Sustaining Dunbar: Draft Dunbar and District 2025 Enterprise & Education/ Skills Vision and Action Plan
Situation now
What are the issues/barriers now?
 Very little local employment
means many people
commuting away for work
causing stress and
disconnection.
 People would like to work more
locally.
 Many skilled people live here.
 We have natural resources
locally.
 People would like to start up
their own businesses.
 People would like to learn skills
e.g. gardening, cooking, sewing
 Some policies and regulations
are barriers for small enterprise
start ups.
 Local Authority budgets are
being cut and could result in
loss of local jobs.
 Access to local resources and
landscape are limited.
 Rents for building and shops
are high.
 People not feeling connected
to their surroundings
 Young people do not see adults
at work locally
Overall situation:
 Our economy is heavily based
upon the availability of cheap
oil.
 Not a localised economy.
 Debt based economy forces us
to all run faster to stand still
 Economy is based upon global
rather than local resources.
 People are involved in more
sedentary types of work than
before contributing to poor
health and well being.
 Education is based on
knowledge attainment rather
than skills attainment.
 No effort is given to the topic
of building resilience locally in
schools.
 Government is not making
people fully aware of the
implications of peak oil.
Inputs Outputs Outcomes-Impact
What resources Activities Participation
are needed to Short term Medium Term Long term
be able to make 5years 10 years 15 +years
change?
What needs to be done?
 Ensure the SOA and Community Plan will ensure the ELC has translated the We have a local currency
building a local resilient economy. objectives of building a
 Work with Social Enterprise in East Lothian and ELC We have local financial
low carbon local
Economic Development Unit to ensure there is institutions.
appropriate support and access to finance. economy into SOA
 ELC to invest in low carbon infrastructure and
There is support from Local cultural and
planning to set favourable planning conditions to
natural assets are By 2025 we are
help foster low-carbon innovation ELC to foster low
 Identify what enterprises will create and form the carbon enterprise.
maintained and local more locally
Aim 2025 vision for becoming locally resilient. artisans are recognised resilient
 Identify all the enterprise which will be created Wind Turbines are as important to both the
through food growing, processing and marketing. Who needs to because we
By 2025 we are more generating income for local education and have a vibrant
 Identify the enterprise which will be created through be involved?
locally resilient retrofitting existing housing stock, fuel production, the community to help economy.
local economy
because we have a energy production finance local enterprise.
using local skills
 Identify what kind of alternative financing and ELC The majority of people
vibrant local Appropriate
ownership models can be used e.g. local currencies, and resources
support We understand what do work locally
economy using local from ELC, energy banks, local renewable energy companies, Financial we need to be able to to meet local
skills and resources financial community bonds etc and what support is available
Institutions Education is based upon
to make this happen. create a low carbon needs and
institutions, attainment of knowledge
to meet local needs  Look at local financial institutions to find out what economy. Using 50% less
schools, Schools through the attainment
and support they can give.
fossil fuels than
 Recall how a localised low carbon economy used to Curriculum of of life skills.
Using 50% less fossil works here: ask around.
Parents
we do in 2010.
Excellence is focused
fuels than we do in  Identify the skills which exist locally and those which Education is directly
Local upon preparing the next
2010. will be required in a localised, low carbon economy.
generations to live and linking with locality and
 Build local skills through apprenticeships and business
work in a low carbon learning life skills
curriculum for excellence to meet the future skills
regarding food, shelter,
Evidence demand and needs. The existing work force may localised resilient
How do we need to be "re-skilled" for the new jobs
society and economy democracy and
 Maintain cultural and natural assets and support
know? governance
local artisans and recognise these are important to
Start taking advantage
both local education, economy and to the tourism
Interviews of the low carbon and
industry.
with 1500+  Curriculum for excellence needs to connect young
re-localised market.
people people to their surroundings e.g. where their
drinking water comes from, waste goes etc.
 Communicate with parents and children about what
the future livelihoods will be locally and globally
 Need to find / build suitable workshops, work External Factors
spaces locally
What will make this work: What will prevent this from working?
East Lothian Council will agree and align: East Lothian Council will not agree and align:
Assumptions  Policy will be enabling and in place  Policy will not be be enabling and in
What are your assumptions underlying this happening?  Joined up Planning place
East Lothian Council will agree and align: Legislation will be enforcing positive change  Planning is not joined up
 Policy will be enabling and in place Teachers, Parents, Pupils will be welcoming Legislation will not be enforcing positive change
 Joined up Planning of this change Teachers, Parents, Pupils will not be welcoming
Legislation will be enforcing positive change Funding will be available to enable of this change
Teachers, Parents, Pupils will be welcoming of this change Research, Technology and Skills Funding will not be available to enable Research,
Funding will be available to enable Research, Technology and Skills Development Development Technology and Skills Development