Community Benefits Consultation on GBP 19 Million Funding Begins (UK)

December 15, 2011

Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, through independent market research company Cogent, is seeking Flintshire residents’ views on how £19 million of community funding should be allocated across North Wales.

The funds, £768,000 per year, index linked to inflation, will become available once the 160 turbine wind farm is fully operational in 2014.

The goal of this research is:

to acquire information about community’s key priorities;
how the fund should be run;
who it should help;
which geographical areas it should cover;
what type of projects would qualify for funding;
who should make decisions about funding applications;

The study runs from 15th December until 13th February 2012. Residents can take part in the following ways:

Online, using the electronic bilingual questionnaire which will be live from 15th December 2011 to 13th February 2012
At one of the research ‘hall days’ taking place at the following locations:

Holywell, Wetherspoons, The Market Cross – Thursday 15th December 2011 10am – 4pm
Rhyl, White Rose Shopping Centre – Saturday 17th December 2011 10am – 4pm
Llandudno, Library, Mostyn Street – Tuesday 20th December 2011 10am – 4pm
Colwyn Bay, Bay View Shopping Centre – Saturday 7th January 2012 10am – 4pm

Bilingual paper questionnaires are available from libraries, town halls and leisure centres across the region
Appointment can be made by the phone for a bilingual interviewer to complete the survey by phone.

The survey is being carried out independently by Cogent Research on behalf of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Ltd.

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Offshore WIND staff, December 15, 2011; Image: rwe