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 2009 13 th – 14 th 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
[email_address]
07876 598 957
Anna McGowan, Membership Services
01284 756567
[email_address]
www.towns.org.uk
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amt-i Mike King, Senior Research Consultant [email_address] 07818 068982 Hannah Bowden, Business Development Manager, 07795 146913 [email_address] 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

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