Paul Watkins welcomes new Dover Pride Director.
- 10 September 2008 06:505860DDC Release....on behalf of Dover Pride****
DOVER PRIDE APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR
The Dover Pride Strategic Partnership is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne Knight as the new Programme Director to take this exciting initiative forward.
Dover Pride is a multi agency partnership that is committed to successfully delivering the inspirational plans for regeneration, economic development and growth in Dover.
Anne Knight has 16 years experience in economic and social regeneration and development. She is currently based at Dover District Council and reports directly to the Dover Pride Strategic Partnership.
Anne said: "This is an exciting, challenging role that offers a fantastic opportunity to help develop Dover as a prosperous and vibrant gateway town where people enjoy living, working and visiting. With the recent announcement of growth point status, the advent of the high speed rail link, and the key projects planned for the Mid Town, Western Docks, Waterfront, Town Investment Zone, Dover Castle, Western Heights, Connaught barracks, White Cliff Business Park and Buckland Mill, this is really a critical time for the future of Dover and underpins the need for effective partnership working to deliver the plans in a connected and strategic way. I am looking forward to directing the partnership to successfully deliver the quality regeneration and development that Dover deserves."
Cllr Paul Watkins, Dover Pride Vice-Chairman and Dover District Council Leader said: "Dover Pride is an important partnership vehicle to enable and facilitate a joined-up, strategic approach to the delivery of the regeneration, development and growth plans for Dover. We are delighted to see this significant appointment being made and extend a warm welcome to Anne in her role."
For more information on Dover Pride, please call Anne Knight (01304) 872108, email anne@doverpride.gov.uk or log onto www.doverpride.org.uk
- ends -email: dover7@msn.com - 10 September 2008 06:555861Interesting development..I will email Anne Knight to see if she would like to be an active participant with us here on Doverforum. The powers that be are still pushing ahead with positive moves hopefully to the greater good. Good luck to Anne Knight in her new role.email: dover7@msn.com
- 10 September 2008 08:475867Have emailed Anne but unfortunately her email doesnt work. It keeps bouncing back.
email: dover7@msn.com - 10 September 2008 09:045868Paul
Try this link and see what happens.
info@doverpride.org.uk That just bounced me sorry.But if you go to the website it has contact details which did give me an email facility.Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 10 September 2008 09:085869Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter) - 10 September 2008 15:265887Marek thanks for the above. I have now had a message through from Sarah Cross having used your noted email above and my original email will be passed on to Anne Knight.
The email address in the Press Release is a wrong one..alas but hopefully this will all come good in the end.email: dover7@msn.com - 10 September 2008 20:555908many have wondered what happened to dover pride.
i thought it had disappeared into the same black hole as the asbo department. - 11 September 2008 07:275938Yes Dover Pride has rather slipped out of the limelight but maybe this new appointment will kick things off again and propel it all forward.
For those who have forgotten or indeed never knew what Dover Pride is/was all about here is a list of those amalgamated into the initiative...
"The Dover Pride Board is a strategic partnership including Dover District Council, Dover Harbour Board, Kent County Council, the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), English Partnerships, the Government Office for the South East (GOSE), Learning and Skills Council for Kent and Medway, Dover Chamber of Commerce, East Kent Partnership, Arts Council England, English Heritage, Primary Care Trust and various business and community partners"
...all of course working together to power the community forward.email: dover7@msn.com - 11 September 2008 15:005952With the exception of the people of Dover. Dover Pride prefers to only have the one representative and they have to be of their choosing. No representatives from Dover community groups are on there and the Town Council has no say in who represents them. Dover Pride, like the PCT, prefers to tell us what is good for us rather than asking.Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour - 11 September 2008 19:295971looking at and rereading paul's post, i cannot help but notice that there are 12 organisations mentioned plus, and i quot
"various business and community partners".
how can so many different bodies all agree on one thing?
they all have their own interests.
what does the harbour board care about the town(rhetorical), i would ask the same of english heritage,learning and skills council for kent and medway.
arts council of england???
goverment office for the south east??
how much does all this cost? - 11 September 2008 19:575976I really don't know what happened to Dover Pride, my friends husband used to run it.. then the next thing.... it's part of the council....
- 11 September 2008 20:065977HOWARD
Your right the\cost must be vey high, and its achievements very limited.
Wot has it done since it was formed - 11 September 2008 20:275981I must agree Dover Pride Group have done nothing for this town only spend cash and like the rest talk and talk and talk
.
what next will new faces change all this NO.
Vic Matcham - 11 September 2008 21:105991sound a bit like all these marches that they have in Brighton and the like to me with a name like Dover Pride. Can they not think of a better name.A dog is just not for christmas save some for boxing day
- 11 September 2008 22:345996i must admit humphy, i thought that it was an inappropriate name.
one gets a picture of blokes dressed as nuns, blowing whistles. - 11 September 2008 22:525998The interesting thing about the group calling themselves Dover Pride is how little they seem to know about Dover. Their glossy booklet laying out all the wonderful ideas they have (nothing definite apart from claiming for a few other agencies projects) includes a colour coded map of the area. According to this all there is in Aycliffe and the Western Heights is green fields. One wonders if they know where Dover is.Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour - 12 September 2008 07:026007
