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Project champions, partners and funders

This table details the priority projects which the Dawlish Community Trust will lead and the projects in which it will work closely with its partners.

Table 1: Project Details
Project	Status (key)	Champion	Potential Partners	Potential Funders	When
Community Umbrella Organisation	A	DCT	DTC, TDC, CVS, Open Daw		Now
New community Centre for Dawlish - Feasibility Study	A	DCT	TDC, DTC, Open Daw, Voluntary Groups	TDC, BLF, DSP	Now
Information on Community Events Promotion	A	DCT	TDC, DTC, Open Daw, Voluntary Groups	TDC, BLF	Now
Expand Churchill Avenue Community Centre	S	KMCA		?	Now
Events for all age groups	A	DCT		BLF	Now
Utilise Shaftesbury Theatre	S	Dawlish Repertory Company	Youth Groups	BLF	Now
Reduce Crime	S	Devon and Cornwall Constabulary	Schools, Youth Groups, Chamber of Trade, Local Traders		Now
New Dawlish Youth Centre and Skate Park Feasibility Study	S	Dawlish Action for Youth, Wally Protheroe	DTC, TDC, Devon Youth Service	TDC, BLF, DSP	Now
New Allotments	S	DTC, John Winchester		DTC	Done
Improve sports facilities	S	TDC	Sports Groups, Youth Groups	TDC, Sport England	Now
Improve recycling	S	TDC		TDC	Soon
Skills and economy professional	A	DCT	TTC, DTC, Business Link	Devon and Cornwall LSC	Done
Basic skills courses	A	DCT	Dawlish Community College, Local Companies	Devon and Cornwall LSC	Later
Work placements/ modern apprentices	A	DCT	Dawlish Community College, Local Companies	Devon and Cornwall LSC	Later
Skills audit	A	DCT/TCDT	Dawlish Community College, Local Companies	Devon and Cornwall LSC	Done
Foster a 'learning' environment in the business community	I	DCT/TCA	Dawlish Community College, Local Companies	Devon and Cornwall LSC	Now
Create a 'Learning Business Centre'	I	DCT/TCA	Dawlish Community College, Local Companies	Devon and Cornwall LSC
Increase the capacity of voluntary and community sector	I	TCA/Talk Training	Local voluntary and social enterprise companies	BLF, Devon Forum	Now
Improve Dawlish shopping offer	S	TDC	Local Traders, Private sector	Private Sector	Later
Land for employment	I	TDC	Local Companies, Developers	Private Sector, SWRDA, TDC	Soon
Dawlish Business Park renewal	I	TDC	Developers, Local Companies	DEFRA, Local Companies, SWRDA, TDC	Now
Improving the Lawn, Lea Mount, Lanherne, Manor Gardens, Coastguards and Rockstone	I	TDC	DTC, DCC	TDC, SWRDA, BLF	Now
New Dawlish Heritage Centre	A	DCT	DTC, Museum, TDC, Dawlish History Group	TDC, Heritage Lottery	Now
New Dawlish Heritage Trail	A	DCT	DTC, TDC, Dawlish Museum, Dawlish History Group	TDC, Heritage Lottery	Now
The Brook 'Learning Zone'	A	DTC, Vanessa Langley	Voluntary Organisations, DTC Wildlife Warden	BLF	Now
Townscape conservation scheme	S	TDC	DTC, Dawlish Community College, English Heritage	TDC, Local Traders	Soon
Promote Dawlish Museum	S	Dawlish Museum Society	DTC	BLF	Now
Refurbish Dawlish Station	S	Network Rail	First Great Western Trains, DTC, TDC, DCC, Friends of Dawlish Railway Station	Network Rail, First Great Western, Heritage Lottery	Now
Restore Dawlish water wheel and leat	S	Leat Trust		Heritage Lottery	Now
Strand Improvement	I	DCC	DTC, TDC, Local Traders	DCC	Now
Traffic Management Scheme – Feasibility study	I	DCC	DTC, Local Traders	DCC	Now
Co-ordinated signage	I	DCC	DTC, TDC, Local Traders	DCC	Soon
Multi storey car park – feasibility study	S	DCC	DTC, Local Traders	DCC	Now
Cycling and walking routes	S	DCC	Sustrans, Landowners	DCC	Now
Local area tourism group	S	DWTG	TDC, Local companies	DSP	Done
Dawlish Warren marketing and promotion strategy	S	DWTG	TDC, South West Tourism, Local Companies	Business Link, DSP, Tourism South West	Now
Dawlish Warren all weather facility feasibility study	A	DWTG	TDC, Natural England	Local companies, DSP	Soon
Dawlish jetty feasibility study	I	TDC	Natural England, TDC, Local Companies	DSP, SWRDA	Soon
Dawlish Warren environmental improvements	I	TDC	Natural England, Local Companies	Local Businesses, TDC	Soon
Reinstate Dawlish Warren Beach Huts	S	Tracey Higgs	English Nature, TDC, Local Companies	TDC	Done
New local supermarket	S	TDC	Food Retailers	Food Retailers, Private sector	Now
Affordable housing	S	TDC	Registered Social Landlords, Private Sector	Housing Corporation, Private Sector, RSL	Now

Notes on the tables:

'Champion' organisations and individuals will be responsible for the delivery of the study or project. Costings have been omitted at this stage because no accurate costs are available as yet.

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