By the community, for the community.

Each Pillar of the Hay Community Resilience Initiative has an independent objective:

FOOD:

Achieve self-sufficiency in sustainable, locally grown 'Real Food' by 2030

ENERGY:

Achieve self-sufficiency in community-owned renewable energy by 2035

WELLBEING:

Foster a culture of support and wellbeing within the community reducing the need for NHS support for low-level depression and anxiety

With the successful delivery of the Hay Community Resilience Initiative's key objectives we can achieve:

A 22% cut in carbon emissions arising from food production and consumption.
A 31% cut in non-CO2 emissions arising from land use as a result of habitat restoration, land use change, and sustainable farming practices.
A 51% cut in emissions arising from energy usage as a result of energy efficiency, with a shift away from fossil fuels to heat and power homes, services, and businesses.*

We can all agree that we are facing an uncertain future but what can we do about it? Here in Hay-on-Wye we have a plan...

The Hay Community Resilience Initiative is a strategic systems-change model. It is designed to motivate and mobilise local community citizens to take agency over their future and co-design solutions to the issues they'd like to address.

Hay Community Resilience Initiative: The Strategy

Approaching the issues of Food, Energy and Wellbeing simultaneously is a holistic, big picture response to modern challenges. While each pillar will operate independently to address specific issues, the pillars also interlock and support each other cooperatively, making the project as a whole financially self-sustaining. Dealing with these three areas simultaneously is key to the success of the model.

In Hay-on-Wye we have chosen to focus on the three key areas of Food, Energy and Wellbeing for our Community Resilience Initiative and these themes are represented as Pillars in the model.

Key objectives of the Hay Community Resilience Initiative

Impact of the Hay Community Resilience Initiative

*(According to figures from the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Management Plan 2023-2028 (p.131))

As well as this, we hope for our culture shift around mental wellbeing to lead to reduced pressure on local NHS services.

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