EMRAF Seminar ‘Community Safety in Market Towns’
This seminar is organised through the EMRAF Market Towns Group, which aims to be the regional champion of market towns to support the development and improve the vitality of towns as hubs providing a wide range of services and employment opportunities for rural areas.
This is the first event organised by the group and it aims to support the sharing of good practice, facilitate networking and provide updates on current thinking in addressing market towns issues.
This event will be of interest to anyone interested in market towns issues, including: Town centre managers, Local authority economic development officers, staff of emda ans Sub-regional Strategic Partnerships, business sector representatives, town councillors, local authority councillors
Programme
10.00 - Registration & coffee
10.30 - Welcome to emda: Andrew Morgan, skills and communities director, emda
10.35 - Introduction to EMRAF: Derk van der Wardt, EMRAF Co-ordinator
10.40 - Introduction to the EMRAF Market Towns Group; Its aims and activities: Jim Hanrahan, Chair (Also Clerk to Newark Town Council)
11.00 - Managing the evening economy - Mansfield’s success story: Diana Hobson, Town centre manager (plus questions & answers)
11.30 - Business continuity in market towns: Eric Jeffrey, Business Continuity Officer, Leicestershire county council (plus questions & answers)
12.00 - Antisocial behaviour and neighbourhood policing: Insp. Richard Hiom, Leicestershire Constabulary. (plus questions & answers)
12.30 - Lunch
The seminar will take place at the offices of emda in Nottingham on March 6th 2007 from 10am – 1pm and will include a light lunch.
To book your place at this event, please contact Lynn Hage – EMRAF Communications Officer on (01623) 720148 or email lhage@nottsrss.org.uk
NB: Places for this event are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. A confirmation with directions to the venue will be circulated to delegates on February 28th There are no parking spaces available at EMDA, but limited spaces are available for blue badge holders, if you require one of these parking spaces please specify on your booking form and return it as soon as possible.
last updated: 30-01-2007 09:26