The services and products within the foundational economy provide those basic goods and services on which every community relies upon in West Wales.
It is estimated that the Foundation Economy accounts for four in ten jobs and £1 in every three that we spend. In areas such as those within West Wales, this basic ‘foundational economy’ is often the economy.
Some of the organisations we are currently working in collaboration and partnership with, to support this work across the Foundation Economy in West Wales, includes:
One of our main areas of our work involves identifying the issues that are important to communities that can then provide a focus for activity. Specific themes such as agriculture, history or the natural environment appeal to different groups and funding bodies. Themes can cut across geographical boundaries and bring different communities together to exchange ideas and work together as a network.
We have helped create and maintain a variety of county based networks which can be made up of public, private and third sector organisations as well as interested individuals.
Our current networks include:
Community Buildings Network:
Arranging events to help those involved with the management of halls and community buildings. For example, running visits to see halls benefitting from solar energy and ground source heating.
Community Heritage Network:
Arranging a number of events including heritage days bringing together those interested in the varied heritage of Pembrokeshire. For example, arranging a day to tie in with the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage with a focus on the walled towns of Pembroke and Tenby.
Pembrokeshire Community Venues:
A website created to promote the variety of community venues across the county. The site contains a directory, with contact details and further information about the halls and community venues across Pembrokeshire.
Pembrokeshire Sustainable Agricultural Network (PSAN):
Facilitating meetings of those representing the local farming community via a forum for farmers and landowners to discuss sustainable agriculture. Each meeting usually includes a guest speaker on a relevant topic.
PSAN Wildfire Group:
Working with landowners and communities to help reduce outbreaks of wildfires and through practical land management minimising the potential damage.
For more information or to get involved with any of our networks please contact us. Email: information@planed.org.uk
External networks we are involved with:
Community Sector Representation on the Third Sector Partnership Council
We are working in Partnership 
with Building Communities Trust (BCT) to provide community Sector representation on the Third Sector Partnership Council.
Read more here.
Pembrokeshire Public Services Board
Pembrokeshire’s Public Services Board (PSB) is a statutory strategic partnership established under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. The purpose of the Act is to improve the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales.
PLANED is proud to be a member of the Pembrokeshire Public Services Board as an organisation with over 38 years of delivering for communities in the county. Access to all recent PSB meeting papers and documents, can be found here: https://planed.org.uk/pembrokeshire-public-services-board/
Read more about the PSB here.
Visit Pembrokeshire
We are one of the founding strategic partners of Visit Pembrokeshire, and am proud to support the organisation in our capacity as in-kind resources, through helping them engage meaningfully with local residents to ensure that the tourism we develop has a positive impact on our communities.
To find out more about the work of Visit Pembrokeshire, and the benefits to members, please click here: https://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/
