At its meeting on 26th March, the Council embarked on the next stage of its exciting project to regenerate Tendring. The Council agreed to establish Tendring Regeneration Ltd, a Local Authority Not for Profit Company, to deliver regeneration projects across the District to meet the objectives of Project Tendring.

The Company will trade under the name INTend (logo below) and held its first board meeting on Wednesday 23rd April. The Directors of the Company chose David Lines as the Chair of the Board and also agreed to set up a website where all the up to date information about the company, its projects and activities will be made available to the public. The company is currently recruting staff and further details can be found on the InTend website.

The main business of the inaugural meeting was to put in place all the various mechanisms that a limited company needs to be able to operate legally.

TDC established the company to lead on its behalf and deliver the major projects and the Directors agreed that INTend needs to recruit specialised staff with particular expertise in project delivery and these jobs will be advertised shortly. An external funding officer will also be recruited who would not only help secure funds for these major projects, but would also work closely with local groups and organisations to help them put together bids for funding from a range of sources - such as the Big Lottery Fund.

A number of short answers to frequently asked questions have been produced and can be accessed through the links below:

What will Tendring Regeneration do?

What is the relationship between the Council and the Company?

What does the Company have the freedom to do?