26/03/2024
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On 1st April 2024, Blyth Valley Enterprise Ltd (BVEL) will take over the management of the Dave Stephens Centre and Beach Huts.
We are a not-for-profit community-run development trust. We operate the Blyth Community Enterprise Centre, located at Blyth Quayside. The centre hosts a mixture of businesses, charities, and community groups. It has several meeting rooms, is a base for over a hundred training courses annually, and is Southeast Northumberland's only community-run business centre.
Since 2001, BVEL has supported thousands of individuals through business development, mentoring, training, apprenticeship schemes, and voluntary work. Our organisation aims to support the social, educational, and economic regeneration of what was Blyth Valley.
The BVEL trustees all come from or work in Blyth. We care about the area and want to develop the facilities at South Blyth into a community-focused hub. As part of the transition, we are inviting the Blyth community to take part in a public consultation. We want you to tell us what you like about our suggestions, what you don't like, what you want to see in the area, and how we can work together to give Blyth the opportunities it desperately needs.
The first part is an online survey to help us prioritise and meet the community's needs. Throughout the transitional process, we will update the public as information becomes available, and the results of the following survey will be displayed online and in the Dave Stephens Centre.
Please feel free to participate in the survey and give your opinion. While we are looking to get feedback on both the good and bad regarding the Centre, the Beach Huts, and the wider beach area, it would be great if you could offer suggestions on how to resolve these issues so that we can work with the public and local partners to add value to the area.
The survey can be accessed here -
https://www.blythcec.co.uk/survey.php
We would also appreciate it if you could share it with those you feel would benefit from any changes that may result.
Thank you for your time.
BVEL trustees.