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Bishop Auckland Team AGM – Monday 20th May 2013 at 5:30pm
In the Wesley Room at the Four Clocks Centre, Bishop Auckland - Please come along and support your Town Team. Volunteers are needed to help with various fundraising events and activities to help promote and raise the profile of Bishop Auckland.
24/04/13 - Bishop Auckland Town Team have raised a further £700 towards the Christmas Street Lights Appeal.
They carried out a prize draw raffle at the Bishop Auckland Food Festival last weekend. The 1st prize of £400 worth of Hays Travel vouchers was won by Mr B Tray and 2nd prize was a Barbour jacket which was won by Mrs Hannon.
Runner up prizes of Family Tickets to Auckland Castle were won by ticket numbers 751, 781 and 152.
Mayor of Bishop Auckland Charlie Kay made the draw alongside Maria from Hays Travel.
The Bishop Auckland Town Team would like to thank everyone for their support.
09/04/13 - Christmas Street Lights Appeal - Name The Bear Raffle
Bishop Auckland Town Team raised £120.00 in its Name the Bear Raffle which was held last Saturday in the Newgate Centre. This amount will be added to the £10,000 already raised towards the purchase of new Christmas Street Lights for Bishop Auckland.
The winning name of Evie, the giant teddy, which was donated, by Beales Department Store, was won by Katarzyna Wasiowska from Crook.
05/03/13 - Christmas Street Light Raffle - Results
Bishop Auckland Town Team have been running a raffle to raise funds for the Christmas Street Lights Appeal.
Charlie Kay, Mayor of Bishop Auckland, drew out the winning tickets, watched over by Anthony Carroll, Argos Manager, in the Newgate Centre on Saturday 2nd March. (Pictured below)
Winning Tickets
1st Prize: 32” Samsung HDTV
Donated by SpecSavers
Ticket No. 0297
Claimed by: Elizabeth Tiplady, Coundon
2nd Prize: DVD Player
Donated by Zair Café
Ticket No. 0848
Claimed by: Bryan Russell, Bishop Auckland
3rd Prize: Pair of Mobile Phones
Donated by O2
Ticket No. 1125
Claimed by: Catherine Turner, Eldon Lane
4th Prize: MY Ladies Watch
Donated by Bishop Auckland Town Team
Ticket No. 1017
Claimed by: Doreen P Kett, Bishop Auckland
859 tickets were sold raising £859 towards new Christmas street lights. A big thank you for everyone who took part.
Total raised so far is £5,859
04/02/13 - China Mugs and Fridge Magnets - A Present from Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland Town Team is forever trying to find ways to raise funds to enable it to put on events in the town in order to encourage footfall and keep people interested in what is going on in Bishop Auckland.
With this in mind, the Town Team has commissioned a number of china mugs engraved with the words “A present from Bishop Auckland” and incorporating some stunning views of Bishop Auckland and Bishop Auckland fridge magnets.
These will make a wonderful present for family and friends, are available in 2 sizes with a price of £5.00 for the smaller ones and £7.00 for the larger ones can be purchased from The Four Clocks Centre, Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland.
Also available to purchase are Bishop Auckland fridge magnets at a price of £2.00 each.
So come along and support your Town Team who are all volunteers working for the good of Bishop Auckland.
08/01/13 - Beales Christmas Card Competition
The Manager of Beales Department Store, Eric Liddle was thrilled that Santa took time out of his busy schedule to visit the store on Saturday 22nd December to help judge their Christmas Card Competition.
21/12/12 - Santa is coming to Town!
Did you know that Santa is coming to Bishop Auckland? Well, yes he is and Bishop Auckland Town Team has arranged for him to be in town on Saturday 22nd December.
He will be there to take Christmas ‘Wish Lists’ from all the children who come to see him and a copy of a Wish List is set out for your child(ren) to complete which can be downloaded below.
Included is a Christmas Programme of all events being held by the Town Team.
Santa's Wish List and Christmas Programme 2012.pdf (2 pages)
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This is a free and unique opportunity to bring your child(ren) along so they can post their Christmas ‘Wish List’ in Santa’s Post Box which he will take back to the North Pole.
There will be an additional opportunity for your child(ren) to have a photo taken with Santa should you so wish.
So why not bring your child(ren) into Bishop Auckland on:
Saturday 22nd December 2012
To see Santa in the following locations:
10.00am – 1.45pm Inside the Newgate Centre
2.00pm – 3.30pm Inside Beales Department Store – Toy Department
21/12/12 - Christmas Shop Window Display Competition 2012
Bishop Auckland Town Team would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time and effort to enter our Christmas Shop Window Display Competition based on the theme of 'The Holly and The Ivy'.
