Amongst the many performance measures to be expected in the ‘post-programme findings of the High Streets Task Force’, I was most interested to read and understand the final section titled ‘legacy’. This concluding section of the report published recently by the Institute of Place Management (IPM), presents suggestions for long-term learning and impact by presenting…
It was great to see one of my favourite town centre-based community enterprises announced this week as one of 12 worthy beneficiaries of the expansion of the Architectural Heritage Fund’s Heritage Development Trusts model. Galeri Caernarfon Since it was formed in 1992, a key role of Galeri Caernarfon has been to buy old, derelict and…
North Tyneside Council is working with the six communities of Forest Hall, Fish Quay, North Shields, Tynemouth, Wallsend and Whitley Bay in planning North Tyneside’s town centre recovery and revitalisation. The Council has been assisted in this work to plan North Tyneside’s town centre recovery and revitalisation by the expertise of the People & Places…
With the Governments’ roadmap out of lockdown in England published for all to navigate, what are the potential greenlights and bottlenecks that this signals for town centre place managers and businesses? The initial analysis undertaken by the People & Places Partnership of the lockdown roadmap’s greenlights and bottlenecks, indicates that town centre place managers and…
The People & Places Partnership is working with East Suffolk Council, Beccles Town Council, Beccles Business and Tourism Association and other local partners in revitalising Beccles town centre. This page provides access to resources created as part of this work, as well as links to related guidance. Revitalising Beccles town centre You can read or…
The People & Places Partnership is working with Selby District Council, in association with Sherburn in Elmet Parish Council, Sherburn in Elmet Community Trust and Sherburn in Elmet Business Network, in revitalising the village centre. This page provides access to resources created as part of this work, as well as links to related guidance. Revitalising…
At the People & Places Partnership we are pleased to announce the release of an updated post-COVID 19 version of the revitalising town centres toolkit prepared for the Local Government Association (LGA). Launch of revised toolkit The revised revitalising town centres toolkit supplements the original handbook for local leaders on how to approach the revitalisation…
The People & Places Partnership is working with East Suffolk Council, Saxmundham Town Council and local partners in revitalising Saxmundham town centre. This page provides access to resources created as part of this work, as well as links to related guidance. Revitalising Saxmundham town centre You can read or download a copy of the summary…
The People & Places Partnerships can use its know-how to help towns across the country to take a long-look at the impacts and provide COVID-19 recovery planning support. We’d be delighted to share a virtual coffee with you and see how we might add some fresh thinking through COVID-19 recovery planning support alongside the local…
As town and city centres move from the crisis stage of COVID-19 crisis towards recovery, this short video on taking the first steps to town centre recovery explains the importance of understanding what has changed in a place, its customers and businesses. There is an blog “First steps to recovery” with more details about what…