25/10/2016 - On 9th October the Carnegie
UK Trust launched its TwinTowns UK programme, a major national initiative to
connect up small and medium sized towns across all of the UK’s jurisdictions.
The project immediately attracted nationwide attention and was featured on more
than 60 radio stations, TV channels and newspapers within 48 hours.
Carnegie UK’s commitment to
supporting Flourishing Towns includes a range of practical and evidence-led
projects, from the TestTown high street enterprise academy to the Understanding
Scottish Places data platform. We’ve learnt from much of this work how
important interrelationships are for boosting creativity and growth in towns.
Connecting with others, sharing ideas and challenges, and forming partnerships
for services and economic development.
TwinTownsUK will offer 10 towns across the UK
the chance to twin, coming together with financial and staff support over the
next three years. These partnerships could be between similar towns in
different places (e.g. coastal towns from Essex and Aberdeenshire, or market
towns from Northern Ireland and South Wales), towns that are close together, or
very different types of communities. We are open to lots of different
approaches.
Community and residents groups, traders
associations, youth clubs and councils that think their town might benefit from
this programme should visit the Carnegie UK Trust
website now and fill out the simple form, post a short video, or get in
touch for a discussion.
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