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Richard MillarGreen Blue Futures 2013

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Inverness

Ft. Augustus

Ft. William

Ardrishaig

Bowling Edinburgh

Falkirk

Glasgow

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Caledonian Canal

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Crinan Canal

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Forth & Clyde

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Union Canal

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A Proud History

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Canal Versus Railway

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Industrial Heritage

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Serious Decline

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Belief

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36 Major Obstructions

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• 7 new opening bridges

• 28 new road bridges

• 9 new locks constructed

• 32 locks refurbished

• 38 masonry bridges refurbished

• 5 km of new canal formed

• 300,000 tonnes of silt removed

The Millennium Link

36 Major Obstructions removed

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What can you do with Canals in the 21st Century

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20 years ago

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www.scottishcanals.co.uk

Changes in the Last 20 Years

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Auchinstarry

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www.scottishcanals.co.uk

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www.scottishcanals.co.uk

Scottish Canals : Third SectorCharities & Trusts• Seagull Trust

• Forth & Clyde Canal Society

• Linlithgow Canal Society

• Bridge 19-40

Social Enterprises• Housing Associations ( Link, Queens Cross, NG Homes Prospect)

• Impact Arts

• Re Union/ Capercaille

• Lambhill Stables Trust

• Bridge 8 Canal Hub

• Pinkston Paddle sports

• Twechar Community Action

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Third Sector Activity

• Canal diagram and areas of influence

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Lambhill

• Long-standing neglect of human capital and community assets

• Loss of public buildings

• Very high level of dereliction

• Little positive economic activity

• Low aspirations

• High benefit dependency

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Loss of Public Buildings

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Lambhill Law & Order!

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● Following investment from Growing Community Assets (Big Lottery), Glasgow City Council, Scottish Canals and the Climate Challenge Fund, Lambhill Stables has demonstrated the ability to deliver a programme of transformation.

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Community Garden

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Community Garden

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The area’s health statistics

Glasgow ranking

% above National Average

Deaths (all ages) 1 43%Coronary heart disease deaths 1 64%Cerebrovascular disease deaths 1 70%Suicide rate 1 71%Drug related deaths 2 223%Alcohol related deaths 2 119%Drug offenders 1 72%Social work clients (aged 0-15) 1 70%Infant deaths 1 27%

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Maryhill

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Pinkston will deliver:

• A year round paddling facility• For Canoe & Kayak training for all levels, Canoe Polo, Whitewater, outdoor swimming• Events from triathlons to national freestyle series

Physical outputs• 130m by 30m wide cleanwater pool• 100m whitewater course and 30m freestyle course (Grade 3 rapids)• 4 changing rooms (16 showers+ disabled facilities)• 2 wet classrooms• Space for 20 clubs• 75 Car parking spaces

Animation• Venue has capacity to hold events for 150 competitors• Venue for local, regional and national development of the sport. (Slalom & Canoe polo)• A venue for Life saving training & community education• Swiftwater rescue training and potentially national Fire & Police games

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Making Canal water

exciting

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Transforming LivesThe Helix

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Through place-making and engagement with people, we will create a new green heart where urban fringe inverts to create a new gateway at the centre of a new metropolitan area

Turning the fringe into the centre

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Dawson Priority Area• 32% Benefit dependencyThornhill Road

• Worst 5% in Scotland for Crime

Westquarter• Worst 10% in Scotland for deprivation

Hallglen• 10% Low birthweight babies

Grangemouth Priority Area• 30% Benefit dependency

High Flats• Worst 5% in Scotland for Education

Canal Corridor

M9 CorridorEarls Gate Development Area

West Mains Industrial Estate

Falkirk Gateway Alcan

Connected Path Network

Falkirk Community Stadium

New Gateway to Lowland Canals

Connecting with Communities

• High Unemployment

• High youth unemployment

• High levels of crime

• High benefit dependency

• Low educational attainmentScottish index of Multiple Deprivation 2006

• Connecting employment sites

• Intermediate labour markets

• Tourism opportunity

• Direct & indirect employment

• Reconnecting communities

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People-centric

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Sentinel Kelpies Canal Sea Lock

Wetland

Event Space

Helix LagoonFalkirk Stadium

Allotments

Helix South

Central Park

Canal Hub

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Gateway Improvement

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The Canal, The Kelpies

and The Visitor Hub

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Scotland’s CanalsReaching their potential

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The Future Canal

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A small front door

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SealockLift bridge Kelpie Lock

M9 crossing

Canal Hub

Canal extension route

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Canal Line

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Moving the Motorway

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New parkland and destination attracts 500,000 visitors per year to Falkirk

Creating new attractions

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Need for an icon

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Gateway Improvement

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The Green Blue Challenge

How to develop a new iconic parkland and new canal into a driver for Social Enterprise

www.scottishcanals.co.uk

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We are working with Langlees to help them take on more potential CED based offers include running their own art gallery as well as taking on more of their woodland management.

Community Arts

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• We are supporting Callendar Estates CED group as part of the emergingBespoke Project

Cycling & Woodlands

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• We are building up a Helix Honey initiative with support from ASDAand Community Groups

Home for 150,000 new BeesProduce: Helix Honey, Lipbalm, Beeswax Candles, Mead

Economic Benefits:Education, Health (mental and physical), environment, carbon reduction, stronger ecosystem, significant increase in yields from nearby crops

Creating a buzz about Social Enterprise

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• We are supporting the Allotment Society

• Land purchased and funds raised

Home Grown

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Bio char

Kiln £3500Investment

£10/kg£1000-

£1500/cycle

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Quick Outputs•The canals rebuild cost is estimated at £1.75bn•Estate covers 1500 hectares of land and 95 hectares of water•Government grant per year is £10m

• Over the last 10 years Scottish Canals have delivered:• 7 major new destinations across the system.• Contributed to reduction in relative deprivation in many canal side communities.

Economic• In partnership £285m of development on our banks, creating £13.8m GVA per annum.•Next 10 years are predicted to deliver 1250 housing units and 170,000 sq m of canal side development delivering £18m per annum GVA • Others have delivered in excess of £150m of additional development on the canal banks in the last 10 years•Tourism on the canals delivers £11m direct spend and £23m of indirect spend per annum

•Social & Environmental•tSWT over the last 10 years has delivered £10m+ of funding and projects•Health benefits attributed to the use of the canal exceeds £8 million per annum. •Ever £1 invested in our towpath delivers £7 of benefits.•Scottish canals freight delivers a £475,000 environmental saving per annum

£56m+Of Gross

Value AddedPer annum

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Scottishcanals.co.uk

A Shared Asset for the Future