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Celebrate places as they have never been celebrated before in this totally immersive and unique event being held in the UK's oldest town, Colchester.
This inspirational two half day event is brought to you in partnership with Colchester Borough Council, the Colchester Town Team and local community groups including Colchestersoup and Revive & Thrive and is sponsored by Blachere Illumination, PFM Footfall Intelligence and The Mosaic Partnership.
Each of the two days have compelling reasons to come along, network, learn, share and discover. An exhibition and programme of workshops runs throughout the event, as do keynote speeches, panel discussions and guided tours of Colchester.
Running parallel to the rest of the packed agenda, Blachere Illumination will be busy deciding who walks away with the top prize in their £20,000 Christmas Lights Competition and judges will be deciding the winner of the Revive & Thrive Town Solutions Challenge
We have built the event to run over two days as there is a lot going on and a lot that everyone can take away from it, but the agenda is flexible enough that you can still learn a lot if you can only get there for either of the two days.
All of the winners will be announced at the end of the event and there will be a champagne reception on the evening of the first day of the conference.
The programme promises to give you an unforgettable experience that will leave you inspired and motivated to deliver amazing projects in your place.
The initial speakers as of 1st September include -
- Peter Donohue - Business In The Community
- Sir Bob Russell - Lord High Steward of Colchester and former MP and Mayor for the town
- Jean-Michel Knutsen - Citizens UK
- Karen Taylor - Colchestersoup
- Karen Turnbull - Colchester Borough Council
- Alistair Heron - Colne Housing
- Bishop of Colchester - The Right Reverend Roger Morris
- Richard Bailey - Essex County Council
- Martin Blackwell - Expert Place Management Consultant
- David Sharman - Fields In Trust
- Dorian Kelly - Illuminati
- Ben Downie - InkPen Downie
- Scott Everest - Inspire Colchester
- Mo Aswat - The Mosaic Partnership
- David Sturdy - PFM Footfall Intelligence
- Steph James - Maidenhead Town Manager and Revive & Thrive UK Ambassador
- Ronnie Brown - Blachere Illumination and Theming
- Julie Conway - British Independent Retailers Association (bira)
- Chris Fowler - Local Data Company
- Helen Goodwin - Made You Look
- Steph James - Maidenhead Town Manager and Revive & Thrive UK Ambassador
- Colin Munro - Miconex
- Mark Brodermann - OurLocal.Town
- Jeremy Rucker - City Dressing
- Alison Bowcott-McGrath - PinPointer
- Chris Reed - Proxismart
- Alison John - SpaceQube
- Sailesh Chauhan - StreetCloud
- Martin Leamon - Web.Com
- Matthew Powell - Revive & Thrive
The local walking tours will include -
- Walking Heritage Tour by Colchester High Steward and former MP Sir Bob Russell
- Around town with a twist by Dorian Kelly - local actor, playwright, author
- Behind the scenes of local theatre - Mercury Theatre
- From Camulodunum to Colchester
- Georgian Colchester
- Roman Colchester
- Churches Monasteries and Chapels
- Love Life & Loss in Colchester in the Great War
- Colchester Under Siege (English Civil War)
Talks and workshops will include -
- Both sides of the coin - the industrial and the retail centre and the bond between them
- Regeneration in a Historic Town
- Running a town during a period of investment
- Wider community benefits of a town
- How to create a memorable experience in your place
- Collecting & using data to improve your place
- The Importance of Well Presented Shop Windows
- Lighting is not just for Christmas
- Harnessing the Tourist Potential of our Towns
- How to Create an Experience to Engage with your Community
- Destination & Discovery - How Wayfinding will improve every visitors experience to your town
- Measuring the Customer Journey - home to high street and back again
More talks, tours and workshops will be added nearer the time but the above are confirmed so far.
Tours and talk content are provisional and are subject to demand. More will be added and some may be removed as required. All the tours and refreshments are included in the booking fee.
Where
Mercury Theatre
Balkerne Gate
CO1 1PT Colchester
United Kingdom
Organiser
Revive & Thrive
Offering Business Improvement Districts, Towns, Cities, Places & Communities one voice nationally. Your place to share, learn and best practice and make your views heard at the highest level.
Revive and Thrive is a national network connecting people, places and businesses so that they can work together to make their places better.
Collaboration is the key to the future of the high street and where we live.
We work with some of the nations most experience and knowledgable ‘Place’ practitioners to deliver you information, advice and guidance on the work you do in your place. We create networking opportunities for you to share best practice and come face to face with people that will help you achieve your goals!
By joining one of our unique memberships you will gain access to our huge network of Place experts, national and regional events, our promotional platform for you business or Place via our website, social media and our popular national online Place magazine. You will be part of a national framework that connects people and Places so that together we can influence change where we live, work and play.
The Revive and Thrive proposition, therefore, is as simple as it sounds. We work with passionate people, place experts and town solution providers so that together we can make our places Great. testimonials.
Visit www.reviveandthrive.co.uk to find out more.
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