Town Deal Board governance

Roles and responsibilities of the Town Deal Board

There is one Town Deal Board, structured to represent both the Bloxwich and Walsall Town Deal areas.  The role of the board is to:

• oversee compliance with the heads of terms agreement
• put forward suitable projects
• make sure key stakeholders are involved in making plans
• draw in match funding
• produce town investment plans (TIPs)

It is supported by advisory boards for both Bloxwich and Walsall.

For more information, you can:

• find out about additional guidance on requirements for Town Deals Boards during the delivery phase of the Towns Fund
• download the Towns Fund further guidance document from gov.uk

You can also download the documents below:

Members of the board

The board is made up of representatives from the business, voluntary, education and government sectors. You can view profiles of the board members in the document below:

Members of board and those supporting the activities of the Town Deal will adhere to the Seven Principles of Public Life (the Nolan Principles).

The approval for the Towns Fund Acceleration Programme and the formation of the Town Deal Board document includes:

• roles and responsibilities of board members and chair (see 4.10)
• roles of board members (see 4.9)

The role of the advisory boards

There are two advisory boards (Bloxwich and Walsall), whose purpose is to:

• support the work of the Town Deal Boards
• ensure that the towns are represented at local levels
• develop a ‘vision’ for each area
• drive forward the development of projects and their contents

The Chairs of both advisory boards also sit on the Town Deal Board as full voting members.   

Accountable body arrangements

As the accountable body, Walsall Council will:

• sign the Head of Terms Agreement with Government
• monitor and evaluate the delivery of individual Walsall and Bloxwich Towns Fund projects
• submit regular monitoring reports to Towns Hub
• receive and account for the Walsall and Bloxwich Towns’ funding allocation