Alongside the development of the World Heritage Site nomination, Gwynedd Council received funding to support a scheme of activities called LleCHI.

Funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund Great Place Scheme, the Snowdonia Partnership and Gwynedd Rural Innovation Fund, allowed the Gwynedd Council to lead various projects involving youngsters in the bid for Gwynedd to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The council is asking the public for its opinion of LleCHI, as Cllr Gareth Thomas explained.

“Through LleCHI, the council led various activities which included young slate ambassadors, arts projects in our schools, developing a site-wide interpretation plan and artwork such as colourful and striking murals in many slate towns and villages.

“LleCHI focused on community engagement, local empowerment, destination improvement, community regeneration and pride in the communities of the slate landscape of Northwest Wales area in preparation for the designation.

“We are keen to hear your views on the impact of the LleCHI scheme in our quarrying communities as the project comes to an end this year. Your comments will be very useful as we plan for the future.”

The questionnaire can be found at www.llechi.cymru/llechisurvey and the closing date is 29 October.