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Renewal of Diddlebury Village Hall Consultation Questionnaire Response
Renewal of Diddlebury Village Hall
Consultation Questionnaire Response
Refurbishment of existing hall
Replacement building built on existing site
Replacement building built on new site
Renewal – The Options
“Border Oak” traditional style
Positive response
Fit for purpose
Realistic cost
Sustainable construction
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Design acceptable to the Community
Least planning issues
Project easier to manage In line with resources - scale flexible - affordable
Least controversial
Refurbishment – most likely
Raising Funds - Lottery Grant Outline Proposal
Principal source of funding (up to £500k)
16 Pages !
Help from Gill Porter - Shrophire Rural Community Council
Draft based on current knowledge
Gaps identified
Lottery Grant Outline Proposal - issues
“Important to get it right!”
Share issues
How we are addressing these
Suggestions from meeting
Examples of activities since the last Consultation
Regular bookings – Dancing, Badminton, Tiny Tots, Parish Council, Zumba
Ale in the Dale
Election
Folk Concert
Church Events
Ceilidh
Installation of Vicar
Church Fete
Funeral teas
Skittles evening
Autumn Show
Harvest Supper
Scout Weekends
Family events
Clearly at riskif hall not renewed
However - Lottery Grant:
Although it is obvious that DVH is rapidly deteriorating and is unfit for purpose, this is outside the scope of the grant application form
Not an application for the building
Not sufficient to say we would lose existing activities
Need to base application on proposed use and the underlying benefits to community
Advice from
Project Objectives – Mental gymnastics!
Outcomes of renewal
Improves quality of life
Stimulates wider participation
Encourages socialisation
Reduces rural isolation
Identifying need: the underlying problems
i.e. Problems that will arise if DVH ceases
Limited services locally
Rural isolation
Need to travel outside area Ageing DVH a barrier to:
Socialising & sharing common interests.
Engaging in local activities
Opportunities for young people/elderly
Reducing rural isolation
Identifying need: the evidence
Gaps identified
2013 Parish Plan survey good but needs broadening
Shropshire Council Plan & Surveys
OCSI report for Diddlebury
Census
Parish Plan
Draft Grant Application – Gaps identified
In order to make our case we required more evidence of need
DVHC decided on further consultation with Community
Questionnaire agreed as best approach
Designing the Questionnaire
6 questions so it could be completed in a couple of minutes
Freepost envelopes to encourage response
Printed in-house to minimise cost
6 Questions to provide supporting evidence
Identify attendance of DVH from within the Parish
Find out how many/why people attended events outside the village
Is there a reliance on others for transport
What improvements the community thinks are necessary
Explore what new events and activities would encourage participants
Key Question:
Would improvements encourage more participation in events and activities?
Questionnaire – what it involved
Designing questions, printing forms , stuffing envelopes > 50 hours
286 address labels from the Council
Return envelopes free post to Shropshire RCC
Analysis > 20 hours
Mailing Cost £320
Response
Questionnaires Sent Out: 284
Response: 102 36%
Target: 85 30%
Considering the poll topic this is a very good response rate
Compares very favourably with similar polls in other parishes/counties; typically 20-25%
This in itself indicates considerable involvement/interest in our Village Hall from local population
How often has anyone in your household attended an event or activity in Diddlebury Village Hall in the past 12 months?
Analysis:Of the 102 responses, 43% use
village hall at least 4 times/year
Conclusions:
This is very high usage rate compared with average use of similar halls
Compared with similar halls, DVH plays much greater role in local society and is an important contributor to local community
Weekly 12 11.76%
Monthly 10 9.80%
Quarterly 21 20.59%
Once a year 29 28.43%
Not at all 30 29.41%
Total 102 100%
Has anyone in your household attended an event or activity in other village halls or community centres? Please tick the reason.
Analysis:This question can have more than
one answer.
68 households used other village halls because of better facilities / wider choice of activities
Conclusion:Usage of DVH could be much higher
given better and additional facilities.
Not available at DVH 38 37.25%
Better Facilities 30 29.41%
Other 27 26.47%
No 5 4.90%
No response 28 27.45%
Does anyone in your household rely on others to transport them to events and activities inside or outside the village?
Conclusions:The 16 households most likely include
children or older persons
Yes 16 15.69%
No 81 78.43%
No response 5 4.90%
Please show which improvements would be welcomed by your household.
Quality/Ambience of building 59 57.84%
Entrance Reception area 54 52.94%
Main Hall 55 53.92%
Accommodation for smaller groups37 36.27%
Meeting facilities 31 30.39%
Kitchen facilities 55 53.92%
Bar 32 31.37%
Stage area and facilities 28 27.45%
Heating & Draughts 68 66.67%
Toilets 73 71.57%
Cloakroom & Changing facilities 38 37.25%
Storage facilities 25 24.51%
Facilities for the Disabled 32 31.37%
Parking 37 36.27%
Outside Lighting 46 45.10%
Analysis:Most favoured improvements: Toilets, Heating & Draughts Quality/Ambience of building Main Hall, Kitchen facilities
Conclusions:Most favoured improvements are pretty fundamental to use of hall They could be achieved without major structural change.New building would not be a prerequisite to providing them.
Please indicate the type of activities members of your household would attend
Analysis:All activities have enough interest to establish new user groups
Most popular new : Family events and parties Drama, Film Fitness activities, Yoga / Pilates , Film Club
Conclusion:If ambience, heating and facilities of Hall were significantly improved:Hall would enable much greater participation in a wider range of activities
Dance, Ballet 20 19.61%
Fitness activities 40 39.22%
Yoga / Pilates 39 38.24%
Tai Chi, Judo etc 18 17.65%
Drama, Film 52 50.98%
Youth Club 12 11.76%
After school activities 12 11.76%
Whist , bridge, chess etc 13 12.75%
Computer Club 12 11.76%
Book Club 21 20.59%
Film Club 34 33.33%
Natural History Club 19 18.63%
Local History Club 28 27.45%
Coffee mornings 20 19.61%
Family events and parties 52 50.98%
Do you think that the improvements being considered will encourage members of your household to attend events in the village hall more often than currently?
Yes 69 67.33%
No 19 18.81%
No response 14 13.86%
Total 102 100%
Analysis:Two thirds of households would use
hall more if improvements were made
Conclusions:
An improved village hall would result in greater community participation in events and activities.
Conclusion - Project Objectives met!
Improvements to the hall would increase range of activities participation in activities
These in turn would meet our Project Objectives: Improves quality of life
Stimulates wider participation
Encourages socialisation
Reduces rural isolation
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Conclusion: Underlying problems addressed
A wider range of activities would enable local population to use a local hall and:
address rural isolation
reduce need to travel outside area
encourage:
Socialising & sharing common interests.
Engaging in local activities
Opportunities for young people/elderly
Raising Funds – DVH renewal fund
A new building would not be a prerequisite to providing the additional and better facilities that the local population has identified.“
£11,700
AITD
Open Gardens
Harvest Supper
Other events
Plus Volunteer hours
DVH renewal - definitely not this!
The £1 million, seven-storey village hall of Yungai in Hunan
Who to contact - DVH committee
Tony Bennett [email protected] 01584 861336
Ian Fotheringham [email protected] 01584 841331
Tom O’Boyle [email protected] 01584 841690
Amie Smout [email protected] 01584 841771
Chris Thomas [email protected] 01584 841239
Mike Woodhouse [email protected] 01584 841265
Sally Woodhouse [email protected] 01584 841265
