Identifying Strategic Goals for Carluke Development Trust
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The Carluke Conversation Identifying strategic goals for Carluke Development Trust Robin Patel, Heritage Freelancer Dec. 2017 Contents 1.0 Background ......................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 Aims & Objectives ............................................................................................................................... 1 3.0 Consultation Methodology .................................................................................................................. 1 4.0 Summary: what the community has told us ........................................................................................ 2 5.0 Community questionnaire ................................................................................................................... 3 5.1 Timescales, response counts and collections methods ........................................................................ 4 5.2 Promotion and awareness .................................................................................................................... 4 5.3 Confidence and margin of error ............................................................................................................ 4 5.4 Profile of respondents ........................................................................................................................... 5 5.4.1 Q1: Where do you stay? ............................................................................................................... 5 5.4.2 Q2: How long have you lived there? ............................................................................................ 5 5.4.3 Q3: Postcode ................................................................................................................................ 6 5.4.4 Q24: What age are you? ............................................................................................................... 7 5.4.5 Q25: What is your gender?........................................................................................................... 7 5.4.6 Q4: What do you think should be the top 5 key priorities that will contribute to the development of Carluke? ............................................................................................................. 8 5.4.7 Q5: Which areas of employment, education and training services could be improved and/or developed in Carluke? ................................................................................................................ 10 5.4.8 Q6: How else would you like to see Carluke being developed in the future? ............................ 19 5.4.9 Q7: Do you see a role for Carluke Development Trust in developing an improved Employment, Education and Training service in Carluke? ................................................................................ 27 5.4.10 Q8: Which of the following locations are you are you aware of? .............................................. 27 5.4.11 Q9: What's your views on the future development of the ground and buildings at the High Mill? ............................................................................................................................................ 28 5.4.12 Q10: What's your views on the future development of Jock's Burn Community Orchard? ...... 35 5.4.13 Q11: What's your views on the future development of the Carluke Commonty? ..................... 40 5.4.14 Q12: What other Green Spaces do you know of within the Parish of Carluke? ......................... 43 5.4.15 Q13: Would you like to discover more about the heritage of Carluke Parish? .......................... 46 5.4.16 Q14: What kinds of initiatives have you helped develop within your neighbourhood over the past 12 months, or would like to help develop in the future? ................................................... 46 5.4.17 Q15: Would you be willing to offer unpaid help towards any of initiatives you selected above? 48 5.4.18 Q16: How often would you be able to offer unpaid help? ......................................................... 48 5.4.19 Q17: How could your neighbourhood be improved as a place to live? ..................................... 49 5.4.20 Q18: Over the past 12 months which activities have you taken part in as part of a local, community group, club or organisation? ................................................................................... 56 5.4.21 Q19: Which of the following events are you are you aware of? ................................................ 58 5.4.22 Q20: What was your experience of the Carluke Jam & Ham Festival? ...................................... 58 5.4.23 Q21: What was your experience of the Carluke 10K race event? .............................................. 62 5.4.24 Q22: What do you think should be done to improve the health and well-being of Carluke's communities? ............................................................................................................................. 65 5.4.25 Q23: What do you know about the Carluke Development Trust? ............................................. 71 5.4.26 Q26: We'd like to invite you to help shape the future of the Parish of Carluke. Would you be interested in attending events or activities? ............................................................................................... 72 6.0 Community engagement session (Carluke Development Trust AGM)................................................ 73 6.1 Theme 1: Environment & Greenspace ................................................................................................ 73 6.2 Theme 2: Employment, education, training & volunteering............................................................... 73 6.3 Theme 3: Health & Wellbeing ............................................................................................................ 74 6.4 Theme 4: Community engagement & support ................................................................................... 74 1.0 Background This report details the findings of community consultation exercises conducted by and / or analysed by Robin Patel, Ergadia Museums & Heritage on behalf of Carluke Development Trust. 2.0 Aims & Objectives The Carluke Development Trust wishes to align its strategic objectives according to the needs and aspirations of the communities within Carluke parish. In August CDT launched the ‘Carluke Conversation’ with the intention of gathering as many community voices as possible. Parallel to this process is the creation of a Stage 2 Scottish Land Fund application for Carluke High Mill which will also be underpinned by the evidence gathered by community consultation. As such the ‘Carluke Conversation’ will enable to CDT to develop broader objectives which could then be applied to projects and initiatives. The aims of the ‘Carluke Conversation’ consultation process were to; 1. Work closely with Carluke Development Trust to identify effective methods to capture community priorities and aspirations for the development of Carluke parish. 2. Engage with communities within Carluke using a variety of consultation methods. 3. Explore four core themes to identify development priorities including; a. Employment, education, training and volunteering b. Health & wellbeing c. Communal greenspaces d. Community engagement and support. 4. Explore emerging themes (e.g. town centre regeneration) arising from the open-ended conversation process. 5. Provide strategic analysis of the resulting data resulting in recommended strategic goals for CDT. 3.0 Consultation Methodology Summary of consultation conducted to-date, lead, methods, timescale and response count. Description Method(s) Timescale Response count / attendees Community Questionnaire Questionnaire 8th September 2017 - 528 13th November 2017 Community engagement session Qwizdom 21st September 2017 33 (CDT AGM) 1 4.0 Summary: what the community has told us 2 5.0 Proposed strategic goals The evidence gathered by the ‘Carluke Conversation’ has resulted in the suggestion of three broad strategic goals and associated projects for CDT. It is understood that these goals and projects are open to revision and not necessarily representative of CDT policy. 3 6.0 Community questionnaire 6.1 Timescales, response counts and collections methods Method(s) Timescale No. of days Mean response Response count Questionnaire using the ‘Survey 8th September 2017 66 8 per day 528 Monkey’ platform -13th November 2017 6.2 Promotion and awareness Method Outlet Description Facebook Carluke Conversation Facebook page Facebook Carluke High Mill Facebook page Twitter Robin Patel / Ergadia Twitter account Carluke Gazette AGM consultation event and link to survey 6.3 Confidence and margin of error 392 of the questionnaires submitted were completed by residents of the Carluke area. Carluke Population (13,579) (2011 census) Confidence Interval Margin of Error 95% 4.88% 90% 4.09% 4 6.4 Profile of respondents 6.4.1 Q1: Where do you stay? 528 responses were submitted. 392 respondents indicated (74%) indicated they were from the Carluke area. 6.4.2 Q2: How long have you lived there? 526 responses were submitted. The majority of respondents (83%) indicated that they had stayed within their current location for at least 10 years. 5 6.4.3 Q3: Postcode 305 complete postcodes for Carluke were provided. The resulting distribution plot indicates the spread of responses within Carluke. 6 6.4.4 Q24: What age are you?