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The Hampshire Market Towns Project 2001-12. Anne Harrison Market Towns Project Manager 18 th April 2012. The Hampshire Market Towns Project . How it has operated Results and achievements Legacy Looking forward . The Hampshire Market Towns Project . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Hampshire Market Towns Project 2001-12
Anne HarrisonMarket Towns Project Manager
18th April 2012
The Hampshire Market Towns Project
• How it has operated • Results and achievements • Legacy • Looking forward
The Hampshire Market Towns Project • 2001-Market Towns Manager and three
Project Officers funded by HCC and• 2004- project supported by SEEDA Small
Rural Towns Fund until 2011• £1.1M allocated to Hampshire towns from
SRT • 32 towns eligible for grants• Working through Partnerships
My role as County Co-ordinator to co-ordinate the SEEDA funding
programme• Meet partners and community groups,
facilitate town partnership development • Promote the programme and assist with
the Market Town Healthcheck and Action planning
• Assist with project selection and development, applications to the SRT fund
• Appraise other counties’ projects • Report to SEEDA
Some Hampshire Facts and Figures
Reported SEEDA Outputs in 7 Hampshire towns allocated Small Rural Towns Programme grants (as at 31.12.11)
Number Hants
SEFT jobs created or safeguarded 7.5
214Seasonal jobs created 0.6People assisted to get a job 3Business start-ups 20Businesses attracted to the region 3Businesses assisted in improving their performance 157Businesses helped into a business network 61Businesses assisted with management skills 2Businesses using support services eg Business Link 24Businesses assisted to use ICT more effectively 4Regeneration funds levered in – public and private £2,21M
£11.6MPeople assisted in skills development 20People undertaking workbased training 16New community facilities (infrastructure) 6
23Improved community facilities (infrastructure) 30
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First phase of SEEDA grants allocated
Alton (£50K)Business support, website
Alresford (£111K)Long stay parking, footpath
Milford on Sea (£65K)Community Centre build
New Milton (£240K)Streetscape, town development officer
Stockbridge (£130K)Town Hall, tourism, events, project officer, young people
Whitchurch (£120K)Streetscape, shop fronts, business centre, website
Whitehill Bordon (£240K)Event space, town improvement officer, events
Final phase of SEEDA grants allocated
Bishop’s Waltham (£1K)Welcome to the town boards
Botley (£7,600)Training equipment
Emsworth (£7,000)Train station waiting room
Hayling Island £12,150)COPP Memorial signage
Petersfield (£7,500)Streetscape, signage, retail
Romsey (£10,500)Destination Romsey
Stockbridge (£32,265)Town Hall ground floor
Whitehill Bordon (£4,335)Retail training and frontages
Resources – match funding and volunteers
• Local authorities (parish, town, district and county)
• EU Leader • Lottery Heritage Grant• Big Lottery• Developers’
contributions• Private sector• Community Builders• Awards for All • Veolia, Biffa
• Steering group and topic teams from community groups
• > 400 volunteers involved
• Over an average of 3 years
• Estimated 120,000 hours
• To the value of >£720,000
Riding the SRTprogramme wavesMake SRT application
interest
Healthcheck
Identify priorities
Group formsAppraisal
offerOnly the start!
Storming or performing
All sub projects underway
Claims in
In better place for next ascent
Community Group effort over time
But it’s not just been about grants….
• 20 Market Town Healthchecks completed, Action Plans prepared and implemented
• 19 networking events in Hampshire and the SE to facilitate sharing of ideas and good practice
• Town Partnerships created in many towns to assist town councils
• Groups and individuals working more closely with local councils to make their towns a better place
And despite the rigours of the Healthcheck ….
….which some said was … Whitchurch Bollards
… a pain - it’s helped people in towns do the things they know need to be done,
for themselves
Lee on Solent’s programme of regular guided walks, designed to bring people to the town, in action.
Milford’s replacement community centre, for which they raised £921,000, hosts a small business area and meeting room
It’s combined the energy of individuals and disparate groups
Hayling’s DVD Postcard, supported by local business
Fordingbridge Flower Festival brought many new visitors to the town
Alton 2020 - a plan for Alton
It’s acted as a catalyst Consultation event in Kingsclere
Odiham Spice Restaurant at the Odiham Food Fair (Matthew Trow)
Thomas wows the crowds in Petersfield
It’s left a legacy • Some real successes • Key lessons learnt (managing
expectations, dealing with views of disparate groups)
• Greatest where there has been buy-in at County, District and local level
• Most effective with a paid member of staff • Real community engagement• a demonstration of how rural communities
can come together to address their own needs with modest amounts of funding
• Big society in action before it was invented
Looking forward • SEEDA• more than ever, your town needs to be pro-
active - Mary Portas (Town Teams, BIDS)• It needs a long-term vision and a plan • Plans must be evidence-based (up to date)• Your town needs to be ready with an identified
project outline when the funds become available • Find partners from public, private and voluntary
sectors and pool resources• Use other agencies and other people’s ideas to
help you (AMT, ATCM eg free Portas Pilot workshops 24th May in London)