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The Ambition North Wales Podcast
Podcast Series
Ambition North Wales aims to make North Wales connected through digital connectivity and infrastructure, smart by promoting research and exploiting innovation in the region’s high value sectors, resilient by creating new high value jobs and giving young people a reason to stay, and sustainable by protecting the environment and developing responsibly.
Ambition North Wales serves as the region’s Corporate Joint Committee, comprising its six local authorities - Gwynedd, Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Wrexham and Flintshire - and the Snowdonia National Park Authority.
It has responsibilities for regional transport and strategic planning as well as a responsibility to enhance and promote the economic well-being of North Wales.
In this podcast series we explore how Ambition North Wales is working to achieve its aims, the opportunities being unlocked and the potential for the future prosperity of the region.
Episode One:
The North Wales Clean Energy Fund
The £24.6 million North Wales Clean Energy Fund is designed to be a major step in accelerating the region’s transition to a low-carbon economy. Part of the North Wales Growth Deal, the Fund will support private and voluntary sector organisations to deliver renewable energy, energy efficiency, storage, and decarbonisation projects. Guests Matt Popple of UMi, Alun Jones of WCVA and Meghan Davies of Ambition North Wales join host Gemma Casey to discuss what the Fund aims to achieve and how organisations can access it.
Matt Popple
Partnerships & Project Manager
UMi
Alun Jones
Head of Social Investment
WCVA
Meghan Davies
Energy and Net Zero Programme Manager
Ambition North Wales
Episode Two:
Realising the Potential of Prison Leavers
With the aim of securing futures in work for their prison leavers, HMP Berwyn in Wrexham invests heavily in providing training and work experience opportunities. Now the prison is calling on businesses to find out more about the potential benefits of collaborating with it and the probation service. Host Gemma Casey is joined by Sarah Cadenne de Lannoy, Head of Education, Skills and Work at HMP Berwyn, Cath Morris-Roberts of the North Wales Regional Skills Partnership, which is part of Ambition North Wales, Tony Hughes of Williams Homes Bala and David Abraham of Fulcrum Scaffold Safety & Training Ltd to discuss the opportunity.
Sarah Cadenne de Lannoy
Head of Education, Skills and Work
HM Prison & Probation Service in Wales
Catherine Morris Roberts
Senior Skills Delivery Officer
North Wales Regional Skills Partnership
Tony Hughes
Managing Director
Williams Homes Bala
David Abraham
Managing Director
Fulcrum Scaffold Safety & Training Ltd
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