Online Tools for Effective Town Centre Management
Successful town centres - developing effective strategies - NEW
A new report and toolkit designed by the Association of Town & City Management to breathe fresh life into the UK’s town centres and high streets has been launched (20th March) by the Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the government’s Retail Pathfinder. Supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the report and toolkit come at a time when the number of empty retail units is still a concern and online purchasing trends continues grow. Find out more
Crowdfunding for Town Centres and High Streets
Crowdfunding is way to raise investment and finance by tapping into a 'crowd' of like-minded people willing to invest smaller amounts of cash to support their community. Now they have a chance to do something about it by offering support, sometimes in a small way with just a tenner. Sometimes on a much grander scale! It’s all about making the little things happen that can come together to make big changes in our town centres and High Streets.
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Town Centre HealthCheck
Understanding how your town or city centre is performing is crucial. It is the vital first step to inform both a new town centre strategy and any review. It also helps set the agenda for any partnership. This tool is now free for ATCM members.
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The First Impressions Exercise
FREE TO USE
The First Impressions Exercise provides a simple and inexpensive mechanism to gain valuable feedback and insights from a neutral source with no local vested interests. It is a simple tool to provide feedback to a community from a "first time" visitor.
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Knowledge and Skills Audit
FREE TO USE
Getting the right mix of skills, experiences and qualities is a key ingredient in building an effective board of stakeholders. A skills audit is a tool to help your board identify why they have become a member and what skills, knowledge or experience they can contribute to the board.
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