Towns Alive Awards 2010
Congratulations to miEnterprise in Leominster – National Winner of the 2010 Market Town Awards
miEnterprise was announced as the winner at the AMT Convention in Chippenham, Wiltshire on 12 October after going head to head with the other 7 regional winners (below).
miEnterprise is a Community Interest Company and the first social enterprise nationally to help people with disability or health problems plan, set up, run and develop micro-businesses as a flexible route into employment.
Now, with support from Vince Cable’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, miEnterprise is helping to set up similar organisations in towns and cities throughout the country.
Market Towns Review – Awards edition
AMT members can download a special issue of Market Towns Review here with details of all the winners.
Market Town Awards Regional Winners
Once again AMT’s Market Town Awards attracted an impressive and inspiring selection of projects from across the 8 UK regions.
Dedicated Market Town Awards Showcase events took place in each region to celebrate our category winners and overall winners who we are delighted to announce below.
East of England Market Town Awards
Overall Winner
Project: The SITI Card, St Ives, Huntingdonshire
Lead organisation: St Ives Town Initiative
Also winner of the Business and Economy category
Winner of the Environment and Culture category
Project: Tom Paine Festival, Diss
Lead organisation: Diss Museum
Winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category
Project: Advance Swaffham
Lead organisation: Swaffham Town Partnership Committee
Winner of the Social and Community category
Project: Ware in Bloom
Lead organisation: Ware Town Partnership
Read the East of England Market Town Awards press release
East Midlands Market Town Awards
Overall Winner
Project: Uppingham Wifi Project
Lead organisation: Uppingham First
Also winner of the Business and Economy category
Winner of the Environment and Culture category
Project: A Visible Heritage for Ashbourne
Lead organisation: Ashbourne Partnership
Winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category
Project: Empty Shop Scheme – Melton Arts & Crafts Trail
Lead organisation: Melton Town Centre Partnership
Winner of the Social and Community category
Project: The Bus
Lead organisation: Towcester Partnership
Read the East Midlands Market Town Awards press release
North East Market Town Awards
Overall Winner
Project: The Witham Cinema
Lead organisation: Barnard Castle Vision
Also winner of the Social and Community category
Winner of the Business and Economy category
Project: The Washing Line
Lead organisation: Seahouses Development Trust
Winner of the Environment and Culture category
Project: Promoting Morpeth Heritage
Lead organisation: Greater Morpeth Development Trust
Winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category
Project: Barnard Castle Historic Riverside Revival
Lead organisation: Barnard Castle Vision
Read the North East Market Town Awards press release
North West Market Town Awards
Overall Winner
Project: The Middlewich Masterplan
Lead organisation: Middlewich Vision (Market Town Partnership)
Also winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category
Winner of the Business and Economy category
Project: My Beartown – creating a brand for Congleton
Lead organisation: The Congleton Partnership
Winner of the Social and Community category
Project: Fitz Park ‘Make Us Smile’ project, Keswick
Lead organisation: Fitz Park Trust
Read the North West Market Town Awards press release
South East Market Town Awards
Overall Winner
Project: Revival of Kop Hill Climb 2009
Lead organisation: Risborough Area Community Action
Also winner of the Environment and Culture category
Winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category
Project: Sandwich Town Quay Public Convenience Facility
Lead organisation: Sandwich Town Council
Winner of the Social and Community category
Project: Caterham Festival
Lead organisation: Caterham Festival Committee, part of the Caterham Community Partnership
Winner of the Business and Economy category
Project: Trout and About
Lead organisation: Stockbridge Area Partnership
Read the South East Market Town Awards press release
South West Market Town Awards
Overall Winner
Project: The Beversbrook Sports Pitch Project
Lead organisation: Calne Town Council
Also winner of the Social and Community category
Winner of the Environment and Culture category
Project: Platform 2, Sherborne
Lead organisation: Sherborne Area Partnership
Winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category
Project: Main Place
Lead organisation: Coleford Area MCTi Partnership
Winner of the Business and Economy category
Project: First Tuesday
Lead organisation: Ilminster Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Read the South West Market Town Awards press release
West Midlands Market Town Awards
Overall Winner
Project: miEnterprise
Lead organisation: miEnterprise, Leominster
Also winner of the Business and Economy category
Winner of the Environment and Culture category
Project: Polesworth Poets Trail (Ppst!)
Lead organisation: Polesworth Forum
Winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category
Project: Creating an Interactive Heritage Tourism Destination, Stourport
Lead organisation: Stourport Forward
Winner of the Social and Community category
Project: Spa Youth Zone, Droitwich Spa
Lead organisation: Droitwich Spa Area Partnership
Read the West Midlands Market Town Awards press release
Yorkshire and Humber Market Town Awards
Overall Winner
Project: Settle Hydro
Lead organisation: Settle Hydro Ltd
Also winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category
Winner of the Environment and Culture category
Project: The Junction, Goole, East Yorkshire
Lead organisation: Goole Town Council
Winner of the Social and Community category
Project: Hudswell Community Pub, North Yorkshire
Lead organisation: Hudswell Community Pub Ltd
Winner of the Business and Economy category
Project: Slaithwaite Community Shop, West Yorkshire
Lead organisation: Slaithwaite Cooperative Limited
Read the Yorkshire & Humber Market Town Awards press release
Challenges for today’s market towns
The Market Town Awards Showcase events offered a great opportunity to network and debate and the feedback from discussion groups held at each event provides a comprehensive reflection on the challenges and opportunities facing today’s market towns.
Click on the links below to see a summary of the responses to the discussion topics:
More information
The 2010 Market Town Awards were open to towns throughout England for projects completed between April 2009 and March 2010.
For any queries regarding the Action for Market Towns Awards, including sponsorship opportunities, please contact Anne Buchanan at awards@towns.org.uk
The Market Town Awards were sponsored in the regions by Savvy UK.
About SAVVY UK Ltd
We are pleased to be sponsoring the Regional Market Town Awards and be involved in the AMT awards taking place around the country.
Savvy International develops wireless smart card applications which have been implemented and proven in Singapore, Australia and Malaysia. Savvy UK Ltd was formed in May 2005, to help towns and businesses across the UK thrive, using this innovative technology.
Our first town loyalty scheme in the UK won AMT’s National Award in 2006 and is still going strong, so we’ve become expert at setting up this type of successful community-based loyalty scheme.
Everything we do is based on people carrying a single smart card that provides access to a wide range of local services. We have now developed many other applications including cashless parking, based on this core ‘one card for life’ principle.
As a result, we expect this ever-growing set of applications to make a major contribution to the success of many UK towns and councils by providing compelling incentives to ‘stay local’.
Please see www.savvy-loyalty.co.uk or call 0845 4585 356 for further details.
2009 Market Town Awards
Read all about the winners of the 2009 Market Town Awards
