Training
Action for Market Towns has received funding from The Big Lottery to deliver Towns Alive, a five-year programme focusing on sustainable market town regeneration.
One of the elements of Towns Alive is the Market Towns Academy, a training programme designed to support the forward planning and organisational development needs of Community Partnerships.
Action for Market Towns completed a study to identify the vital components of a successful Community Partnership.
The findings revealed that a strong partnership is based on the following seven factors all beginning with the letter ‘F’: Foundation, Folk, Function, Form, Funding, Financial Management and Forward Planning.
These factors, known as the ‘F Factors’, provide a structure for Towns Alive and in particular for the Market Towns Academy. We don’t offer a standard training solution because we know that the needs of Community Partnerships differ depending on their maturity, function and geography. So we have devised the following three short steps to enable you to access the training that you require:
Step 1: Determine
We will work with you to help you determine your precise training requirements using the Academy’s Sustainability Toolkit.
Step 2: Design
Our downloadable Market Towns Academy brochure describes the Academy training modules – we will design a tailormade programme for you by adapting the most appropriate modules to meet the needs of your target group.
Step 3: Deliver
We will deliver the programme from a location of your choice, at a time that best suits your delegates.
Pricing structure
You are welcome to buy any of these courses from Action for Market Towns. We will help you follow the three short steps above and then provide you with a quotation. If, however, you wish to deliver a programme of six or more modules to a cluster of ten or more Community Partnerships or town councils in market towns, we might be able to provide up to 50% of the costs as match funding.
Download the Market Towns Academy brochure
More information
E-mail academy@towns.org.uk to discuss your needs.
