SETTLE TOWN CENTRE SURVEY

We would really welcome your views on Settle Town Centre. Whether you are a frequent user or someone who rarely visits Settle, we would like to know your views - both positive and negative! To complete the short survey, please click on the link below.

SETTLE TOWN CENTRE SURVEY

ABOUT THE STUDY

Settle Area Regeneration Team (StART) are currently working alongside Action for Market Towns (AMT) on a Benchmarking Project. Benchmarking has been conducted by AMT in over 120 towns and involves capturing data on 12 Key Performance Indicators within the town centre such as retail offering, footfall, car parking, business confidence, shopper origin and town centre user views. Once the town centre has been reviewed, AMT will provide StART with a comprehensive report highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of Settle, how the town centre could be improved, examples of good practice and how the town fares against other towns from across England and Wales and towns of a similar type.

In the past, Benchmarking has been used to understand how town centres operate, plan and develop regeneration initiatives, measure the impact of developments and as an evidence base to attract funding. If you have any questions regarding the survey, please contact Mike King, Action for Market Towns, 07818 068982, mike.king@towns.org.uk

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Please note that the web server that holds the NCHT web pages is going to be updated in the next few weeks, and as a consequence you may observe some loss of service, with the site being intermittantly unavailable.

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THE HISTORY & HERITAGE OF SHROPSHIRE - SETTLE U3A GROUP HOLIDAY

A 5 day (4 nights) holiday 17th-21st September has been arranged to visit the lovely county of Shropshire. The Tillington Hall Hotel in Stafford is where we would stay for 4 nights on half board at the cost of £349 per person (singles extra). The coach would pick up at Settle and another stopping place on the way to Skipton. Included in the holiday is a visit to Shugborough, Ironbridge Gorge and the many museums in the area, Shrewsbury, Attingham Park, Bridgnorth, Kidderminster, steam ride on the Severn Valley Railway, Stokesay Castle, Sudbury Hall and Biddulph Grange Garden. Entrance fees to museums and places of interest, are not included in the cost. For 2 days of this holiday, we shall have a Blue Badge Guide escorting us around.

Full information can be obtained by emailing Ruthevansltd@hotmail.com. Hard copies will be available at the next U3A meeting on the 8th March.

Ruth Evans

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Virtual U3A

The Virtual U3A (vU3a), which went live in January 2009, is an online-only U3A, affiliated to the Third Age Trust. One of its principal aims is to provide the U3A experience for those who are rendered isolated in some way by circumstances or geography and unable to play a full part in a terrestrial U3A.More information is available on the public website *www.vu3a.org* where one can also apply for membership. Why not pay it a visit? And if you know of anyone who might benefit, please pass the information on.

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Software for U3A Members

It is possible for members to purchase Microsoft Education Software, for example, Windows 7 Pro or Office Pro 2010 for only £35 each.
For further information contact:
Steve Bennett, Professional Computer Services, Conservative Chambers, Settle
Tel: (01729) 825860 or (01524) 888391 Email: steve@pcs-settle.co.uk
Click here for further details.

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A Brief History of Settle District U3A

Settle District U3A was conceived by Frank Pedley in 2001. He placed an advertisement in the Craven Herald and subsequently called a meeting in Victoria Hall, Settle. At this meeting a steering committee, chaired by Frank, was formed from which the Settle District U3A became a possibility. The first meeting was held on 25 May at 23 Duke Street, Settle. After a year of preparatory work an inaugural meeting was called in Victoria Hall, Settle, and the organisation formally came into existence on 12 September 2002. At this meeting, the steering committee became the first committee of the Settle District U3A. 64 members were enrolled, and 14 study groups were formed. We were saddened recently to hear of Frank's death.

 

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Settle District U3A is a registered charity, No. 1095635 Site last updated May 8, 2012

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