Ideas for a better Kettering
What could our town centre become?
Empty shops, practical improvements, stronger local businesses. The ideas here explore what Kettering could do and how local people can help shape it.
Some things are already underway. Others depend on enough of us getting involved. Have a read, then tell us what you’d like to see happen.
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How the bigger plan fits together.
These four articles explain the foundations: local demand, our own funding, practical business support and prizes that are spent with Kettering businesses.
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Could a Facebook Group, a Lottery and a Business Actually Revive Kettering?
The community, the lottery and business support each answer a different part of the problem. Here’s how they fit together.
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What If Kettering Town Centre Was Built Around What We Actually Want?
What if local opinions became useful evidence for the businesses and experiences Kettering actually wants?
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What Could a Kettering Business Support Fund Actually Do?
What practical help could keep more independent businesses open and give new ones stronger foundations?
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Win in Kettering. Spend in Kettering. Support Kettering.
A prize balance spent with local Lottery Partners makes each win part of the local economy.
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What would you change in Kettering?
From cleaner streets to filled shops and better access, these pieces look at what local funding and participation could make possible.
Revive Kettering Lottery
What If We Could See Kettering Getting Better, Bit by Bit?
Small improvements can completely change how a town centre feels. Here's how the Revive Kettering Lottery could help turn local contributions into visible changes across Kettering.
Revive Kettering Lottery
What If More of Kettering Could Actually Use the Town Centre?
A town centre can look welcoming and still be difficult to use. Revive Kettering wants lived experience to help shape accessibility improvements that make Kettering easier for more people to enjoy.
Revive Kettering Lottery
If It's Our Town, Shouldn't We Help Choose What Happens?
Kettering isn't short of ideas. The Community Choice Fund gives local people somewhere to take ideas that could add more culture, creativity and character to our town.
The Future Vision
Can You Picture All 52 Empty Shops Filled Again?
In our February 2025 survey, 52 of the 316 town-centre units we identified were empty. Imagine those windows lit again, with businesses and experiences giving people reasons to come into Kettering.
The Future Vision
Opening a Shop Is Only the Beginning
A new shop opening creates a buzz, but the bigger goal is what happens years later. Reviving Kettering means helping local businesses build the foundations to last.
Revive Kettering
Why Me? Honestly, It Started With the Same Frustration Many of Us Feel
I'm not a town planner and I don't have every answer. Revive Kettering grew from years of building businesses, solving problems and asking how those skills could help the town I call home.
Revive Kettering
Kettering Can't Be Revived Without the People Who Live Here
Kettering isn't just shops and buildings. It's Saturday afternoons, meeting friends, first jobs and memories stretching across generations. The people who know the town are essential to deciding what comes next.
Revive Kettering
The Kettering Revived Partnership: Three Parts of One Bigger Plan
Revive Kettering, the Lottery and Scaled Up Kettering each have a different job. Together, they connect community demand, funding and business support into one bigger plan.
Your voice matters
Join the Kettering conversation.
Share the problems you see, the ideas you have and what would bring you into town more often. Our Revive Kettering Facebook group is where local people can take part in polls and discuss what comes next.
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