DTA Wales supports and promotes development trusts who are local organisations that use enterprising methods to bring about and deliver the long term regeneration of their communities.
DTA Wales support and services include:
- Support for new and emerging development trusts in Wales to grow and build their organisation, services and enterprise.
- Support for a practitioner ‘Learning Network’ and developing exchange of skills and knowledge between practitioners and organisations.
- Promoting our members and their achievements and services and raising awareness of Development Trusts through this website and publications.
- Promotion and support of Regen School Wales
- Development of best practise case studies.
- Organising training, conferences and events to support development trusts: and social enterprise learning and development
- Promoting and assisting with community owned ‘Asset Development’ and ‘Asset Transfer’.
- A quality ‘Healthcheck’ for our members and promotion and support for Social Accounting and Audit and other ways to measure and capture our impacts.
- Advice to emerging development trusts and community organisations on social and community enterprise and increasing trade and income.
- Attracting investment for our sector (and social and community enterprise)
- Influencing policy development and helping policy makers understand our sector.
- Working with others who share our values and vision.
As a membership organisation DTA Full and Associate Members can access a range of specific services.
Membership
As a Full Member you can expect a range of benefits, including:
- Membership of one of the most influential organisations in the field of community enterprise and regeneration
- Information and Advice at Wales and UK level
- Access to Wales and UK wide network of development trust practioners
- National and regional campaigning on behalf of development trusts
- Access to a variety of small grant funds
- Discounts on publications and events
- Access to a Members’ Insurance Scheme
- Wales and UK conferences, seminars, briefing and training events at discount rates
- Free UK wide newsletter – Networker – issued quarterly by DTA (UK). Bi-monthly e-bulletin from DTA Wales.
- Access to members’ database and DTA Extranet which enables an exchange of know-how and support across the movement
- Free ‘Members Page’ on DTA Wales website to promote your trust and your services
- Use of DTA Wales logo
- Participation and voting rights within DTA and DTA Wales
- Input and consultation on DTA Wales and DTA (UK) policy and responses to government consultation
- Access to case studies of good practice
- As an Associate Member you can expect the following benefits:
- Membership of one of the most influential organisations in the field of community enterprise and regeneration
- Access to Wales and UK wide network of development trust practioners
- Discounts on publications and events
- Wales and UK conferences, seminars, briefing and training events at discount rates
- Free UK wide newsletter – Networker – issued quarterly by DTA (UK). Bi-monthly e-bulletin
- from DTA Wales.
- Free associate member entry on DTA Wales Members’ database on website to promote
- your organisation and its services
- Limited voting rights in DTA Wales and DTA for Associate Director elections
- Input and consultation on DTA Wales and DTA (UK) policy and responses to
- government consultation