhill ward has a population of 795 people born outside the UK including over 100 refugees and these people face additional difficulties in finding employment. The Castle ward LSOAs also house numbers of asylum seekers.

The estimated median household income for Townhill, based on CACI’s 2012 ‘PayCheck’ data, is £14,870, the lowest (of 36 wards) in Swansea.

25% of households in the Townhill electoral ward are headed by lone parents.

In Townhill 19% of households with dependent children do not have an adult in employment.

The estimated median household income for Castle, based on CACI’s 2011 ‘PayCheck’ data, is £19,650; the third lowest (of 36 wards) in Swansea.

DWP data demonstrates an unemployment rate in Townhill well above the Swansea equivalent with other DWP benefit claimant rates also higher. Economic inactivity and (full time) employment rates are noticeably lower than Swansea (Townhill Ward Profile CCS 2013)

Based on an analysis of the data and the story behind the baseline our projects will continue to focus on:

Intensive support for people furthest from the labour market and for those who will be looking for work when their children move into full-time school;

Support for 16-25 year olds who are not in employment, education or training; and

Access to advice and support for people coping with debt and benefit problems.

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Key partners Who’s involved? What is their role?

Workways for referrals on to work placements and employment Want2Work for employment preparation Jobcentre Plus for referrals into the projects Careers Wales/Keeping in touch for referrals into the projects CAB for specialist advice City and County of Swansea Welfare Rights Team for specialist

advice and support Gorseinoin and Clydach foodbanks for emergency assistance

Community Involvement

Please describe how the community have/will be involved in developing, delivering, monitoring and evaluating projects under the prosperous theme.

The community are involved in: developing projects under this theme though the quarterly

Community Forums and through additional consultation and focus groups to discuss the CDP

delivering projects as volunteers with the Positive Steps to Employment and Financial Support projects

monitoring and evaluating projects through each project’s quality monitoring; and

discussing progress and quality at the Community Forums, and at the Cluster Steering Group.

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Cluster Priorities and Action Plan – Prosperous CommunitiesCluster Priorities Prosperous Communities

Priority 1

Helping people to develop employment skills and find work (ages 25+)

Activity/Project 1. Positive Steps to Employment(PC-PM 1.3, 1.8)

Priority 2

Reducing youth unemployment and disengagement (ages 16-24)

Activity/Project 1.NEET engagement project(PC-PM 2.2, 2.3)

Priority 3

Financial inclusion – improving financial capability, managing debt and raising income

Activity/Project 1.Financial support(PC-PM 4.5, 4.6)

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Programme Outcome

Learning Communities OutcomeTo promote a culture of learning within our communities where

everyone regardless of age or ability is encouraged to recognise their own potential and is supported to reach it.

National Indicators Please refer to Aspireview



All LSOAS in the cluster show high levels of educational deprivation on all the indicators in the Education domain.

All pupils are given a red, amber or green Vulnerability Assessment Profile (VAP) score based on attendance, problems at school, reading age etc and two of the three secondary schools with the highest number of reds in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 are Dylan Thomas and Pentrehafod schools where pupils from the West cluster attend. Townhill 3 and Castle 1 are identified as two of the LSOAs with the highest number of reds.

The Cluster has the highest proportion of children aged 0-4 years at 9.5% against a city average of 5.3%. The Cluster has the second highest proportion of children aged 5-15 years at 14.8% against a city average of 11.8%.

47% children in Townhill ward and 38% children in Castle 1 and 3 are eligible for free school meals.

Children in the Cluster’s catchment schools have lower reading levels than the rest of Swansea at school years 2 and 7.

Both Primary and Secondary school absence rates in Townhill are significantly higher than the Swansea and Wales average.

The Townhill Electoral Division profile shows 42% of adults have no qualifications compared with 24% in Swansea.

Based on an analysis of the data and the story behind the baseline our projects will focus on:

Early years intervention to increase the school readiness of children from this area

Out of school activities for wellbeing and development Additional support to children in school through literacy

catch-up and personal development linked to VAP score Support to parents so that they are better able to support

their children in school Opportunities for adults to gain or update qualifications.

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Key partners Who’s involved? What is their role?

Flying StartLanguage and PlayLocal librariesFamily LearningHealth VisitorsTeam Around the FamilyFamily Facilitation teamCity and County of Swansea Play teamMayhill Family CentreArts and culture organisations including Waterfront Museum, Swansea Museum and Glyn Vivian GalleryPCSOsSchools within the clusterWEACity and County of Swansea Lifelong LearningUniversity of Wales Trinity St DavidGower College

All provide referrals into and from the projects, specialist advice and support, and co-delivery.


