Networking Events
Find out about upcoming and past Towns-4-Towns events around the country.
Upcoming events
Dales Market Towns Networking Event
A networking event for Market Towns in the Dales area of North Yorkshire, will take place on Monday, 8 March, in Grassington, North Yorkshire. The purpose of the event, which is part of the North Yorkshire Towns Alive programme, is to promote the benefits of towns working together. Dr Tony Jackson will attend the event to share the experience of the ‘Horsham Six Towns Partnership’.
‘Increasing Footfall’ Seminar
We are delighted to announce our next North Yorkshire Towns Alive Seminar which will take place on Thursday, 13th May 2010, in Malton, North Yorkshire.
In an effort to help towns combat the ongoing effects of the recession, the seminar will focus on helping market towns realise their tourism potential and increase footfall.
More information and the event agenda will be available on this web page shortly.
Past events
North Yorkshire Towns Alive Shop Local Seminar, Knaresborough, Thursday, 25 February
The North Yorkshire Shop Local event attracted interest and delegates from across the country. Towns gathered to hear about the successes and problems of existing loyalty card schemes and shared ideas and plans for starting or expanding loyalty schemes in their own towns.
Click here to read about the seminar and download the event presentations.
If you have got questions about starting a loyalty scheme, why not check out our North Yorkshire online forum, where people experienced in developing and running shop local campaigns are ready to answer your questions.
North Yorkshire Towns Alive Study Tour – Settle, Wednesday 11 November
Community activists from market towns in Yorkshire and further afield gathered in Settle, North Yorkshire to study the innovative Settle Hydro Project and the Riverside Improvement Project.
The idea was to look at both projects in detail and see what lessons there were for other market towns in devising similar projects for their communities.
Click here to read about the study tour and download presentations and other information.
Click here to read and contribute to the Settle Hydro online discussion forum.
North Yorkshire Towns Alive Market Towns Seminar – Recession busting in market towns -and Yorkshire & Humber Market Town Awards Presentation, Thirsk Community Cinema, Thirsk, North Yorkshire – Wednesday 1 July 2009
The Market Towns Seminar in Thirsk featured presentations and discussion on Thirsk’s successful community cinema, how to use benchmarking to shape your town’s future, and using online communities to share successful recession busting initiatives between market towns across the country. The day finished with the Yorkshire & Humber Market Town Awards 2009.
Read more about the North Yorkshire Towns Alive Seminar in Thirsk.
Pocklington Study Tour, East Riding of Yorkshire – 26 February 2009
Read about the Pocklington Study Tour – includes case study of the Pocklington Arts Centre project.
Market towns have been hard hit by the recession, with unemployment overall rising by a third more than in the nation as a whole. Shop vacancies have increased and empty shops are getting harder to let.