Slides used at the Hampshire COunty Council and Community Action Hampshire Event event held on 17 February 2012.

1. Community Action Hampshire
DEFRA and BDUK
Rural Community Broadband Fund
Friday 17 February 2012

2. Introduction
Joanna Dixon
Senior Rural Officer
Community Action Hampshire
Questions at the end of each session
Email us at broadband@hants.gov.uk
Twitter #RCBFHants

3. DEFRA
Joe Ling
RDPE Manager
01905 768854
joseph.ling@defra.gsi.gov.uk

4. Rural Community
Broadband Fund
(RCBF)
What’s Available & How to Apply

5. What is the RCBF?
• £20M joint DEFRA and BDUK fund
• Grant aid for communities located in “hard to reach”
locations to establish Superfast Broadband or ‘Next
Generation Access” (NGA)
• ‘Hard to reach’ as defined in Local Authority Local
Broadband Plans - those areas that will not receive
superfast broadband through the wider BDUK funded
programme
• Superfast / NGA is at least 24 - 30 megabits per second.

6. Who Can Apply?
Eligible bodies include:
• Community Enterprises
• E.g. Cooperatives, Companies Limited by Guarantee or
Community Interest Companies
• Charities
• Local Authorities:
• on behalf of communities
• Includes Parish Councils
• Other Local Partnerships:
• Groups of private businesses (that are beneficiaries, not
individual Communications Provider businesses)

7. Who Can Apply?
Applicants must:
• Be a legal entity in order to enter into a Funding Agreement
(existing or proposed)
• Be able to source the resources in order to fund expenditure
prior to claiming any grant
• Be able demonstrate compliance with State Aid and public
procurement rules (at Full Application stage)
• Be able to sign up to an RDPE Funding Agreement by
December 2013

8. What Can I Apply For?
• An eligible body can apply for funds to:
• Procure a network operator, or:
• Establish the equipment/ infrastructure required to deliver the
service themselves
• As a guide, there are two broad models to consider in developing an
application;
 Extending the Local Broadband Plan – Community works with the
Local Broadband Plan lead on Demand Aggregation, to extend the
proposed 90% area infrastructure into their area
 Community Enterprise – Community establishes the required
infrastructure themselves

9. How Much Could I Apply For?
• You can apply for up to 50% of the total eligible project costs:
• No other public funding can be used as match
• Maximum support is £300 grant per premise
• As an example, match funding can be found from:
• Those who will receive the service committing to pay a connection
charge
• Or committing to receive the service for a minimum period at a set
cost
• Other forms of community investment
• A procured Network Operator committing funds to infrastructure/
service development
• Not an exhaustive list

10. How do I apply?
• Submit and Expression of Interest (EOI) to your local RDPE Lead
(“Sponsor”)
• Open Call Approach, in Rounds:
• Round 1 – closed 31st January 2012
• Round 2 – to be announced, planned to open May 2012
• EOI will require you to demonstrate that:
• your community is likely to be hard to reach (within the final 10%)
• There is sufficient local need and demand
• You have the capacity to deliver for reasonable value for money
• If your EOI is endorsed, you will be invited to prepare a detailed Full
Application, to a timescale you agree with your Sponsor

11. How will my EOI be assessed?
• EOI Assessment Criteria;
 Strategic Fit – target communities in a “final 10%” hard to reach
area, fit with County Local Broadband Plan
 Value for Money – does the project demonstrate good value for
money?
 Outcomes – evidence of local need/ demand for superfast
broadband / NGA, economic and social outcomes, population
served
 Delivery – is the proposed solution generally realistic and
sustainable – technically and financially
 Uplands Area – is the project located in an Uplands area?
 Community Engagement – evidence of community engagement
and support for your project

12. What Next?
• Round 2 of the invitation of calls for interest to be
announced, expected May 2012
• Work with your local County Council Lead – are you
within reach?
• Identify your local need and demand
• Scope out your options for delivering what your
community needs
• Talk to us

13. What Next?
Joe Ling
01905 768 854
Joseph.ling@defra.gsi.gov.uk

14. Broadband Delivery UK
Adrian Wooster Natasha Innocent
BDUK Director Community Partnerships
Demand Stimulation and
Digital Inclusion
Community aspects
and Next
natasha.innocent@culture.gsi.gov.uk
Generation Access in
the final 10%

