TVHC Updates

Teesdale Events Guide Launch

The new Teesdale Events Guide was launched to local service and events providers at the Morritt Arms Hotel, Greta Bridge on 17th October.
Teesdale Marketing launched the guide which covers events from October to March 2008. It is hoped the guide will not only attract tourists to the region but also bring together those who appear in the guide and let local people know what is happening in Teesdale.
Helen Thistlethwaite, Marketing Officer for Teesdale Village Halls Consortium who compiled the information in the guide said:
“There’s a lot going on from October through to March. There are more than 150 events in there and we are building our database all the time.”
The events featured in the guide can also be seen on www.visitteesdale.co.uk and are used to compile the What’s On listings for the Teesdale Mercury newspaper and Radio Teesdale.
Copies of the guide are available from the Tourist Information Centre in Barnard Castle and anyone with an event to promote should email details to events@teesdale.co.uk

Photograph: Helen Thistlethwaite (right) with Jill Cole and Bill Oldfield from Teesdale Marketing at the launch. Photograph courtesy of the Teesdale Mercury.

October 2007

TVHC wins prestigious net:gain awards

Fergus Arkley, Business and Development Manager for Teesdale Village Halls Consortium was presented with two highly commendable national awards at a ceremony in Rugby for delivery of net:gain, a development programme to help leaders of voluntary and community organisations look at how information technology can help them whatever their existing expertise, size or area of work.

The Consortium won the outstanding delegate support award and was praised for creating partnerships to give specialist advice to help those on the programme employ more effective technologies in their organisation.

They also came second in the category of most successful net:gain centre based on delegate sales. Through their enthusiastic promotion and telesales support, over 40 voluntary and community organisations throughout the North East are now members of the net:gain programme.

One of these organisations, Jack Drum Arts was the winner of the best delegate case study award. As a result of the net:gain programme they are trialling a web-based online diary, have managed to save up to three hours of the office manager’s time each week and are now giving a more professional and efficient service customers.

Photograph: Fergus Arkley (left) receiving the award for Outstanding Delegate Support from Rob Tate, University for Industry

September 2007