HOLYHEAD & HOLY ISLAND REBRANDING PROJECT
A new rebranding and marketing project for Holyhead and Holy Island is underway, managed by Fliss Roberts who is based in Holyhead Town Hall. The project forms part of a Welsh-Irish partnership with the towns Rhyl, Dun Laoghaire, and Athy. It is 75% funded under the EU Ireland-Wales Interreg Programme, with match funding from the Welsh Assembly Government, Anglesey County Council, and Holyhead Town Council. Holy Island has been identified as a key asset for attracting tourists and the project will aim to better integrate Holyhead and Holy Island.
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Welcome to Holyhead Forward
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Welcome to the Holyhead Forward Website!
The site aims to provide you with information about the regeneration of Holyhead, telling you about plans and projects to improve the town, and about events.
We aim to improve the website further over time. We hope that you will find the site useful and informative and will revisit soon.
Cllr W.John Chorlton, Chair Holyhead Forward Board
FOR HOLYHEAD EVENTS 2012 & HOLY ISLAND EVENTS 2012 click below www.holyheadforward.com/wisscms-en-223.aspx
TOWN WELCOMES CARIBBEAN PRINCESS - Wednesday 16th May will see a visit by a large cruise ship carrying some 3,500 mainly American passengers. Events arranged in the town include a street market and craft fair, Roman soldiers, choir singing in St.Cybi's church, and a Land Train shuttle service to the Promenade and Breakwater Country Park.
HOLYHEAD WINS WALES REGENERATION AWARD -Plas Cybi's innovative Empty Shops Initiative has been highly commended and named Wales Zone Winner by the Association of Market Towns, and the scheme will go forward to the UK award panel. See weblink http://towns.org.uk/2012/05/08/wales-action-for-market-towns-2012-award-winners-named/
HOLY ISLAND FOOD FESTIVAL - A new festival featuring Welsh food and crafts will be held in Holyhead town centre on Saturday 5th May 2012. The event coincides with a visit by a Train Excursion and small Cruise Ship to the town, and an open day at the refurbished Sea Cadets Centre. May 2012
FIRST MINISTER PRAISES EMPTY SHOPS PROJECT - Welsh Prime Minister Carwyn Jones AM visited the Holyhead Empty Shops Initiative and praised it as an innovative way to help new businesses to set up. Plas Cybi Partnership were commissioned to run the pilot scheme by Anglesey County Council through the Holyhead Rebranding Project.
HOLYHEAD TWINS WITH GREYSTONES - An official town twinning ceremony took place on Friday 20th January 2012 to mark the twinning of Holyhead with Greystones in County Wicklow, Ireland. Greystones has a similar population and coastal location. The twinning is celebrated on a new sign on the A55. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greystones
HOLYHEAD & HOLY ISLAND MARATHON - The Endurancelife races was held on Saturday the 21st January 2012, starting from Holyhead Breakwater Park. See www.endurancelife.com for details
MARK STEEL'S IN TOWN - A 30 minute comedy programme recorded in front of a live audience in Holyhead was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011
REBIRTH OF A HIGH STREET - George Herd from BBC Wales has produced a radio feature called 'Rebirth of a high street: Holyhead' which was broadcast on Good Morning Wales. You can listen to it here- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16072929
£7.9M PLAN FOR NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL - The Welsh Government has awarded a 50% grant to Anglesey County Council towards the cost of building a new modern primary school in Holyhead.
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