• The local community is at the heart of the model operating within a legally constituted body with the members of the board made up of local residents.
• At the heart of the model is a social enterprise café generating sustainable funds for investment into the local park, otherwise unavailable to the local authority.
• A member of the local community who is able to act as a leader and galvanising force to lead the local community.
• Community building activities lie at the heart, with people becoming more engaged in their local community, rediscovering self-worth and social connection improving health and wellbeing, increasing quality of life and extending life expectancy.
• The local authority retains the ownership of the land which is critical to enable the local community to feel confident to take on a management role without the potentially inhibiting risk of owning the land
• Local businesses and schools are actively involved in supporting the park project.

• transformed an under-utilised and poorly treated open space into an active local park visited by 5000+ members of the local community annually.
• Drastically reduced anti-social behaviour, vandalism and litter, without increased levels of surveillance, the local community become the “eyes and ears”
• attracted nearly £300k of external funding in less than 10 years, including harnessing donations from local people and businesses.
• Procured and erected a building in the park which operates as a community hub for local services
• Generates a turnover of circa £100k p/a
• Generates profits that are re-invested into improving and managing the park (grass cutting, planting and routine maintenance of the borders
• Saved the local authority circa £45k in annual maintenance expenditure
• Created local employment opportunities
• Has become a beacon for other community building initiatives.