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Rothienorman Community Action Plan ROTHIENORMAN COMMUNITY ACTION SURVEY/PLAN Rothienorman Main Street Rothienorman is situated on the B9001, 10 miles North of Inverurie at the crossroads to Rothie Vale (East) and to Blackford (West). It grew with the opening in 1857 of the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway from Inverurie to Macduff, and became the local market point for the surrounding rural community. Ltd Rothienorman Community Action Survey ROTHIENORMAN COMMUNITY ACTION SURVEY: INTRODUCTION Rothienorman has grown substantially over the last five years and Rothienorman Community Association (RCA) wanted to assess how well integrated were the newcomers into the community and to see if facilities, services and activities were appropriate for the increased size of the village. Rothienorman: Population Growth 1991-2011 1991 2001 2011 Increase Census Census Census 2001 - 2011 423 539 913 69% Aberdeenshire Council Community Learning and Development (CLD) led the survey, assisted by the Formartine Partnership (FP), one of whose remits is community engagement. These two and Formartine Community Planning Group (FCPG) funded the survey. A Community Action Survey (CAS) was used, rather than Planning for Real®, as the former had been successful in Balmedie, another rapidly growing community. A Community Action Survey employs researchers to collect and analyse the data rather than relying on information volunteered at a Public Exhibition. Public meetings are held to inform the community about the survey, its progress and to endorse the results. In Rothienorman two students from the village were employed, supervised by a steering committee from Rothienorman Community Association, CLD and FP. A questionnaire was developed and piloted, then distributed to every household in the village and collected back by the researchers. 400 questionnaires were distributed, 175 were returned, a return rate of 44%. The questions covered the issues: integration; appropriateness of facilities, services and activities; issues relating to public transport and access to doctors’ surgeries and the village’s general waste recycling skip. The researchers then analysed and presented the results at a Community Fair, where supplementary surveys covering young people, public transport and access to health facilities were also presented. The Survey itself was completed in January 2012 and presented, together with the Supplementary Surveys at a Community Fair in September 2012. The raw results of the Survey, including the Supplementary Surveys, are presented in Section I of this document. During 2015 they were analysed by FP and presented to RCA, CLD, FCPG and the Hall Committee, who together provided updates and identified which issues had still to be addressed and actioned (Section II). These actions are summarised in Section III, the Action Plan, and presented as an Action Plan Table, Section IV. Rothienorman Community Action Survey: Dates Main Questionnaire (March 2011 to January 2012) induction, trial, distribution, collection, analysis Start Mar-11 RCA Open Meeting- Preliminary results Sep-11 Questionnaire- Final Results Jan-12 Supplementary Surveys Young People’s Supplementary Survey Mar-12 Community Fair- Overall Results (including Young People, Transport, Health access) Sep-12 Associated publications Rothienorman Profile Sep-11 Rothienorman Handbook (Initial) Aug-12 Rothienorman Handbook (Updated) 2013 Action Plan First draft completed and circulated to RCA, CLD, FCPG and Hall Committee Jun-15 Rothienorman Community Association meeting to finalise issues and priorities Aug-15 2 Rothienorman Community Action Survey Section IA. COMMUNITY ACTION SURVEY: RAW RESULTS Questionnaire: Distribution and Return Q2): How long have you lived in Rothienorman? no. % no. % Distributed 400 100.0 Less than 1 year 1 0.6 Returned 175 43.8 1-5 years 62 36.7 5-10 years 24 14.2 11-15 years 31 18.3 16-20 years 9 5.3 Over 20 years 42 24.9 Total 169 100.0 The survey reflects the recent growth of the village with 37% of respondents having lived in the village for less than 5 years and 51% for less than 10 years. The significance of such a high return rate indicates that the Survey has reached both newcomers and established and the comments do in fact reflect both. 1. Integration Despite the rapid recent growth, integration of the newcomers seems to have been reasonably well achieved as 65% of respondents feel they are involved in the community and 71% feel that Rothienorman is a welcoming community. Q3): My family feel involved within the community. Q4): Rothienorman is a welcoming community. no. % no. % Strongly agree 43 25.4 Strongly agree 39 22.7 Agree 67 39.6 Agree 83 48.3 Neither 57 33.7 Neither 41 23.8 Disagree 2 1.2 Disagree 9 5.2 Strongly disagree 0 0.0 Strongly disagree 0 0.0 Total 169 100.0 Total 172 100.0 The same outlook is illustrated in response to Question 5: Q5): What do you like about living in Rothienorman? Q5): Most frequent comments 1. ‘Friendly’; 2. ‘Safe’; 3. ‘Quiet village’. Individual comments overwhelmingly reflect this general satisfaction as well as an appreciation of the benefits of living in Rothienorman, including a comment on Q6) ‘I don’t dislike anything’: Q5): Individual comments Good for children ‘Good place for young children’; ‘Freedom for children to play safe’; ‘Children well settled in school.’ Good for adults ‘Friendly neighbours’; ’Welcoming people’; Community feeling’; ‘Peace and quiet’; ‘Peaceful’; ‘Relaxing way of life’; ‘People are more than willing to lend a hand’. Q6) ‘I don’t dislike anything.’ However, although the survey results regarding integration and satisfaction are very positive, there is a minority of negative responses. In the tables relating to Questions 3 and 4, 1% do not feel involved and 5% 3 Rothienorman Community Action Survey disagree that Rothienorman is a welcoming community. There is also the stark single answer to Question 5: What do you like about living in Rothienorman, of ‘not much’! Individual answers to Question 6: What do you dislike about living in Rothienorman; also illustrate a lingering doubt whether integration has been fully achieved: Q6): What do you dislike about living in Rothienorman? Negative comments Q6): Individual comments Newcomers ‘Took long time to feel welcome in the village’; ‘If you’re not from Rothie people look down on you’; ‘There is an impression of resentment from some of the long-standing residents to new-comers’; ‘Not much’ (to Q5); Established residents ‘All the new buildings’; ‘Growing too fast; ‘Segregation between new and old’; ‘Bigger village means the village has lost its sense of community’. 2. Services, Facilities and Activities However, the two most frequent answers to Question 6: What do you dislike about living in Rothienorman, relate to services. These are illustrated below and developed further in Questions 7 to 14. Q6): What do you dislike about living in Rothienorman? Q6): Most frequent comments 1. ‘No doctor/Post Office/chemist/bank/waste skip’; 2. ‘Lack of public transport’; 3. ‘I don’t dislike anything’. As can be seen from 3 above, the responses to this question continue to illustrate the strength of integration and involvement, but also move on to highlight respondents’ views about which services and facilities should be improved or increased. Q6): Individual comments ‘Not enough shops/ restaurants/ takeaways’; ‘Lack of facilities for middle teens’; ‘Not much for kids’; ‘Very few local activities’; ‘Commute to work’; ‘No tennis courts’. Q7): There are enough community activities in Rothienorman. no. % Strongly agree 22 13.1 Agree 37 22.0 Neither 47 28.0 Disagree 49 29.2 Strongly disagree 13 7.7 Total 168 100.0 Question 7 is the only question where there is no clear result. Comments are divided between 35% satisfaction with the number of activities, 37% dissatisfaction and 28% neutral. Q8): What activities would you like to see available in Rothienorman? Q8): Most frequent suggestions 1. ‘Badminton’; 2. ‘Activities for younger people’; 3. ‘Youth café’. 4 Rothienorman Community Action Survey There is a very wide range of individual answers to Question 8 including: Activities for Q8): Suggestions Children ‘Children’s activities’; ‘Dancing and football classes’; ‘Trampoline’. Young people ‘Youth café’; ‘Something where kids from 15 up can go and socialise’; ‘Something for teens’; ‘Drop-in centre for secondary school children’; ‘Youth club/summer activities’; ‘More discos’; ‘Support groups for young people for those leaving academy, struggling at school’. Older people ‘Keep fit’; ‘Yoga/Pilates’; ‘Walking Club’; ‘Over 50’s Activities- walking, rambling, tea dances’; ‘Sport and activities for the less able – gentle exercise’; Disability Friendly Group’; ‘Adult classes’. Whole community ‘Community café’; ‘Drama group’; ‘Craft classes’; ‘Dog training classes’. Sports ‘Badminton’; ‘Swimming pool’; ‘Gym’; ‘Tennis’. Although there is a wide range of individual responses, the largest number relates to activities for young people. To develop this, the questionnaire asks if respondees are interested in particular activities and a contact list has been collected for two activities: those who are interested in Badminton and in Yoga/Pilates. Question 9 investigates the preferred times for new activities: Q9): If there were more activities in Rothienorman would you attend and what times would suit you? The most popular choices are weekends and all weekday evenings, giving flexibility for many activities. Q10) Place of work: Q10): I Work: no. % Within the village; 9 5.3 Locally; 18 10.7 Aberdeenshire; 46 27.2 Aberdeen; 24 14.2 Outwith Aberdeen/shire; 26 15.4 Retired; 35 20.7 Unemployed; 11 6.5 Total 169 100.0 COMMENT Clearly Rothienorman is a commuter village, as between 60% and 70% of respondents commute out of Rothienorman for work. 5 Rothienorman Community Action Survey Q11): What is the main method of transport in the household? Q12): Do you regularly use public transport? no. % no. % Car 141 83.9 Yes 29 18.6 Bus 21 12.5 No 114 73.1 Motorbike 4 2.4 Sometimes 13 8.3 Train 0 0 Total 156 100 Other 2 1.2 Total 168 100 COMMENT Of the 60%-70% of respondents who leave the village for work, 83% use a car while only 12.5% use public transport as the main method of transport.
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