We had 23 entries which were shortlisted to 7 by the Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Councillor Charlie Kay and the Vice-Chair of the Town Team, Clive Auld.
The 7 shops shortlisted were:
- Richardson’s Dance Studio
- Legges Florists
- Bishop’s Parlour
- Holland and Barratt
- Nobles Amusements
- Shewan Opticians
- Saks Hair and Beauty
We were fortunate enough to have the Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Justin Welby, the future Archbishop of Canterbury, to judge the shortlisted 7 who was accompanied by Clive Auld and Linda Goldie, Town Clerk/Town Team Secretary
The Bishop was impressed with the number and quality of entries, after much deliberating in the rain, he chose Saks Hair and Beauty as the overall winner.
Bishop Justin then presented the owner of the salon, Pauline Smith with a quality hamper and the winner’s shield which she will keep until next Christmas.
Once again, the Town Team would like to thank you for your support.
03/12/12 - Bishop Auckland Christmas Shop Window Display Competition 2012
The Bishop Auckland Town Team, with the support of Bishop Auckland Town Council has taken over the organisation of the Christmas Shop Window Display Competition, previously run by the Town Centre Manager of Durham County Council.
Entries this year are to be based on the theme: The Holly and The Ivy which is the theme linked to the Town Council’s Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony which was held on Friday 30th November.
To date, we have received over 20 entries for the competition, however, we would like to encourage as many shops as possible to join in this fun competition and entries are still being accepted until Friday 7th December.
A list of entrants received to date is available for download below.
List of Christmas Window Display Entrants 2012.pdf (as at 3rd December 2012)
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Winning this competition will be an honour in itself, but in addition we are offering a fantastic prize of a quality hamper together with a trophy.
You can download an entry form below to complete and return to us.
Christmas Shop Window Display Competition - Registration Form.pdf
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The windows will be judged by the Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Councillor Charlie Kay together with the Rt. Revd. Justin Welby, the Bishop of Durham and soon to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
Join the Bishop Auckland Town Team
Bishop Auckland Town Team is always looking for new members and is growing all the time.
If you are interested in joining the team, please download a membership form below and return it to us.
Town Team Membership Form.pdf
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For more information about the Town Team, you can contact us on the following:
Email: batownteam@yahoo.co.uk
Twitter: '@batownteam'
Facebook: 'We want a better Bishop Auckland Town Centre'
Public Meeting held on 12th March 2012
Bishop Auckland Town Council has taken the lead in setting up a Town Team made up of Councillors, traders, residents and anyone who has an interest and desire to help revitalise Bishop Auckland Town Centre.
A public meeting was held in The Four Clocks Centre, Bishop Auckland on Monday 12th March 2012 when over 60 people attended.
The purpose of the meeting was two-fold:
- To set up a Town Team to help revitalise Bishop Auckland Town Centre.
- To get support for a bid for up to £100,000 which the Government was offering to Town and Parish Councils for 12 pilots throughout the country as a result of the independent review into the future of high streets that Mary Portas carried out last year.
Local leaders are being asked to come up with innovative ideas of their own to boost Bishop Auckland Town Centre. People who are ready to try new things, experiment and innovate so that the high street becomes the place to be for local people and visitors alike.
The establishment of the Town Team is to provide a vision and strategic management for Bishop Auckland Town Centre.
Tremendous support from the Town Team enabled the bid to come together with new ideas, new partners and a shared vision to revitalise the town. We consider our bid to be a strong contender and feel that with, or without the money, the Town Team will continue its work for the benefit of the town.
A condition of the bid, was that a video submission had to be provided, setting out why our pilot should be chosen. This had to be short, to the point, and most importantly not professionally made.
As one of our partners in the bid, Bishop Auckland College chose Lewis Raine, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Art & Design Student, to put together in only a few days, the video presentation and special thanks are extended to Lewis for his hard work in meeting the deadline.
You can view this short video presentation on YouTube.
The bid was submitted on 31st March 2012 and is available for download
Mary Portas Bid - Application.pdf
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The next meeting of the Town Team will be held on:
Monday 16th July 2012 at 5:30pm in the Wesley Room, Four Clocks Centre and anyone is invited to attend.
You can download a copy of the Diary of Meetings for future meetings and quick reference.
Town Team Meetings Diary.pdf
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Below you can view the exciting progress of events being organized by the Town Team
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