Innovation Labs

Team: Rachel Tuckett, Ruth Stevenson, Amie Andrews, Siobhan Maderson, Aimee Morse, Huw Lewis, James Lewis, Matt Reed and Owain Lewis.

The Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales Innovation Labs aim to develop and test innovative solutions to overcome obstacles to change. Four Innovation Labs, each focused on a challenge associated with one of the Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales themes, involve stakeholder participants in a series of workshops to identify desired goals, discuss obstacles to achieving these goals, and explore potential solutions. One intervention per Lab will be selected for testing with a partner over a 12 month period and evaluated.

The challenges targeted by the Innovation Labs are:

• A Wales where nature-friendly, net zero horticulture is supported and rewarded
• Building homes, happiness and community in rural Wales: addressing the labour shortfall across the construction industry
• A Rural Wales where there are opportunities to grow, cook and eat together with a diverse range of people, in an affordable, comfortable and inclusive setting
• A Rural Wales where sport is used to support and increase the social use of Welsh