Wadebridge Town Team

Aim of the team

The aim of the Town Team is to support Wadebridge stakeholders achieve their aspirations for Wadebridge. To promote leadership and make Wadebridge an even better town in which to work, live and visit, by providing a forum to work up and co-ordinate delivery of aspirational and viable projects which will secure the long term economic, social, environmental vitality and prosperity of the town.

Role 

To achieve this aim, the Team will:

• Work with Cornwall Council, the Town Council, and other key stakeholders as appropriate to identify priority projects to improve the economic, social and environmental prosperity of the Town 
• Pull the required information together to help inform decisions.  
• Find solutions to issues through partnership working and to call on the expertise of other groups or individuals as and when required
• Provide a forum whereby members of the group can help to ensure co-ordination between existing and emerging projects
• Organise when relevant public engagement sessions/events with consideration given to Action Planning Workshops.
• The Team, in the short term, will look to submit bids to access funding such as Cornwall Council’s Town Vitality Funds, Community Levelling Up and Community Capacity Funding to progress studies and projects in Wadebridge town.

It is important to note that it is not currently envisaged that the Team will be contracting for services directly.

The Team was created in the summer of 2023 in order to apply for and access funding streams to support a future vision for Wadebridge.

The Team members are -

Chair - Cllr Robin Moorcroft

Cllr Ian Welch - Town Mayor

Caroline New - Local business owner

Stuart Robertson - Local business owner

Darren Rowe - Local business owner

Cllr Chris Boswell-Munday

Cllr Carol Mould

Highways Manager - Oliver Jones

Volunteer Cornwall Rep - Ben Gillespie

North Cornwall Coast PCN - Terri Clare

WTC Clerk - Anne Minnis

John Betjeman centre Manager - Emma Burt

Wadebridge Foodbank Manager - Jacqui White MBE

Cornwall Council CLO - Sarah Sims

CEO Compassionate Kernow - Simon Betteridge

Local cycling instructor -Phil Keymer

The Team were successful in applying for £50,000 from the Town Vitality Fund. This funding could only be used for appointing a consultancy company to create a Place Shaping Vision for the Wadebridge We Want. From this public consultation and information gathering a report was compiled by RISE Associates.

The full report from the consultation can be viewed by clicking the image below:

Following on from recommendations within the report, we have had further success in applying for funding from the Town Accelerator Fund - £12500 and Town Delivery Fund - £30,000.

At this stage monies have been used to support the newly created and fantastic monthly Farmers Markets, the raft race in 2024, additional flower planters and also new signage on the Camel Trail.

Future projects will include supporting Wadebridge TC with the outdoor cinema, increased youth activities in conjunction with the school, sports club tasters, funding of a role to support the monthly market and other events and looking to make greater use and support vacant shop premises.