| About Us
Halifax Town Centre Forum is an independent organisation working to enhance the town for all users and was established in 1996. It is a membership organisation which is open to all connected to Halifax.
The mission statement of the Forum is:
“To work in partnership to enhance Halifax for all businesses, visitors, residents, tourists and shoppers”
In order to encourage continued growth in Halifax town centre, the Forum has a number of key objectives. These are to:
- Highlight the proven strength of Halifax as a business location
- Develop a comprehensive marketing plan for the town
- Improve the physical environment
- Encourage more tourist visitors
- Build on existing safety initiatives
- Promote the cultural side of the evening economy
How we are currently achieving it:
- Our Ambassadors provide a uniformed on-street customer service for all town centre users
- The Marketing Co-ordinator is producing a marketing strategy for the promotion of the town centre and businesses in consultation with the Forum’s Marketing group
- By working in partnership with all organisations involved in the development, promotion, and running of Halifax town centre
- By working with the tourism organisation to raise the awareness and image of Halifax as a tourism destination
- By helping to organise events which increase the number of visitors to the town. These include the award winning Halifax in Bloom scheme, Christmas lights switch-on and the Traditions Festival
- Managing the Radiolink scheme
- By working with the Nightlife Initiative to improve safety and security in Halifax at night
- By providing and promoting safety aspects such as CCTV, anti-graffiti film, personal attack alarms for business
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