ATCM Awards

Thank you to everyone who entered the ATCM Awards 2008
The campaign for 2007/8 provided six new exciting categories to both to recognise excellence and demonstrate the real difference effective centre management can make.

The Award categories were:

1) Centre mix
Getting the right mix of retailing, leisure, entertainment, culture, services, business and employment, and housing is crucial to the success of any centre. This award recognised the project or scheme that achieved real improvements in the quality, diversity and distinctiveness of offer in a centre.
WINNER - Gainsborough: Marhsall's Yard

Short-listed in this category:
Barking: African Showcase
Gainsborough: Marshall’s Yard
Altrincham: Turning Vision into Reality

2) Centre move
Ensuring people and goods can get into, out of and around a centre is of critical importance to the appeal and function of a centre. This award recognised the project that had done most to improve movement into and around a centre.
WINNER - Ballymena: Town Centre Accessibility Scheme

3) Centre experience
Centres that feel clean, safe, welcoming and attractive are places people choose to return to. This award recognised the scheme that had done most to create an experience worth having for the visitor and investor alike.
WINNER - Stockport: Food and Drink Festival 2007

Short-listed in this category:
Maidstone: Safer Socialising Award
Stockport: Food and Drink Festival 2007
Kingston: Thumbs Up It’s Thursday
St Annes on Sea: Physical Town Centre Enhancement
Rochdale: Town Centre Business Awards 2007

4) Centre initiative
Developing shared visions, strategies, action plans, marketing and promotional campaigns and branding for a centre are vital steps in ensuring its vitality and viability. This award recognised the initiative that demonstrates excellence in approach or finished product in one or more of these areas.
WINNER - Plymouth: Summer Festival

Short-listed in this category:
Plymouth: Summer Festival
Wood Green: International Short Film Festival
Larne: Good Hair Week
Manchester City Centre: Christmas 2007
Birmingham: Walk of Stars, Broad Street

5) ATCM partnership of the Year 2007/8  - KINDLY SPONSORED BY SPRINGBOARD
Successful partnerships involve real engagement and contributions from key stakeholders at the appropriate level; clear visions, strategies and action plans supported by a persuasive business plan for the partnership itself; good management with a track record of delivery; an effective communication strategy with investors, the public sector and community; regular and objective monitoring and evaluation and a clear record of success. The Partnership of the Year demonstrated excellence more than one of these areas and is a leading example of what a partnership can achieve.
WINNER - Huddersfield Town Centre Partnership Ltd

Short-listed in this category:
Huddersfield Town Centre Partnership Ltd
Ballymena Town Centre Partnership: Business Improvement District
Castleford Town Centre Partnership
Heart of London Business Alliance
The City of Westminster

6) ATCM champion of the Year 2007/8 - KINDLY SPONSORED BY BLACHERE ILLUMINATION
There are some real heroes who give so much to support their locality.  This award is not necessarily intended for the Town Centre Manager, but could be those individuals who have made a major contribution to the concept of place management.
We requested nominations for a person, from either the private, public or community sector, whose efforts deserved recognition either because they have acted as the driving force to setting up a new partnership, because they made an outstanding contribution over a period of time, revitalised an existing structure or otherwise changed their locality.

WINNER - Duncan Currall, Plymouth

Short-listed in this category:
Plymouth: Duncan Currall
Hammersmith: Arun Sondhi
Liverpool:  Jim Gill
Great Yarmouth: Bruce Sturrock

Congratulations to all the winners of ATCM Awards 2007/8!

For details of the ATCM Awards 2008/9 please contact awards@atcm.org.