Tag: Douglas Development Partnership
Festival Day planned for Isle of Man Three-Legged World Record attempt
A full family fun day has been organised around the Isle of Man’s Three-Legged World Record attempt on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May. The event, which is raising money for The Children’s Centre, has a strong family focus and organisers are hoping to make this ‘the’ place to be on Bank Holiday Monday. Chris Pycroft, [...]
Merry Christmas from Sure
On Saturday 15th December, a graceful ice sculpture of Santa’s sleigh will be positioned diagonally across Regents street all day in celebration of this festive season – sponsored by Sure Cable and Wireless Communications. The Douglas Development Partnership have organised the commission of the classic sleigh – which has been sponsored by Sure as part [...]
CELTON MANX SUPPORTS DOUGLAS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ‘FRIGHT FEST’
The dreaded day is drawing closer, as on the 27th October Douglas town centre will be transformed into a haunted haven for Hop-tu-Naa. Sponsored by Celton Manx and organised by the Douglas Development Partnership, the day is sure to be spook-tacular with events starting from 3pm. The Jurassic Experience, a life-sized animatronic dinosaur, will start [...]
CELTON MANX SUPPORTS DOUGLAS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ‘FRIGHT FEST’
Celton Manx will be supporting a day of ‘frightening’ family fun at Douglas Fright Fest on Saturday 27th October. Organised by Douglas Development Partnership, Fright Fest will make shopping scary by inviting people to dress up in their most terrifying costume and take to the streets and shops of Douglas. Starting at 3pm in the [...]
Flavour of the continent finds favour with DDP
A European food and craft fair coming to Douglas in July will help boost trade in the town centre, says Douglas town centre manager Gill Anderson. Douglas Development Partnership’s Mrs Anderson has welcomed the initiative which will see a fair organised by professional continental traders taking place on Douglas’s Loch promenade from July 4th to [...]
Competitions see businesses and boat owners go overboard
Douglas Mayor Ritchie McNicholl hosted a reception to present the awards for the Best-Dressed Boat and Best-Dressed Business Christmas competitions, the former organised by Douglas Development Partnership in collaboration with the North Quay Community Association, the latter by the Council’s community events sub-committee. Referring to the Best-Dressed Boat competition the Mayor said the event had [...]
North Quay Community Association formed
A North Quay Community Association has been formed. The move follows the area becoming recognised as one of Douglas’s prime leisure and entertainment points and builds on the success of last year’s summer and Christmas markets, which demonstrated the quay’s potential for hosting large-scale outdoor events. Douglas town centre manager Gill Anderson said: ‘These past [...]
‘Real McCoy’ markets planned for North Quay
Douglas’s North Quay will be the setting for outdoor markets in July, August and October. The events build on the success of last year’s summer and Christmas markets and will take place on Saturday July 30, August 27 and October 1 from 10am to 6pm. Supported by Douglas Development Partnership and Douglas Borough Council, the [...]
First town centre manager for the Isle of Man
Douglas has the first town centre manager in the Isle of Man after Gill Anderson’s role as development assistant with Douglas Development Partnership expanded to accommodate her increased responsibilities associated with the regeneration and management of Douglas town centre. As town centre manager Mrs Anderson, who joined the Partnership in 2010 after a number of [...]
Shopwatch online and on alert thanks to Manx Telecom
Manx Telecom has agreed to sponsor free texts for Shopwatch for one year with effect from May 1. The move follows the success of the scheme which is a partnership between the police, Douglas retailers and Douglas Development Partnership aimed at reducing incidences of shoplifting in the town centre. Retailers pay a membership fee to [...]
