Appendix 7: Risks

Stranraer Development Trust, Millennium Centre, Stranraer Community Council, Furniture Project, Stranraer Watersports Association are the five community organisations who are the key partners in the Place Plan. They have begun working much more closely together during planning to build capacity for delivering the Plan going forward. We attracted Community Led Vision Funding in 2023 to support Board development for these organisations. A

These are the key risks to the Place Plan’s success.

AREA RISK MITIGATION

Scoping needs for Borderlands funding.

Not enough specialist knowledge in the community to accurately assess costs in the Plan.

• Regular reporting into Borderlands with the Place Plan Town Team to agree our process.

• Various groups continue to meet to scope solutions.

• Citizen Space deployed to enable local voting as proposals emerge.

• Support from Borderlands to work up proposals post Plan submission.

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Capacity and ability to deliver the Plan.

Managing community relations and expections post submitting the Place Plan to funders.

Success = large, complex projects for small community organisations to manage.

Project Manager on a 6 month contract: noone to steer the project; project collapses.

Capacity to deliver.

Loss of community ownership and trust post Plan submission.

Community-led approach. Beyond submission of Plan, loss of drive from local people.

• Project Managers at Dumfries & Galloway Council lead on development of next stage: Improvement Plans.

• Identify needs, roles and staffing and build roles into funding applications.

• Stranraer Development Trust currently hosts 2 short term development posts. We are working with Dumfries & Galloway Council and SOSE to explore options to build capacity going forward.

• Scope need and ensure funding applications for roles are sufficient.

• Keep the Town Team going beyond the deadline for submitting a Place Plan to guide the process.

• Enterprise Company, Council and TSDG continue to build on the relationships created during Engagement.

• Citizen Space platform designed to be run by a collective of local organisations working in the community space. They will use this to prioritise the Plan’s ‘asks’.

• Roles being scoped to support ongoing community engagement.