Download - 090323 Oakham Amt Presentation V4
Alison Eardley, Policy Manager
Action for Market Towns – An Overview
Working with market town partnerships,
local authorities and others to support
the vitality and viability of small towns
Supporting our members
AMT will:
• Provide services and advice for market towns
• Facilitate self-help through local networks
• Present an authoritative voice at a national level
• Offer research services through consultancy arm amt-i
Meaning you can:• Stay Informed
We gather the latest news and deliver it to you conveniently by e-bulletin and via our website
• Learn From Others
We help you to solve your key issues by using solutions from our extensive library of good practice
• Save Money
We subsidise our training events so that you can learn new skills
Successful Lottery Bid
£2 million over 5 years part-funded
by the Big Lottery Fund, to help
sustain and revitalise towns
Towns Alive – Programme Elements
• Training - Market Towns Academy
• Policy – Market Towns Knowledge Hub
• Best Practice – Towns 4 Towns Programme
• National Voice – Representing market towns
Knowledge Hub – Collating evidence
The Strategic Information Service will provide
data, knowledge and intelligence to members
in order to help them understand the issues
and make positive changes in their own towns
Knowledge Hub – Strategic Influence
The Market Towns Think Tank will bring
together experts and practitioners to
debate the issues facing market towns
in the medium and long term, and to inform
national, regional and sub-regional policy
Four Campaign Areas
• Community-led Planning
• Prosperous Places
• Housing
• Rural Services
Putting policy into practice
• ‘Policy into Practice’ Papers
• Targeted training
• Online Knowledge Exchange – inc online forums
• News and information bulletins
• Influencing policy before it’s written
• Seizing media opportunities
• Creating a network of market town ‘advocates’
National Convention 200913th – 14th October
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Topical workshops;
study tours; key-note speeches
Save up to £140 if you join amt, and
Grass Roots Rates saving up to £110 for independent partnerships & volunteers
A date for your diaries.....
Mike King, Senior Research Consultant
Who we are
• Mike King Senior Research Consultant
• 3 Years Old
• Social Enterprise
• Research and Project Management
What we offer
• Town Centre Services
• Car Parking Studies
• Visitor Perception
• Mystery Shopping
• Signage Audits
• Town Benchmarking
• Focus Groups and Surveys
Current Project
• Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)/ Commission for Rural Communities (CRC)
• Understanding and supporting the resilience of Market Towns
Contacts
Action for Market Towns
Alison Eardley, Policy Manager
07876 598 957
Anna McGowan, Membership Services
01284 756567
www.towns.org.uk
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amt-i
Mike King, Senior Research Consultant
07818 068982
Hannah Bowden, Business Development Manager, 07795 146913
www.amt-i.co.uk
Chris Wade, Chief Executive
Breakout Sessions – Typologies:One size does not fit all
Groups of towns fall within 8 different clusters, based on the characteristics of those towns, for example:
Uppingham Melton Mowbray/ Oakham
(Cluster 5) (Cluster 2)
Young professionals single occupancy households
Commute 15 miles + older housing
fewer children routine occupations
Sometimes towns in different clusters fall within the same local authority area
Discussion Questions
• In what ways would using this sort of profiling be beneficial to your work?
• How might the typology work be developed so that it can be used to impact on policies within towns/ nationally?
• Do you know how your town is doing economically compared to other similar towns?
• Are you are aware of good practice that you think could be transferred to other towns?
Next Steps
• Forming market town ‘advocates’ network
• Strategy e-bulletin focusing debate – due in April
• ‘Prosperous Places’ online webforum
• Updates on CRC / CLES research