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Economy Land Trust Annual Review 2020

The hard work
and dedication of
our managing
partners is crucial
to delivering added
value to communities

Social Value Model Site delivering best economic activity
“Our effective green space management
Our effective green space management protects, and Pleasley Pit has been running a café on site for six years,
often increases, the value of properties around our sites, with a steadily increasing turnover each year. It attracts brings people to the local area,
creates jobs and allows local businesses and tourism local people, with many regulars visiting several times a increasing tourism and creating local jobs”
to thrive. week. With the rise in footfall and the growing popularity
of Pleasley, there has been increasing need to put a new
We deliver this economic value across four key areas: building in place. With plans being drawn up and a grant
available, work began in 2019-20.
Land management and use
Supply chain expenditure As part of the project several old portacabins needed Economic and social value delivered
Tourism to be removed which had a significant impact on the
Workforce development. operation of the Pleasley Pit Trust. ECONOMIC VALUE (PER ANNUM) TYPE OF VALUE
LAND MANAGEMENT AND USE £9,986,169 GROSS VALUE ADDED
The new building was craned into place using machinery SUPPLY CHAIN EXPENDITURE £412,730 GROSS VALUE ADDED
which dwarfed most of the structures on site, then had a TOURISM £1,242,540 GROSS VALUE ADDED
programme of construction and finishing. Eventually the WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT £1,509,340 COST SAVING
£2,655,833
COST SAVING
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
kitchen was fitted and the new facility could be opened.
Unfortunately this coincided with the challenges posed by
Covid-19.
Remarkably the café continued to operate for all but two
days during the construction phase, and once Covid-19
restrictions relax the new facility will be a real asset to a
site which is becoming more and more popular every year.

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