15. Rural Community Broadband
Toolkit
Hampshire
17th February 2012

16. Background
• Government objective: “best superfast
broadband in Europe by 2015”
• Market expected to deliver to around 70% of
country but not “final third”
• Broadband Strategy launched with £530m
Government funding to deliver:
– Rural Community Broadband fund launched to
Superfast broadband to around 90% of the
population
support communities in the final 10% wanting more
– than basicuniversal service commitment to
A 2 Mbps broadband
everyone

17. RCBF is NGA only!

18. RCBF Scope
• The solution must turn the area “NGA Grey”
– Competitively priced wholesale service
– A choice of service providers
• RCBF is included in the BDUK State Aid
application

19. RCBF Scope
• The fund is technology neutral
– Projects may choose any combination of
technologies if they conform to agreed NGA
definitions
– Individual satellite services are excluded
• Compliance with industry standards is
required
• Proposals for extension of existing NGA rollout
are encouraged

20. RCBF & Local Broadband Plans
• RCBF extends the scope
of community
engagement Community
• Proposals should be
endorsed by
– A majority of the RCBF
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premises in the target
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– A local accountable body
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– The Local Authority

21. The toolkit
• Will become a living web-based resource
• Pointers to existing guidance & material
– INCA Beyond Broadband bit.ly/ulnx4d
– FttH Council Business Guide bit.ly/uHO1iB
– Erisa Broadband Portal bit.ly/uENpgc
– Rural Broadband Partnership bit.ly/vrIdOu

22. FROM CAMPAIGN TO SOLUTION

23. High-level Process
Full
Submission
to RCBF
EoI to
RCBF

24. Keys to success
• A solid business plan
• A reliable network
• A basic set of services
• A local set of services
• Customer Care
• Communication
• An “Us feeling”
Only 1 is technical
4 relate to your community!
* Kees Rover’s 7-pillars

25. Capacity & Capability
Community DIY
Enterprise
Community Investment Capacity
Concession
Partnership
Using LA
Partners Build & Benefit
Demand Aggregation
Community Capability
Do Nothing

26. #1 Demand Aggregation
• The community decides it
wishes to have more than
the minimum
• The community works to
– Improve quality of the
solution from a minimum
in-fill solution to an NGA
based solution
– Confirm actionable
verifiable demand in
support of the case for
more investment
With LA
Partners

27. #2 Build & Benefit
• Community is willing to
help deliver NGA
– E.g. civil engineering,
way-leaves or additional
funding
• Community happy that
RoI is gained from
benefitting from an
improved service
• Open Access & ISPs
delivered by LA partner
With LA
Partners

28. #3 Partnership
• The community want to
raise some of the risk
capital & expect an
investment return
• Partners are needed to
– Provide additional
investment
– Build & operate the
network
• Open Access & ISPs
delivered by partners
• Investment and Exit plans
need to be considered
Community
Organisation

29. #4 Concession
• The community are able to
raise all the risk finance
• They have no ambition to be a
network operator
• A concession is offered by the
community to design, build
and operate their network
• The community must steer
strategic decisions
• Open Access &ISPs delivered
by the concession partner
• Investment and Exit plans
need to be considered
Community
Organisation

30. #5 DIY
• The community are able to
raise all of the finance
• They have a strong desire to
be the network operator
• The community design,
build & operate their own
network
• Open Access & Service
Providers delivered by the
community
• Investment and Exit plans
need to be considered
Community
Organisation

31. Engagement → Sustainable

32. Thank you!
Adrian Wooster
adrian@wooster.org.uk
07788 167776
Natasha Innocent
natasha@raceonline2012.org
07917 174205

33. Go ON campaigns
Communities

34. BDUK goals for UK by 2015
• The best Superfast Broadband in Europe
• Standard broadband delivered to virtually
all communities
• To achieve both the UK also needs world
leading levels of digital capability AND
the right environment to stimulate demand
–t
This is what Go ON campaigns seek to do
do

35. Go ON local campaigns aim
• to inspire people to recognise the benefits
of being online and build their capability
•to support everyone in a local area to
experience an enhanced social, cultural +
economic life from being online
• to create demand for superfast
• broadband

36. Secure connected communities
• Inspiring local people + businesses to
change behaviour
• using tried + tested successful projects
such as eHampshire to support change
• Using the activists in your community to
drive further demand through their
enthusiasm, energy + skills
Using interesting, relevant + engaging
Go ON messaging

37. Supporting Local Broadband
Plans
• Communities can play a significant role in
driving demand at very local level
• By working together Local Authorities and
active communities can achieve increased
demand + potentially more roll out from
the investment pot available
•

