PAPER B

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING, TOURISM AND LEISURE SERVICES SELECT COMMITTEE – 27 OCTOBER 2003

 

‘BOOK 2’  ISLAND 2000 PROGRESS REPORT

 

REPORT OF THE ISLAND 2000 TRUST

 

REASON FOR SELECT COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

 

Information and enlightenment

 

ACTION REQUIRED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE

 

Consideration of ongoing partnership between Island 2000 and the Council

 

BACKGROUND

 

Island 2000 was created by the Isle of Wight Council in 1997 as the beginnings of a bid to the Millennium Commission. This bid succeeded in funding the Ventnor Botanic Gardens and Dinosaur Isle but left out the landscape, conservation art and education outreach proposed in the same package. This work became the remit of the AONB Project Team until August 1998. The end of funding arrangements for this unit then threatened its ability to continue to develop and extend the Island 2000 vision and so the Island 2000 Trust was created – an independent limited company/charitable non-profit whose task was, and remains, to deliver the best of the Island 2000 vision from 1997 and take it further.

This year is the Trust’s 5th birthday and BOOK 2 celebrates our work and achievements accordingly.

 

RELEVANT PLANS, POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

 

Island 2000’s work has strong links to the following: Community Strategy, UDP (and incipient Local Development Framework), Biodiversity Action Plan, Cultural Strategy, Area Investment Framework, Rural strategy, Local Transport Plan, AONB Management Plan.

 

CONSULTATION PROCESS

 

Island 2000 continues to refer back to the original consultative process underpinning the 1997 Millennium bid. The work of the Trust is by its very nature consultative and engages the community in discussion, debate and collaboration.

 

FINANCIAL, LEGAL, CRIME AND DISORDER IMPLICATIONS

 

None, although the Trust remains precariously placed for core funding and so is always happy to discuss financial options with all partners including the Council. Island 2000’s current reserves only last until March 2004.

 

APPENDICES ATTACHED

 

‘BOOK 2’ Island 2000’s work from Autumn 2000 to Spring 2003  ‘Celebrating Islandness’. (This has been sent to Members of the Select Committee under separate cover)

 

BACKGROUND PAPERS USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

 

Contact Point :    Ian Boyd, Trust Director    [email protected]                       

 

 

IAN BOYD

Trust Director