We have received a number of requests about the future of funding for Communities @One.

The funding for Communities @One ends on 30 June 2008. We are in the process of holding discussions with the Welsh Assembly Government and the Wales European Funding Office around what might follow. We are currently working through what form any successor project might take, where it would be focused, the size of the initiative, and likely start date. We are hoping that these issues might be clarified in the near future.

We are initially applying for ‘Convergence’ funding in the Objective One areas. The focus in future is likely to be related to the more economic ‘Lisbon agenda’, which could include the enhancement of an individual’s skills towards employment, income generation within community groups or in the establishment and development of new and existing social enterprises.

We will share any further information as soon as it becomes available.

Alun Burge
Project Manager, Communities @One