Victoria Pier Colwyn Bay This is what conflict and procrastination achieves DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU… But it is possible… THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT INSTEAD…! HEALTH, LEARNING, PROSPERITY A health pier for the 21st century Training, employment and enterprise opportunities Community ownership in perpetuity All resting on a heritage foundation and protected with a community umbrella Restore the 1900 substructure, creating a stable platform New Health, Fitness, Beauty & Wellbeing Centre at entrance Restore the 1934 Pavilion as a café-restaurant with workspaces Health Tracks on the pier deck and Health Shacks alongside Evening activities, high-impact, low-energy light displays Community organising approach to development Local deprivation and ill-health Victorian interest in health and piers Fitness & leisure one of fastest-growing industries in UK (£4 bn) Socially desirable, commercially viable Piers – flat, free & very popular (72.2% of Welsh population) Opportunity to test personal health apps at community level Colwyn Bay – the healthiest place in Wales…? BCTC Cllr Abdul Khan Cllr Don Porter CVPT Gavin Davies Alan Shrimpton Colwyn Bay Pier Steering Group Partners Enabling Team 7 directors 170 members Over 1,000 supporters Enabling Team Jess Steele Ebony Redhead (funding support) Leisure Dev Partnerships (tourism) Engineers: Maurice McCartney (board development) Kindle Partnerships (health) Nick Clarke, Ramboll Roger Speakman, FPE Peter Wheeler, Hastings Pier Charity Wyn Roberts (marketing) Ronan Larvor Green Heat UK Nov 14 – Round 1 bid submitted Apr 15 – Round 1 bid approved Jun 15 – Permission to Start Sep 16 – Round 2 bid submitted Dec 16 – Round 2 bid approved Apr 17 – Permission to Start Sep 17 – Start on site Jun 19 – Pier reopens Jun 20 – HLF grant period ends Controlled professional fees Realistic staff costs Heading CCBC bid Professional fees Immediate works to secure pie £560k r Staff costs £79k Not possible works to save murals Emergency Security/insurance Surveys/planning £23.5k Mural research £120k Bid documents £76k Org dev/comm eng £50k Contingency £26k TOTAL £934k CVPT bid £220k £106k £100k £50k £25k £69.5k £50k £30k £650k Simpler match funding Heading CCBC BCTC Welsh Govt Charitable foundations Corporations (RWE) Other fundraising CCBC bid £140k £10k £100k £220 £40k £42k CVPT bid £100k £20k £595k £312k £1239k £531k £145k £796k Realistic vol time amount HLF grant request Vol time/non-cash TOTAL More for pier substructure, saved from murals New buildings rationalised and more commercial Heading CCBC bid Repair/conservation £6,744k Controlled professional fees New buildings £2,578k Proper staff team and activity budg Fit-out £752k et Professional fees £1,419k Staff/activity costs allocation £478k Essential insurance Contingency £1,086k Realistic inflation figure Insurance Inflation £1,736k TOTAL £14,739k CVPT bid £6,500k £1,400k £325k £794k £811k £676k £500k £902k £11,907k Use funds allocated for demolition Moderate request from Govt Heading CCBC bid CCBC £173k Reduce risk by not relying on EU BCTC £30k Community share issue Welsh Government £2,550k European funding £3,400 Low estimate of private investment Charitable foundations £1,500 Realistic match funding Corporations £600k Other fundraising £2,105k 74% grant request (rather than 29%) £4,466k HLF request Vol time/non-cash £445k TOTAL £15,270k CVPT bid £750k £30k £600k £300k £120k £1,000k £9,107k £400k £12,307k Ownership Political will Weather Conflict Rescue the pier Reconnect town and seafront National exemplar of heritagebased social innovation Significantly increased visitor numbers Join as a member of Colwyn Victoria Pier Trust Share your memories, ideas and why the pier is important Become a volunteer for CVPT - help with grassroots fundraising, admin, communications & PR Complete the survey at www.colwynpier.org.uk