Martin Price Associates

Consultants to the Third Sector in Wales

Ymgynghorwyr i'r Trydydd Sector yng Nghymru      

 

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Projects

 

Social Enterprise

  • A feasibility study and site development plan for a bunkhouses development for Bettws Boys and Girls Club near Bridgend.
  • A number of feasibility studies for the Coalfields Regeneration Trust Social Enterprise Scheme – an off-road motorcycling centre, a business plan for a race equality council, a business plan for a translation service among others.
  • Martin Price Associates designed Social Enterprise Awareness Workshops for the Welsh Development Agency’s general business advisers and WDA staff.   These were delivered in English and Welsh throughout Wales in 2005 and 2006. 
  • Feasibility studies for two social firms in the Vale of Glamorgan for the Innovate Trust.
  • A feasibility study for an indoor skateboard park in Llanelli for the Foothold Group.
  • Work with Communities on Community Enterprise schemes in Ystalyfera, Wrexham, Conwy and Dinas Powys. 

Organisational reviews of Third Sector organisations

  • Advising Cardiff and Vale Coalition of Disabled People on their legal structure, creating a charitable subsidiary to work with the existing company limited by guarantee.
  • Advising Cardiff YMCA Housing Association on Strategic Planning and organisational issues

Research and Evaluation

  • Big Lottery Fund Research – Exit Strategies – factors for success.  An extensive project involving a sample of over 200 Community Fund grantholders in Wales, Northern Ireland, East of England, North East England and England-wide.  The research was conducted by face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, focus groups and desk research.  Conclusions were based on both quantitative and qualitative analysis.  The report has been published by the Community Fund; a summary document and the full report is available from the Big Lottery Fund website.

·        An evaluation of LAG2 – Llanelli, Amman Gwendraeth - a programme of community development-related capacity building activities in Carmarthenshire.   The programme was delivered by a partnership consisting of Foothold Community Specialists, Amman Valley Enterprises and Menter Cwm Gwendraeth.

·        The evaluation of the Partnership Initiatives Budget Grant Scheme for the Legal Services commission and the Big Lottery Fund

Arts

  • Feasibility study for Valley and Vale Community Arts, Bridgend, looking at the prospects for conversion of a redundant Victorian school building in Ogmore Vale into an arts centre
  • A Business Plan for a proposed new Living Museum for Cardiff for Cardiff City Council, in conjunction with Chadwick Jones Associates.
  • Producing a Business Plan for Theatr Mwldan in Cardigan for the development of the Theatre (a second auditorium and Gallery) and the conversion of farm outbuildings into a multi-media Centre     This £6.9 million project is one of the largest schemes approved under European Objective One with matched funding from the Arts Council of Wales, the Welsh Development Agency and Ceredigion County Council.
  • Researching the arts market in Barry and advising Barry Town Council on more effective use of Barry Memorial Hall, which has two auditoria, the larger of which has a capacity of 1300, and a purpose-built gallery.
  • Producing a Business Plan for Oriel Davies, the Arts Council of Wales supported venue for the visual arts in Newtown.

Training

·        Martin Price Associates developed and  delivered a series of Social Enterprise Awareness Workshops for all the Welsh Development Agency’s General Business Advisers throughout Wales. 280 advisers trained.

  • Fundraising Training for a large number of organisations including ContinYou, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, Wales Centre for Health, Wrexham County Council, Conwy County Boroough Council and CyMAL, the Assembly department for Museums and Libraries in Wales.

Charities

·        Fundraising strategy for St John Ambulance Oxfordshire

·        Fundraising strategy for Coleg Elidyr, Rhandirmwyn, Carmarthenshire, a college of further education for people with learning difficulties – one of the Camphill communities.

·        Advice on Welsh affairs to large UK charities.

·        A Marketing Strategy for Welsh Women’s Aid‘s domestic abuse help-line.

Martin Price Associates is an Authorised Intermediary for the Charity Commission, and is on the database of trainers and consultants maintained by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action

 

 
Martin Price Associates

Consultants to the Third Sector in Wales

Ymgynghorwyr i'r Trydydd Sector yng Nghymru

37 Cardiff Road

Dinas Powys

Vale of Glamorgan

Wales

United Kingdom

CF64 4DH

Tel: +44 (0) 29 2051 4034  Fax: +44 (0) 29 2051 4655

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