NOW CHOOSE:
Purpose
– Credits
– Priorities
– First
Steps – Contacts
The
Plan has a number of
purposes:
to
set out the way the people of
Eynsham would like to see the village
develop
to
inform and influence the plans
and policies of local authorities and
other agencies
to
offer recommendations for a
Parish Action
Plan
to
provide a context to village
life and activities for those who wish
to be
involved.
The
Plan has taken over 18 months to
produce and involved volunteers from
all sections of the community,
including churches,
shops,
police, schools
and the departing part-time youth
worker. The Parish
Council has maintained an interest
and has received regular
reports through Chris Roles and more
recently Richard
Andrews.
Funding
for the work came from Defra
and the Parish
Council. We have also
received help from SEEDA
, ORCC
, OMTN, Carnegie Trust UK,
Iain Nicholson of OTCN
and
Catherine Chater. The Steering Group is
very grateful for their
contributions and advice. A fuller list
of contributors appears in
Section 6.
The
consultation process that informs the
Plan is described in Section 4.
After an initial survey to identify
Eynsham's key concerns, a
questionnaire based on these went to
every house in the village –
and achieved a 25% response. Along the
way were letters, emails and
talks to groups; flyers, press
releases, public events and one-to-one
discussion.
Residents'
top priorities, covered in detail
at Section 5, include:
We
have provided a background (The Facts)
to the expressions of opinion;
pointed to some emerging options and
wider issues (The Vision); and
formulated the responses into a draft
ACTION PLAN (summarised HERE).
Numeric data from the questionnaire is
supplied at Appendix
2.
Meanwhile
nothing stands still – and
the Steering Group has already
made a difference:
Energy
and enterprise are around us already,
at group and individual level.
But engagement is more demanding. As
Henry Ford put it:
“Coming
together is a beginning. Keeping
together is progress. Working
together is
success.”
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