bid Projects

Since April 2008 Winchester BID has grown from strength to strength. The work carried out by Winchester
BID so far has been taken from the business plan that was voted for when the BID was agreed and
finalised. Through the work of the BID, Winchester has become a safer, cleaner and more enjoyable place
for business and pleasure. 

Below is a list of the projects that Winchester BID have undertaken up to date.

• Extended Christmas lighting
  
        Winchester High Street
  
  
• Marketing Campaigns
  With the introduction of the marketing budget in 2009 there has been a range of activities undertaken by the BID Team.
  Printed Advertising:    
               Business: BID Newsletter and Business page in Hampshire Chronicle, Monthly.
               Retail: Hampshire Chronicle, Monthly (Mid. month) and Hampshire Society, Monthly (Beg. Month).
  Radio Advertising:
               Advertising with Coast radio. 5x 6 week campaigns. Talk time on air about the Christmas light switch on 3 weeks leading to the event.            
  Website:
               Ongoing development of this.
  Outdoor Advertising Campaign (Christmas and shop in Winchester campaign):
               Billboard (Basingstoke Train Station), Adshels (Basingstoke, Andover and Southampton), Buses (63 bus   rears circulating in the South). 
              

Christmas Advertising in Printed Publications:
Winchester Cathedral Christmas Guide, Theatre Royal Winchester Christmas Pantomime Guide, Christmas 2x Wrap Mid Hampshire Observer, x2 7day supplements – Hampshire Chronicle, Romsey Advertiser, Eastleigh & Winchester NewsExtra.         

 

             
             Event Promotions: 
                         Supporting the Hampshire Food Festival, Hat Fair and Mayfest, Late Night Shopping, Valentines Day, Wine and Dine in Winchester, King Alfred Buses and advertising events in the 2010 Winchester Service Community Official Guide. P&R (Passenger panels promoting events and shopping in Winchester.         
             Winchester Retail Map: 
30,000 copies. 20,000 distributed over a 6 week period for 6 months. 10,000 for Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market and Ice Rink.

• Funding for local projects and events
  November 2008 Winchester BID supported the City’s firework display.
  May 2009 Winchester BID supported Mayfest by advertising the event on passenger panels for the Winchester Park & Ride.
  June 2009 Winchester BID sponsored Parchment Street and to be chewing gum proofed.
  June 2009 Winchester BID sponsored Friend of King Alfred Buses to run a service for the Winchester food & Produce Show held at the Guildhall.
  July 2009 Winchester BID sponsored Hat fair.
  October 2009 Winchester BID sponsored the 10 Days of Laundry exhibition.
  November/ December 2009 Winchester BID have supported the Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market and Ice Rink by funding the meeters and greeters welcoming people and guiding them through the City to the Christmas Market.  
  
  
• Chewing Gum removal 
  
• To date over quarter of a million pieces of chewing gum have been removed from the Street of Winchester. In addition areas such as the railway station approach have been chewing gum proofed preventing large build ups of chewing gum in the future.
  
  
  
  
• Graffiti removal    
• Winchester BID has purchased a number of Graffiti removal kits to combat small ‘tags’ and markings around the City. For larger and difficult to reach acts of vandalism have been removed by an outside contractor.
       
  
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• Street cleaning
             
                                           Winchester Train Station
  
  
• Footfall monitoring
  
  
• PubWatch
  Every year PubWatch attends the University of Winchester Fresher’s Fair to highlight responsible drinking. In November 2009 PubWatch was highly commended after coming second in the PubWatch of the Year Awards. PubWatch has over 35 members within the scheme.  
  
  
• Shopwatch
  The Winchester Shopwatch scheme has gone from strength to strength. In January 2009 Shopwatch launched an exclusion order system to reduce retail crime and anti social behaviour with the city centre. Under the new exclusion order, subjects that have been cautioned or arrested for retail theft or anti social behaviour within the city will be banned from entering over 55 Shopwatch member premises. The ban stands for 2 years.
  
  
• Diverted Giving
   
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  Winchester's Diverted Giving scheme seeks to encourage people to place money in strategically located charity boxes rather than in the hands or hats of beggers. As well as generating over £10,000 in donations since the project began, the scheme's primary objective is to reduce active begging on the streets of Winchester, therefore helping to promote the city as a desirable shopping destination.
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• Partnership working
  Winchester BID works with a number of organisations including:
  Hampshire constabulary
  North Hampshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  University of Winchester
  Winchester City Council
  Winchester Community Safety Partnership
  Hampshire County Council
  
  

• Working with local Police
  Over the past two years Winchester BID has supported local Policing within the City Centre. Winchester BID has helped in a number of ways:  
  3 BID funded Community Support Officers (PCSO’s)
  Extra policing over the Christmas period in 2008 and 2009
  High visibility policing – new hi-vis jackets
  Head cameras

• Funding for local projects and events
  November 2008 Winchester BID supported the City’s firework display.
  May 2009 Winchester BID supported Mayfest by advertising the event on   passenger panels for the Winchester Park & Ride.
  June 2009 Winchester BID sponsored Parchment Street and to be chewing gum proofed.
  June 2009 Winchester BID sponsored Friend of King Alfred Buses to run a service for the Winchester food & Produce Show held at the Guildhall.
  July 2009 Winchester BID sponsored Hat fair.
  October 2009 Winchester BID sponsored the 10 Days of Laundry exhibition.
  November/ December 2009 Winchester BID have supported the Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market and Ice Rink by funding the meeters and greeters welcoming people and guiding them through the City to the Christmas Market.  

If you are interested in discussing any of thes projects in more detail, why not get in touch!

In addition to the BID, Winchester City Centre Partnership (WCCP) delivers the annual Business Exellence Awards and The Business Centre, in partnership with North Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hampshire Chronicle and others.