• ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS TOGETHER • BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT •
AN ARCHIVE OF WHAT THE BID DID
22 of 2022
22 OF 2022 ONLINE CAMPAIGN
TOWN CENTRE, JANUARY 2022
To mark the start of the New Year, we photographed 22 town centre businesses, running the photos across our social media accounts on the first 22 days of 2022.
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LOVE TUNBRIDGE WELLS
VALENTINE'S ONLINE CAMPAIGN
TOWN CENTRE, FEBRUARY 2022
Following the success of the 22 days of 2022 campaign, the BID ran a new social media message, asking town centre businesses what they love about Royal Tunbridge Wells, published daily in the run up to Valentine's Day.
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CHAPEL PLACE
NEW CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
CHAPEL PLACE, DECEMBER 2021
Due to popular demand amongst the traders, the BID provided a new Christmas lights scheme to Chapel Place, with beautiful animated star motifs and cross street bulbs. Additional Christmas lights were also added in to the far end of Camden Road.
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XMAS FILM
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SHORT FILM
TOWN CENTRE, DECEMBER 2021
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To raise awareness of the fact that the town centre's Christmas lights are funded by town centre businesses, via RTW Together, we commissioned a glossy short film in which Father Christmas collects lightbulbs from BID businesses, before switching on the lights display. The video received over 2k views online.
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TOWN CENTRE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
TOWN CENTRE, NOVEMBER 2021
Royal Tunbridge Wells Together supplies and funds the Christmas lights scheme for the town centre, having taken over the provision of the lights in 2020. 2021 saw the second year of the display, including a new reindeer sculpture in Calverley Square, new lights for Chapel Place and additional columns added to Camden Road.
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DOOR BOWS
FREE CHRISTMAS DOOR BOWS
TOWN CENTRE, NOVEMBER 2021
2021 saw the return of the BID's popular fabric door bow giveaway, gifting businesses a free item of decor to get wrapped up for Christmas. The scheme will be back and bigger than ever for Xmas 2022.
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REMEMBRANCE
CLOCK TOWER REMEMBRANCE DISPLAY
CALVERLEY PRECINCT, NOVEMBER 2021
The RTW Together Business Improvement District counted down to the period of Remembrance for 2021 with a large-scale display in Royal Tunbridge Wells town centre. The BID will dress the clock tower in Calverley Precinct in a striking collection of artificial poppies and autumnal foliage, cascading down the legs and onto the base of the landmark
BID Director for RTW Together, Sarah-Jane Adams, explains “Remembrance is always an important time of year, and this year perhaps more than ever, we have reason to stop and reflect on not just those we’ve lost recently, but those who came before and the contribution that the Armed Forces have played for all of us, throughout history and still today. We hope this display will be a poignant way to mark the changing of the seasons, pay our respects to those who have and continue to serve their country, and provide a beautiful point of interest for the top end of Tunbridge Wells town centre.”
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SELF DEFENCE
FREE SELF DEFENCE CLASSES
TOWN CENTRE, OCTOBER 2021 - SPRING 2022
The RTW Together BID provided 200 town centre workers the chance to attend a free professional, one hour self defence class, instructed by Surge Self Defence. We also gifted a free personal alarm for attendees.
The session covered topics and physical elements such as:
Being grabbed from behind and evading the hold, being grabbed by the wrist, escaping a chokehold, knife defence, mugging, being followed, bag defence – how what we carry can be used as a defensive weapon and the legality of self defence – the law regarding defending oneself and what we can / cannot do.
To see which other free training courses are available, visit our BID School page.
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PARKLETS
PARKLET FUNDING
HIGH STREET, AUGUST 2021
A project delivered by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, RTW Together provided funding towards the installation of parklets and planters in the High Steet, encouraging footfall, improving the appearance of the area and improving dwell time.
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MONEY SAVING
FREE MONEY SAVING CONSULTANCY
SUMMER 2021-SPRING 2022
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RTW Together offered free support to businesses through appointments with Place Support Partnership, to review and assess bills and outgoings, and identify potential savings to reduce costs.
TOURIST MAP
TOURIST MAP
TOWN CENTRE, SEPTEMBER 2021
Illustrated by local artist Elaine Gill, the BID commissioned a town centre map, with information about things to see and do across the town centre. Free stock of the map and holders were made available to businesses.
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