Town Centres
This network is being set up as part of this project because it is a priority of the LDA’s Opportunities Fund. It helps projects and the businesses, organisations and people they work with to improve how they contribute to an integrated approach to town centre regeneration and good functioning. It also explores key town centre issues faced by a number of ESF projects.
The network is flexible, and we are open to suggestions, but in general its purposes are:
- Mutual support for ESF projects to improve their effectiveness in town centres
- To explore new areas to develop for projects
- To explore new economic and employment opportunities
- To help projects influence their local town centre community and economy
- To help address specific problems or answer questions on town centre themes
- To exchange best practice within the network and point to links for good advice from outside sources.
How it works
There is:
- A discussion forum on this website
- Links to useful policy and practice information on specialist websites, with brief reviews where possible
- Access to one to one advice and support from experts
- Opportunities for round table meetings with other London ESF projects interested in Town Centre issues.
Networks are largely self-managed e.g. the coordinator will only organise a physical meeting if you request it, and if enough other members are interested.
We really want it to be interactive; some projects have a lot of expertise, and we hope that they will share it with others. We will try to foster debate on the priorities.
To participate
You log on with a username and password provided by the project coordinator. There will be a number of themes in each network with a discussion forum (D?). You can use the forums to ask questions, express opinion, canvass other network members’ views and experience as part of an "on line" community.
Town Centres Forum
Please post your issues, thoughts, experiances and questions realting to Town Centre issues in this forum.