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Consultation process
Greenock East and Central Community ConversationYour Community
Recent engagement has highlighted the community members are unaware of how to be more involved in their local community in relation to having their say.
- We want to hear what would be the best way to promote opportunities to you?
- What would encourage you to be more involved
- What barriers exist in relation to having your say!
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Auchmountain Community Resource Centre 3/12/24
Advertising: Flyers about town, community groups advertising, Health centre’s.
I feel the community never know what is going on within the community.
Auchmountain Community Resource Centre 3/12/2024
- I think I would like to see more spokespeople for each local community (each locality and not just the community councils) For example: Dubbs road, Oransay, Gibshill etc to speak on behalf of their local area.
At Belville Gardens Community Hub on the 06/12/2024 an attendee gave the following feedback:
- Parents may as be available during school hours if their children are attending school. More community centre/hubs etc for parents to get refreshments as well as places to have interaction/conversations with other community members.
At Belville Gardens Community Hub on the 06/12/2024 an attendee gave the following feedback:
- Be more transparent.
- Take community ideas.
- Promote place to communicate with those in charge for discussion.
Also at Belville Gardens Community Hub on the 06/12/2024 was the following:
-Discussions were had around the lack of efficiency in the Greenock Health Centre. One commented that they are visually impaired and on several occasions they
Whilst attending the Belville Gardens Community Hub on the 06/12/2024, attendees raised the following concerns:
- It was raised that people (including the local authority) make changes and do things that are not suited to the needs of the people of Greenock. Several raised their concerns around the implementation of cycle tracks in the centre of Greenock and said they had not taken into account the impact these have on, in particular, people with disabilities including the visually impaired and other road users. Another concern raised was around trees being chopped down across Inverclyde and attendees stated that there was a lack of consultation conducted.
- It was suggested that there is too much unused ‘green belt’ land across the East and Centre of Greenock and these spaces could be better used as community growing spaces.
Whilst engaging with young people at the Youth Community Council on 05/12/2024 it was mentioned that young people feel that there is a lack of full time/part time job opportunities in the town centre for young people.
The Broomhill TARA hosted a meeting with RCH on the 2/12/24, over 30 residents were in attendance, to discuss ongoing housing issues within the Broomhill area, ranging from the heating systems performance and cost. Residents put forward their views to RCH staff.
i would still like a letter or a leaflet through the post or a leaflet. i had a door caller in the last 6 months asking about crime in the community. He came in to my living room to discuss. He had pre-arranged this with me. KM
Would be good to find out more about local centres including Broomhill art flat. BT