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Name of
Organisation Colne Valley
Trust Address 21a Carr
Lane From 1
September 2000: Email Telephone
No 01484
847790 Fax 01484
845906 Website
address Year
Founded 1990 Year joined
DTA 1993 Board
members Information
on current Board members is available from the
Trust. Senior
staff Name Job Email Keith
James Chief
Officer Project
Officer (from 24.7.00) David
Littlewood Acting
Project Officer (up to 21.7.00) Sandra
Porter Office
Administrator Total number of
staff (full and part time) and use of
Email Total
no. %
using email at work %
using email at home but not at
work 4 (5
from 24.7.00) 75% 0% The
organisation is able to offer help with use of
Internet to other Trusts Yes Internet at
present used for: Trust
Website - http address Trust
Intranet n/a Aims of the
Trust Colne Valley
Trust is dedicated to the economic, social,
environmental and cultural regeneration of the
Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, covering the
villages of Marsden, Slaithwaite, Linthwaite and
Golcar. The area has been badly hit by the decline
of the textile industry and the Trust was set up to
encourage inward investment, promote communal
self-help and initiate community
projects. Initially the
intention was to become self-sufficient through the
purchase and management of workspace, but this
proved difficult. Instead, IT training via a
trading subsidiary became both a major regenerative
tool and a fund-raiser for the Trust, and this
continues, though presently at a reduced level.
Major successes for the Trust have been in the
fields of Credit Unions, children's play spaces,
Planning for Real consultation, business planning
advice, environmental working group formation,
public transport improvements and Agenda 21
awareness-raising with young people. Colne Valley
Trust is presently in a transition stage. With a
major NLCB grant under our belts, we are to move to
new premises, appoint new staff and take on the
management of a large community building in
association with a local management committee.
Objective 2 funding will assist us in our declared
aim for the future of targeting rural deprivation
in our area. Benefits
expected We expect to
gain from the DTA the following: Information
about the Movement around the country and ideas
from the network that we can use. Support for the
DT Movement through relationships with central
government. Opportunities
to meet with other practitioners. Training
opportunities organised at national and regional
level. Limited
financial support for special purposes or in times
of crisis. Opportunities
for publicity for our own work. The right to
influence the direction of the Movement through
meetings and conferences. Benefits
received We have
received all the above from the DTA at different
times. Especially important to us have been the
small but important amounts of financial support at
critical times. The regional structure has become a
very valuable asset for us since the appointment of
the paid officer. We feel that Colne Valley Trust,
for its size, has also contributed a great deal to
the national and regional movement, and it is
perhaps more important to talk about this two-way
process than simply about what we get from the
central team. Neither can exist without the other,
and it is vital for both 'sides' to keep this in
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