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Vision
for Queensferry What you said… Community Feedback Autumn 2006 |
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What happened? Who knows a community better than
the people who live there? When the
Scottish Executive announced that there would be some changes to local government,
Queensferry people were not slow to recognise what this meant for them. Over the summer 2005, in the biggest
participation exercise ever carried out in Queensferry, Vision for Queensferry went out and asked local people for their views. What did they like about Queensferry? What did they dislike? And what changes would they like to see? Here is how it was done, and what
you said…
Over 100 people came to our event launch
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Where did people take part? Local shops and supermarkets Local churches Playgroups The library Local schools Pubs! Local events Rosebery Hall Community Centre Local businesses Sheltered Housing Out and about on the streets On the doorsteps Inside people’s houses |
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Where did people come from?
We asked people
to put a dot on the map to show where they lived. The diagram above shows the wide spread of people
who participated -- all areas were well covered. |
Feeding back the information People wanted to
know quickly what we had discovered, so we set up displays at the Ferry Fair,
at the It’s a Knockout competition
at
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How do people rate We asked people to tell us, on a scale of 1 to 10,
how they felt about living in
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What age groups took part? People of all ages – especially
young people -- were keen to share their views.
Acknowledgements: Thank you to everyone who took part. Thank you to the Vision team who made this
project happen. Thanks to the City of |
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‘Everyone knows everyone
– you feel at home here.’ |
Your top ten likes Here is what you like about
1Community spirit
2
Food, restaurants, hotels and pubs
3
It’s an attractive place
4
Shops and shopping
5
Schools and nurseries
6
Unique features such as the
7
The green spaces
8
The geographical location
9
Good transport links 10
Recreation and leisure ‘Queensferry is a fantastic place to
live. Who would live anywhere else.’ |
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Top ten dislikes
1
Not enough, or not good enough,
2
Traffic congestion (especially A8000 and High
Street)
3
Not enough ‘decent’ or useful shops
4
Bus service
5
Litter
6
Young people hanging around with little to do
7
Lack of proper maintenance of green spaces and
public gardens
8
Parking
9
Housing – too much development Hill Court 10
Dog Mess |
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What could be changed Here is what you said would make
1
Better recreation facilities
2
A cinema
3
Better variety of shops
4
Better road access
5
Improved bus service (especially at rush hour) and
fairer fares
6
Bowling alley
7
Swimming pool
8
More fast food outlets or places to go for young
people
9
Better maintenance of green spaces More litter
bins, better cleaning |
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What could be changed (Young people's views) Young people are
an important part of community life. They were keen to air their views, so we
decided to highlight these here. (Some of course appear in the list above
too.) |
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Where now? We hope that those who take the important
decisions about our community can now look more closely at our full report
and the original data which will be available to everyone (in paper form and
on CD) to read at the library or on the Community Council Website: http://www.queensferrycommunitycouncil.org/ |
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For more information about Participatory Appraisal,
contact vikki@hiltonassociates.com Leaflet web page provided by Canny Publishing |
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