Market Towns in Wychavon

In Wychavon, we have three towns, Droitwich Spa, Evesham and Pershore. Each has a Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), which is an informal partnership made up of the voluntary, private and public sectors. The LSPs are designed to include the surrounding rural areas in addition to the towns themselves. A full detailed boundary map  (156.93 KB) displaying the areas for each LSP is now available.

One of the reasons why we have three LSPs (all other Worcestershire Districts have one that covers the whole District) is that we were fortunate to receive Market Town Initiative (MTI) Funding for Evesham and Pershore. This meant the creation of two Market Town Partnerships to deliver regeneration projects using £500,000 of public funding from the Countryside Agency and Advantage West Midlands. Evesham’s programme began in 2001, Pershore’s a year later in 2002.

Droitwich was slightly too large in population terms to be eligible for MTI funding. However, a partnership was formed on similar lines to the other two towns, and received £30,000 a year from Wychavon’s own funds from 2004 which was spent on projects based on priority areas. Since the completion of the MTI funding in Pershore and Evesham, they too now receive £30,000 a year to spend on local priorities.

Each LSP therefore now has the same level of funding from Wychavon, and the same level support in the form of an LSP manager. These are:

Droitwich Spa
Janet Yates
Telephone: 01386 565355
Email: janet.yates@wychavon.gov.uk

Evesham
Lew Hammond
Telephone: (01386) 565518
Email: lewis.hammond@wychavon.gov.uk

Pershore
Hilary Philpot
Telephone: (01386) 565519
Email: hilary.philpot@wychavon.gov.uk

Each partnership produces an action plan against which the £30,000 Wychavon grant is spent. These action plans can be seen on the relevant pages for each town, along with additional relevant information. For more details, please contact the LSP managers.