38. Getting started
• Identify local partners who could help
you get your message across
• Gather as much data as possible on
who needs support
• Recruit digital champions to build
skills + raise awareness of the benefits
a fast network will bring
• Support your network of champions
• to stay active + engaged

39. Go ON community partners
Make use of community networks to help
drive demand at local level
• Faith Communities
• Existing volunteer networks
• Community organisations
• Local pubs and post offices
Scouts + Girl Guides
The Women’s Institute

40. Recruit digital champions
• Local people willing to share their skills +
enthusiasm with friends, neighbours,
colleagues or family
• Knowing someone’s interests, passions or
information triggers allows a personalised
introduction to the web
• Champions don’t need to be IT experts
experts – it’s much more
important to be

41. Next steps
• Consider adopting a local Go ON campaign
• Use the free marketing assets to promote
the benefits of being online
• recruit and inspire digital champions to
promote Go ON messaging + drive demand
• Collect + promote local case studies to
inspire others to join in
Have fun

42. Questions
?

43. Panellists
• Joe Ling – DEFRA
• Natasha Innocent - BDUK
• Adrian Wooster – BDUK
• Daniel Fearnley – HCC

44. Refreshment break
Next session
starts at 3.30 pm

45. Hampshire Country Council’s Local
Broadband Plan
Daniel Fearnley
IT Business Partner
Hampshire County Council
01962 846359
Daniel.fearnley@hants.gov.uk

46. Hampshire’s Local Broadband Plan
Daniel Fearnley, IT Business Partner & Programme Director

47. This is important…
• We understand the frustration
• We understand the benefits
• We have Chief Officer, Karen Murray ,
sponsorship
• Support from The Leader, Executive Member
for Economic Development & Rural Affairs plus
Broadband Champion
• Senate, Districts and LEPs

48. What does Hampshire look like without
the programme?

49. Where are we now?
•Revised bid •Approved •Procurement
November 2011 January 2012 completed end
2012

50. What are the timescales?
2013 2015
•Schedule to be decided with commercial partner
•Based upon economic principles. E.g. Demand vs. Cost
•Gap funded model
•Demand stimulation remains key

51. What are the targets
• 90% of premises • Remaining 10%
24Mbps + minimum 2Mbps

52. What does 90% look like?

53. 90% and beyond….
• Demand stimulation
• Reuse of existing assets
• Efficient implementation
• Consultation and engagement

54. Hampshire’s role in RCBF
• Share details of our Local Broadband
Plan - You need to be in the final 10%
• We can offer support and advice
• Facilitation – like today!
• Can’t bid, but can work together to
ensure maximum value

55. The final 10%....

56. The final 10%....for now..

57. Hampshire Broadband What next…
• Detailed planning
• Procure a partner
• Engagement with you and all
stakeholders
• Improved website, regular updates &
quarterly stakeholder engagement

58. Questions?

59. CAH support
Joanna Dixon
Senior Rural Officer
Community Action Hampshire
01962 857354
Joanna.dixon@action.hants.org.uk

60. Joanna Dixon
Senior Rural Officer
Community Action Hampshire
01962 857354
Joanna.dixon@action.hants.org.uk

61. Why an issue?
• Equalities issue – linked to education, citizenship
• Access to services issue – a new dimension
• Market forces issue – little rural investment
• Hidden disadvantage – not always recognized
• Rural economy – dependent for growth
• Essential for everyone – not an “add on”

62. What can CAH do?
• Brokering role - today’s event ; open a dialogue
• Signposting role – to other sources of expertise &
help; other community projects
• Help demonstrate demand – raising awareness,
educating about benefits & encouraging take up
through engagement processes

63. Further advice & support
• OCSI parish profiles – socio-economic data
• Bid writing
• Organizational & legal structures
• Developing social enterprise
• Business planning
• Networking & cooperation
• Intelligence gathering & feeding back

64. Questions and Next Steps
 Map to identify whether you are eligible
 Where to go for further advice and
information
 Use Google - rural broadband solutions
 Share information - talk to each other

65. Today's speakers
• Joe Ling – DEFRA
• Natasha Innocent - BDUK
• Adrian Wooster – BDUK
• Daniel Fearnley – HCC

66. Thank you
Joanna Dixon
Senior Rural Officer
Community Action Hampshire
01962 857354
Joanna.dixon@action.hants.org.uk