Please describe how the community have/will be involved in developing, delivering, monitoring and evaluating projects under the Learning theme.

The community are involved in:

developing projects under this theme though the quarterly Community Forums and through additional consultation and focus groups to discuss the CDP;

delivering projects as volunteers with the Stories with Scamp, Out of School Hours, Literacy Catch-Up and Supporting Parents projects;

monitoring and evaluating each project through the participants’ quality monitoring; and


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Cluster Priorities and Action Plan – Learning CommunitiesCluster Priorities

Priority 1

Promoting family learning in the early years

Activity/Project 1. Stories with Scamp(LC-PM 1.1, 1.3)

Priority 2

Supporting young people to do well at school

Activity/Project 1.Out of school hours activities(LC-PM 2.7)

Activity/Project 2.Personal development – key worker project for young people(LC-PM 2.2, 2.7)Activity/Project 3.Literacy catch-up(LC-PM 2.5)

Priority 3

Supporting families to be engaged in their children’s learning

Activity/Project 1.Supporting parents(LC-PM 3.2, 3.4)

Priority 4

Lifelong learning in communities

Activity/Project 3. Learning for Life(LC-PM 4.1, 4.2)

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Programme Outcome

Healthier Communities Outcome

Improved health and wellbeing for all, with the pace of improvementincreasing in proportion to the level of disadvantage.

National Indicators Please refer to Aspireview.



We know that for many people the barriers to a healthier lifestyle are practical – money and time – but lack of confidence and knowledge are also key.

A food environment mapping exercise confirmed that access to good quality inexpensive, fresh food is limited, that cost is the most important issue for community members, although convenience is sometimes the determining factor, and that confidence about buying and preparing ingredients is generally low.

The GP referral scheme reports that take-up by GPs and by referred patients is particularly low in the Mayhill area. Although there are open spaces, playing fields and a small gym in Townhill Community Centre public access is limited.

8.4% of live Singleton babies from Townhill have a low birth weight, 5.4 Swansea and 5.9 Wales (WIMD 2011)

2586 adults in the Townhill ward report long term limiting Illness affecting personal wellbeing and development, employment and mobility.

Death rates in the Castle Ward exceed the birth rate (Swansea Ward Profile data)

22% of adults in Swansea are classed as obese, according to the Annual Welsh Health Survey

The Slope Index of Inequality (Public Health Wales Observatory 2011) shows a reduced life expectancy by 12 years for men, and 7 years for women, and a reduced disability free life expectancy by 17.7 years for men and 13.7 years for women

Based on an analysis of the data and the story behind the baseline our projects will focus on:

Making it easier for people to make healthy choices about food, exercise and lifestyle

Equipping young people with the knowledge and confidence to keep themselves safe and healthy.

Key partners Who’s involved? What is their role?Natural Resources Wales: Come OutsideCommunity Food Officer

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Community Growing OfficerPublic Health WalesSmoking CessationPublic Health Cancer Screening Service SAND and WGCADA substance misuse advice servicesTopic House Older People’s CentreCity and County of Swansea Sports Development TeamThe PlaceInfoNationCommunity Connectors (Adult Services, City and County of Swansea)

All provide referrals into and from the projects, specialist advice and support, and co-delivery.


Please describe how the community have/will be involved in developing, delivering, monitoring and evaluating projects under the healthier theme.

The community are involved in:

developing projects under this theme though the quarterly Community Forums and through additional consultation and focus groups to discuss the CDP;

delivering projects as volunteers with the Healthier Lifestyles and Community Spirit projects;

monitoring and evaluating each project through the participants’ quality monitoring; and


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Cluster Priorities and Action Plan – Healthier Communities Cluster Priorities

Priority 1

Promoting physical wellbeing/encouraging healthy eating/reducing risks

Activity/Project 1. Healthier lifestyles(HC-PM 2.3, 4.2, 5.3)

Activity/Project 2.Look after yourself youth project(HC-PM 5.1, 5.3)

Priority 2

Supporting people with additional needs to live in the community

Activity/Project 1.Community Spirit

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Section 3 – Community Involvement Plan (CIP)

Please set out your Community Involvement Plan (CIP) for 2015/16. The CIP should describe how, during this period, communities will be engaged, empowered and kept informed of the work of the Cluster. Please include a section to demonstrate how you will monitor this work and the impact it has on the community. Please remember to include a Budget Table and a brief description of community involvement activities to be funded.

