Community Engagement
Summary of Community Engagement
Date |
Description |
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Sept 2017 |
Initial Village Meeting – 46 residents attending |
Responses to what residents like/dislike about GW, one thing to change/add. |
Feb 2018 |
Vision and Objectives leaflet out to village |
Vision and Objectives written based on the responses to initial meeting. |
May 2018 |
Mini questionnaires out to village groups |
From the V and O and the initial meeting responses mini questionnaires were taken to village groups by Steering Group members. Also put on-line. |
June 2018 |
3 Village Walks |
Residents joined SG members to note facilities/businesses/locally important buildings. |
November 2018 |
Stall at Christmas Fair |
Information about Neighbourhood Plan displayed. |
November 2019 |
Village Hall Meeting |
Presentation as reminder of what NP is, why do it and how they can help. Questions in six key areas prepared based on questionnaire responses and V and O responses. Responses to questions on six key areas covered by the NP. Request for people to join the Focus Groups. |
Jan 2020 |
Focus Group on Community Facilities (22/1), visit to Branchlines |
Responses to Key Area questions noted and added to spreadsheet. |
Feb 2020 |
Focus Group on Natural Environment (6/2) and Housing. (18/2) Visits to Knit and Knatter and Village Pop-In groups. |
Responses to Key Area questions noted and added to spreadsheet. |
March 2020 |
Focus Group on Historical Environment , Local businesses contacted. |
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Leaflet out into school book bags, Stalls out at school for parents |
Before and after school stall out at entrance to school – leaflets given out with focus group questions. |
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Village drop-in arranged for 28th March cancelled due to Covid lockdown. |
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April 2020 |
Key area questions out on Facebook |
Those questions that had few responses from the Focus Groups were posted out on both the Neighbourhood Plan Facebook Page and the Great Waldingfield page. The responses were added to those from the Focus Groups. |
June 2020 |
Survey questions sent out to focus group |
Survey format and questions were adjusted according to feedback. |
Street Champions organised |
25 Street Champions organised to deliver Surveys to all households in the village. |
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July 2020 |
Survey banner up on 15th July |
To give a reminder regarding the survey |
Pre-leaflet out to village |
Many houses in the village visited with the leaflet. |
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Survey out to village on 22nd July |
738 responses received. 65% of households responded. |
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August 2020 |
Thank-you leaflet delivered out to all residents |
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September 2020 |
Key points and graphs from survey results sent out into Village magazine. |
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November 2020 |
Village drop in for Survey results cancelled due to Covid. Further details of the survey results were put out onto the village website. |
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June 2021 |
Village Drop-in held – Sat June 26th |
Over 100 residents attended. 70 feedback forms. |
August 2021 |
Feedback from meeting out on Village website and in village magazine. |
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Continual Community Engagement: Every month FB posts and updates on the village website and village magazine were sent out. |