Since then the Partnership was launched in July 2009 with the active and positive involvement of numerous local trade organisations. The core partners have been meeting regularly every six weeks or so to develop a joint action plan.

The Action Plan is owned by all partners and is a collection of different priorities and activities taken from each partners own work plans and aspirations. This will provide a framework for the co-ordinated delivery of tourism support over the next two years, the formative stages of the partnership.

The new action plan is based on the 7 objectives of the Partnership, and also links actions back to six themes identified by you, the industry. 

Covering a two year period from April 2010 - 2012 the plan the Action Plan has already helped to secure £160,000 funding towards tourism over the next 2 years from West Somerset Council via the Working Neighbourhoods fund and Exmoor National Park Authority have launched a tourism support fund of £25,000 a year towards partnership initiatives, in addition to their wider work supporting tourism and recreation in the are worth nearly £200,000 a year.

Active Exmoor and the Exmoor Tourist Association have also made significant commitments to resourcing and implementing the Action Plan.

You can download a copy of the Action Plan here. 

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