Vision & Values
LARCH Vision
LARCH will enable local people and communities to “Thrive” through:
Deep engagement
Nurturing aspiration
High quality education
Excellent training, work and enterprise opportunities
Shifting our social & economic culture toward social enterprise and community ownership
LARCH will build on the existing community assets including:
Rich heritage
Local loyalty and sense of community
Passion to bring about positive change
LARCH will work to overcome local social issues including poor quality housing, food and fuel poverty and debt.
LARCH Principles
Keep it local
Keeping as much of the money as possible within Hartlepool and Redcar respectively
Look for every learning and work opportunity
Wanting to use all processes, actions and investments to empower and enable local people – learning, enterprise and employment
Build community responsibility
The importance of repayment to ensure an enduring fund
Leverage every pound
Use the LARCH funding to leverage in other mixed funding and investments
Build community ownership and culture
Wanting to nurture a community ownership culture / “sharing” economic models and community-based support for the project and its investment
Equitable
Fair and impartial
Enabling local people and communities to thrive through a vibrant, inclusive, resilient and economically productive social enterprise and community ownership sector.
LARCH Values
Keep it simple
Be inclusive
Identifying and supporting those least likely or able to get assistance from other sources
Be transparent
Take an honest, pragmatic and accountable approach
Be flexible and innovative
Wanting to open opportunity for all those able to demonstrate secure social value outputs because of the finance (not just specific / conventional community enterprise structures)
Focus on creativing positive social impact
Keep focusing on Social Value for the respective towns – and be outcome focused in every possible way, for example being CARING, KIND AND COMPASSIONATE.
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Enabling local people and communities to thrive through a vibrant, inclusive, resilient and economically productive social enterprise and community ownership sector.
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