FIVE FOLKS FOR A FRIDAY Part 1 | 19 November 2021 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust

FIVE FOLKS FOR A FRIDAY Part 1

Friday, 19 November 2021

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

How many people engaged with the development of your Community Action Plan?

Here it is in numbers

380 households in total (at the last census there was 382 occupied households).

820 residents in total

264 surveys were returned

110 suggestions in the Ideas Bank

40 - the highest number of likes were to retain the Post Office and Shop

2 – community assemblies

10 – action group meetings

240 people checked out the draft plan online

120 comments were made about the draft plan

200 people joined the email update

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

With help from Scottish Community Development Centre we took the ‘pulse’ of the community to check your thoughts of where we are now. Each year the community will use this as our benchmark and review. The current results are in, as well as some additional information that may be useful to you for more information Take The Pulse Survey Results | 16 November 2021 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN LAUNCH

The Community Action Plan will be launched at an event in the Wildside Centre on Friday 19^th November. It will also be a thank you to volunteers in the local community for the work they have done over the last eighteen months in particular. Due to Covid restrictions this event has bene invite only but you will be able to watch it online too!

From next week the Plan will be shared online and we will be delivering physical copies across the area to people we have addresses for over the next couple of weeks.

You can watch the Community Action Plan launch event on Zoom.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83127907803?pwd=cDNWMXV0ZEdxdVNIR3E4NjlSNUVuZz09

Meeting ID: 831 2790 7803

Passcode: 361015

SKILLS AND VOLUNTEER AUDIT

Once you have had time to read the plan you might think “I can help with that”. We will send out a Local Skills and Volunteer Survey to see what help you can give to make the Community Action Plan come to life. You don’t have to join a committee to help – you just need will, drive and determination. More information on that soon!

FIVE FOLKS FOR A FRIDAY

How can you relate the Community Action Plan?

Meet Jim, 68, a retired estate worker.

Meet Claire, 34, who has part time jobs in a local hotel.

Meet Ryan, 16, who is at secondary school.

Meet Amy, 22, who is a recent arts graduate.

Meet Paul, 52, a financial consultant.

You may have a friend or family member like Jim, Claire, Ryan, Amy and Paul.

They may even remind you of yourself.

Throughout the Stratherrick and Foyers Community Action Plan you can read how Jim, Claire, Ryan, Amy and Paul what areas of the plan they may be interested in getting involved with and what impact will it have for them.

AND ONE SIXTH THING

The Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust AGM is next week. I know, I do keep banging on about it but do come along! Full details can be found online here Trust AGM Meeting 24th November | 17 November 2021 | Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust (stratherrickcommunity.org.uk)

Tony Foster

Trust Manager

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