Swansea’s Communities First Programme has a shared definition of community involvement. It is the process of creating opportunities for everyone to:

have the confidence to take part in their community and society, have a voice in local service planning and delivery, and have the capacity, strength and wellbeing to contribute towards more sustainable and

cohesive communities and societies.

Our Community Involvement Plan sets out ways in which we will make this happen, taking into account the particular features of our cluster area, and the difficulties facing the most disadvantaged community members.

The West Cluster

The area is divided into 8 Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs), six of which (Townhill 1-6) make up Townhill ward, and two of which (Castle 1 and 3) are part of Castle ward.

Six out of the 8 LSOAs in the cluster are amongst the 10% most deprived communities in Wales, as ranked by the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation. In each of these LSOAs there are high levels of deprivation across income, employment, health and education suggesting that many people are coping with multiple problems. Townhill 1, 2, 3 (the north side of Townhill and the north and eastern end of Mayhill|), and Castle 1 (Brynmelyn) show the highest levels of deprivation.

In addition we know that:

Townhill ward has larger numbers of under 16s compared to Swansea overall. The Townhill ward has a population of 795 people born outside the UK which

represents 9.1% of the population against the Swansea average of 7.2%. 734 people in Townhill are from non–white ethnic groups. Castle LSOAs also have higher proportions of non white ethnic groups and people born

outside the UK than the Swansea average. 2,386 people, 27% of the Townhill ward population, have a long-term health problem or

disability. More than 100 asylum seekers are settled in Townhill with additional numbers of

refugees housed in temporary accommodation in both Townhill and Castle. About half of all households have incomes below 60% of the GB median income. 31% of working age adults in Townhill claim an employment related benefit. 52% of adults have no qualifications.

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The make up of the population and the geography of our cluster area means that people may find it difficult to get involved in the community because:

they feel that their age or ethnicity makes them unwelcome; It is difficult to get physical access to activities, particularly for those with ill health,

disability, or small children or other dependants; they can’t afford it; they don’t know about the opportunities; they don’t feel they have anything to offer; and previous experience tells them that no-one is interested in listening to their point of

view.

These are some of the barriers that we need to overcome if we want to increase community involvement, particularly by those who are most isolated or marginalised. Although community involvement in itself will not reduce poverty Welsh Government’s Tackling Poverty agenda recognises the importance of participation in the community as a factor in mitigating the effects of poverty.

How we will encourage, support and increase community involvement

We want to raise the level of community involvement in general but our analysis of the data, our knowledge of the area, and our Equalities Impact Assessment indicate that we need to give particular attention to:

young and older people; asylum seekers and refugees; people from the other protected characteristics groups; and people living in the four LSOAs with the greatest concentration of deprivation – the

north side of Townhill and Mayhill, and Brynmelyn.

With this in mind we will continue to concentrate on improving community involvement in four key areas of work:

people taking part in, and benefiting from, our projects: people involved in the community as volunteers, as members of community groups,

setting up new groups and actively involved in running our projects; people involved in our forums, in the local governance of the programme, overseeing

our work and progress and shaping future directions; and people having a say about their community, engaging with service providers to

influence services.

Our thinking is informed by Wilcox’s five point ladder of participation - information, consultation, deciding together, acting together and supporting independent community interests. Actions on each of these are incorporated into our plan below.

People taking part in our projects

We will tell people about Communities First by:

door knocking and talking to people in the street, outside the school, shops and Post Office, on street stalls and on local buses;

leaflets, flyers and newsletters through doors and posters in shops, using strong visual images and appropriate language;

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developing Facebook, Twitter and other social media; joining in local events held by community groups and organisations; making contact through groups or agencies that have good contacts in the area and

are trusted e.g. the African Community Centre and City of Sanctuary; using schools, library, Parenting Team, Housing department and other public and third

sector partners to publicise our work; and spreading the word through our quarterly community forum meetings across the

cluster.

We will make sure people can get involved in our projects by:

running activities in accessible locations, at different times and on different days so that as many people as possible can access them;

providing childcare and dependant care costs where needed; providing transport where needed; keeping all activities free of charge; and designing activities that fit the needs of the specified target group for each project.

