Option 1
Extend the current funding arrangement for Felixstowe Forward until the end of December 2021
- Maintains a Felixstowe place-based initiative whilst ESC reviews its approach to such bodies
- Brings ESC’s funding commitment timescale for Felixstowe Forward in line with Leiston Together
- Provides support for the BID during its establishment phase
- Provides adequate time to evolve Visit Felixstowe and transition to another host body
Option 3
Cease funding Felixstowe Forward at the end of March 2021 as per the current agreement
- Lack of support for establishment phase of the BID
- Lack of support for evolving Visit Felixstowe
- Doesn’t provide adequate time for ESC to undertake for a full district-wide review of its approach to PBIs and implement the new model consistently across the district
- Will remove a wider support structure during the critical period of transition of the Landguard Partnership into a Trust, expected summer 2021.
Discussions between the partner bodies concluded that bringing Felixstowe Forward to a close at the end of March 2021, as originally agreed, would not be beneficial in supporting and completing the key strands of its enabling work and would not allow sufficient time to implement a timely exit strategy. Instead, it was proposed that there is a transition period between April and December 2021 which will allow Felixstowe Forward to fully complete its enabling objectives as originally set out. This will focus on the following of key areas and ensure that all current areas of activity are effectively transitioned to another organisation, partnership or structure.