Mendip DC & Glastonbury Abbey

Town Deal support.

Category

Place & economy

Services provided

Town Deal; fundraising; economic growth

Overview

Activist provided a Town Deal programme support for Glastonbury (total deal worth £23.6M), comprising a package of eleven projects focused on establishing the town as a leader in terms of ambitious economic growth, regeneration, cultural heritage and environmental sustainability.

We are very happy with Activist’s work and it has helped us take a more strategic approach to funding requirements and securing match funding for the Town Deal Programme, as well as providing support to Glastonbury Abbey in progressing their ambitious longer-term development plans.

Mendip DC & Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey

How we helped.

The projects themselves together tackle climate change, grow the economy, reduce deprivation, improve health and wellbeing, enhance the local cultural offer and its branding, help solve local transport issues and seek to address Covid recovery.

Our work has involved developing an overarching Funding Strategy for the Town Deal programme and identifying local fundraising synergy opportunities. We are now helping and advising individual projects on their funding strategies and bid applications, engaging with potential funders, delivering the additional funding support requirements of Glastonbury Abbey and working with key Council officers, project leads, local businesses, partners and other stakeholders in the local community.

What our clients say about us.

It was great working with Activist

It was great working with Activist – they had a strong commitment to doing an excellent job as shown in the quality and depth of their analysis and the clarity of their written reports.
Croydon Council

Their contribution was a key factor in meeting the deadline

Activist provided excellent advice and skills in all aspects of this ground-breaking venture, including sensitive management of stakeholder relationships during difficult stages of the project. Their contribution was a key factor in meeting the deadline for the establishment of the joint venture company and in the initial realisation of benefits.
Herefordshire Council / NHS Herefordshire

A pleasure to work with

Activist worked at pace to deliver an evaluation report that our senior leadership were very pleased with. Activist were a pleasure to work with, well organised, thorough and helped us to achieve our intended outcomes against a set of challenging timescales.
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

We learned so much

We learned so much from the Activist team, who provided brilliant support to help us transform our service and improve our income generation. Their commercial and negotiating expertise helped us increase the financial performance of our external contracts.
Bracknell Forest Council

It was incredible how much was achieved

An enormous thank you for the work on the lockdown report. It was incredible how much was achieved against the clock! The report seemed to have a very enthusiastic response. It is not just me saying it’s a great report – you hit the jackpot by producing something of value to heads of service.
Libraries Connected

We are very happy with Activist’s work

We are very happy with Activist’s work and it has helped us take a more strategic approach to funding requirements and securing match funding for the Town Deal Programme, as well as providing support to Glastonbury Abbey in progressing their ambitious longer-term development plans.
Mendip District Council and Glastonbury Abbey

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