211029_PerformanceCttee_Paper 5_HeritageHorizons

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee Paper 5 29/10/21

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY PER­FORM­ANCE COMMITTEE

FOR INFORM­A­TION

Title: HER­IT­AGE HORI­ZONS PRO­JECT UPDATE

Pre­pared by: DAV­ID CLYNE, Head of Her­it­age Horizons

Pur­pose

This paper presents the latest deliv­ery update on the Her­it­age Hori­zons: Cairngorms 2030 Pro­gramme and the planned devel­op­ment work to end Decem­ber 2021.

Stra­tegic Background

1. CNPA was suc­cess­ful in its bid to the Nation­al Lot­tery Her­it­age Fund (NLHF): Her­it­age Horizons.

2. The CNPA Cairngorms 2030: People and Nature Thriv­ing Togeth­er Pro­gramme was awar­ded £1.7 mil­lion from NLHF to com­plete the devel­op­ment phase from 7^th July 2021 — 7^th July 2023. The total devel­op­ment phase budget is £3.8 million.

3. The devel­op­ment phase con­sists of a pro­gramme of works to engage, empower, and inspire res­id­ents, busi­nesses, and vis­it­ors to tackle the joint cli­mate, nature, and pub­lic health emer­gen­cies. It will add detail to the stage I NLHF pro­ject pro­pos­als, provide more accur­ate costs and devel­op the know­ledge exchange programme.

4. The devel­op­ment phase will focus on deliv­er­ing action research type activ­it­ies so that evid­ence-based plans can be cre­ated for the 5‑year deliv­ery phase.

5. A stage 2 NLHF fund­ing applic­a­tion will be sub­mit­ted by end June 2023.

Per­form­ance Over­view: Deliv­ery against Stra­tegic Expectations

1. Since the award let­ter was received on 7^th July 2021, the team has suc­cess­fully com­pleted the pro­ject ini­ti­ation stage with NLHF.

2. NLHF gave form­al approv­al for CNPA to com­mence the pro­ject on Ist Octo­ber 2021.

3. Pro­gramme fun­ders and deliv­ery part­ners have been noti­fied of the offi­cial start date.

4. The pro­gramme wide com­mu­nic­a­tions and con­sulta­tion plan will be cre­ated by end Decem­ber 2021 with pro­jects com­men­cing w/​b 3^rd Janu­ary 2022.

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee Paper 5 29/10/21

1. Mem­bers of the Her­it­age Hori­zons Pro­gramme Board and Advis­ory Pan­el have been appoin­ted with incep­tion meet­ings sched­uled for Nov/​Dec 2021.

Per­form­ance Over­view: Risks under Management

1. Gov­ernance: The Her­it­age Hori­zons Pro­gramme Gov­ernance Plan has been approved by NLHF (Annex 1)

2. Cash flow: The pre­lim­in­ary 2‑year devel­op­ment phase cash flow plan has been approved by NLHF.

3. Pro­ject Man­age­ment: The Her­it­age Hori­zons Pro­gramme Theme Leads have been appoin­ted as below.

Theme	Theme Lead	Pro­jects
People	Olly Dav­ies Head of Communications	Well­being Economy
		Pub­lic health and the outdoors
		Demen­tia Activ­ity Resource Centre
		Cli­mate learn­ing and education
		Out­reach and engage­ment programme
		Com­munity Arts and Cul­ture programme
		Cli­mate con­scious communities
Power	Gav­in Miles Head of Planning	Cit­izens’ Assembly / Jury
		Com­munity Man­aged Grant Scheme
		Region­al Land Use Part­ner­ship & Land Rights and Responsibilities
Place	Colin McLean Head of Land Management	Green Invest­ment Plan
		Wood­land expansion
		Peat­land restoration
		Deer man­age­ment
	Sarah Hen­shall Head of Conservation	Cli­mate Resi­li­ent Catchments
		Cairngorms Future Farming
		Land­scape and communities
		E‑bike net­work
	Pete Crane Head of Vis­it­or Services	Glen­more Trans­port Plan
		Act­ive Travel in Badenoch and Strathspey
		Sus­tain­able Trans­port in Deeside & Angus
		Sus­tain­able Trans­port in High­land Perthshire
		Act­ive Aviemore

1. Recruit­ment: The recruit­ment pro­cess has com­menced: a) Dav­id Clyne has been appoin­ted as the Head of Ser­vice for Her­it­age Hori­zons b) Lynn Ander­son has been appoin­ted as the Pro­gramme Deliv­ery Officer. c) Recruit­ment of the remain­ing 10 Her­it­age Hori­zons fun­ded posts com­menced on 1^st Octo­ber 2021: i. Research and Know­ledge Exchange Officer

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Per­form­ance Com­mit­tee Paper 5 29/10/21

1. ii. Nature Based Solu­tions Officers x2 iii. Sus­tain­able Trans­port Officers x 2 iv. Learn­ing and Engage­ment Officer v. NHS Green Health Ranger vi. NHS Green Health Stra­tegic Devel­op­ment Man­ager vii. Alzheimer Scot­land: Activ­ity Organ­iser viii. Alzheimer Scot­land: Sup­port Work­er (p/​t) Con­sultancy: Con­sultancy tenders are being revised. Most will be pub­lished on Pub­lic Con­tracts Scot­land dur­ing Novem­ber 2021 with awards made by end Decem­ber 2021.

2. Agree­ments: The devel­op­ment and approv­al of part­ner­ship agree­ments with pro­gramme part­ners will be com­plete by end Decem­ber 2021.

Con­clu­sions: Per­form­ance Over­view and Mat­ters Mer­it­ing Stra­tegic Review

1. There are no mat­ters of stra­tegic sig­ni­fic­ance which mer­it escal­a­tion cur­rently in the opin­ion of seni­or man­agers lead­ing the Her­it­age Hori­zons Programme.

Dav­id Clyne 06 Octo­ber 2021 davidclyne@​cairngorms.​co.​uk