People involved in independent voluntary and community action

We want people from this area to feel able to develop and run projects that will have a life after Communities First has gone. We will encourage volunteering and support community groups by:

recruiting, training and placing community volunteers, particularly those from the most marginalised groups, to help deliver and to run our Communities First projects;

working with SCVS to provide volunteer opportunities across the city; recognising the achievements of local volunteers through accreditation and celebrating

their contribution at Community Spirit events; providing training and advice for local groups, referring them to SCVS where needed; helping groups to secure funding where needed; helping new groups develop independently; and developing shared delivery of projects and activities.

People involved in our community forums

We will involve community members in overseeing, planning and shaping the work of Communities First through community forums bringing together people who want to influence what is happening in their community. The job of the forums is to:

receive monitoring and evaluation reports and tell the Communities First team if they are going in the right direction;

shape the Cluster Delivery Plans by making suggestions for improvements; come up with new ideas that will help the community; spread the word about Communities First; and help to put forward community views to the people who provide services in the area.

We want people from all parts of the community to take part and we want to make sure that they are comfortable and confident about doing so. We will make sure that different groups are represented in the forums by:

publicising them by leaflets, posters, door knocking, Facebook and word of mouth;

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inviting people who might not otherwise feel able to attend and arranging to support them if needed e.g. by providing childcare or dependant care costs, transport, translation, papers in large print, accessible venues etc; and

ensuring that the agenda reflects the needs and priorities of different groups. Every forum will be encouraged to discuss and adopt a ‘code of conduct’ setting out how the meetings will be open and welcome to all.

People having a say about their community

City and County of Swansea has designated the Cluster as a ‘target’ area with the intention of co-ordinating the resources and efforts of the Council and its partners to tackle poverty. This approach includes consultation with the community and an opportunity to improve the channel of communication between community members and service providers. We will help community members to get their voice heard by:

providing support and training for community members in advocacy and representation; promoting good practice in consultation and engagement (consistent with the National

Principles for Public Engagement in Wales and the National Children’s and Young Peoples Participation Standards for Wales) to other parts of City and County of Swansea and partner organisations involved in the Local Service Board;

making links between service providers and the community forums, including opportunities for consultation and feedback; and

working with SCVS Community Voices project to involve asylum seekers and refugees, people with disabilities, and people with mental health problems.

Monitoring and evaluation

We will monitor progress on increasing levels of community involvement using the measures below.

Indicator of community involvement 2014-15 baseline

2015-16 % increase

People involved in our projects 800 0% increase People from *target groups involved in our projects 100 50% increasePeople volunteering 60 10% increaseHours of volunteering 420 10% increaseVolunteers from our *target groups 30 10% increase People taking part in our community forums and shaping the Communities First work plan

30 50% increase

People from our *target groups taking part in community forums and shaping the Communities First work plan

20 50% increase

Opportunities for community members to engage with service providers to shape services

10 0% increase

*Target groups are young and older people, asylum seekers and refugees, people from the other protected characteristics groups, and people living in the four LSOAs with the greatest concentration of deprivation – the north side of Townhill and Mayhill, and Brynmelyn.

Our Equalities monitoring, undertaken as part of the Community Cohesion Delivery Plan, monitors the participation of people from protected characteristics groups in our projects and activities. Other monitoring is undertaken by geographical area.

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Staffing

Our team includes two Community Engagement Officers so we have additional capacity to devote to community involvement. Each Community Engagement Officer spends 70% of their time on community involvement activities, the remaining 30% is spent on Out of School hours and Healthier Lifestyles projects.

In addition, all team members are trained and proficient in supporting community involvement and we offer similar training and support for members of the community forums, as required.

Community involvement budget

In Swansea the costs for the Cluster Delivery Plan and Community Involvement Plan were integrated into a single £25,000 budget. The figures below are for activities undertaken by the two Community Engagement Officers in addition to engagement activities undertaken as part of individual projects and included in the project budgets e.g. for childcare, transport and marketing.

Activity £Venue hire 400.00Training 2000.00Volunteers expenses 1000.00Refreshments 600.00Total 4000.00

Section 4 – Staffing Structure

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Please include a detailed staffing structure for all posts requiring CF Funding. (This should include details for each post for LDB/Host Employer, hours worked and line management arrangements – you may submit one or more staff structure to cover the principal Cluster funding and any separate specialist post or third party funded projects.)

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Section 5 – Financial Table

Please complete the attached table outlining all financial aspects including staff, venue and project costs. This should clearly highlight where you are requesting funding from Welsh Government and where/ if funding is being provided by other sources.

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