Events

Events

The next door knock exercise will be taking place in Norton and Harvington on Tuesday 21 August between 9.30am-4.30pm. Please email tracy.perkins@wychavon.gov.uk for more details.

During March 2011 we held four community drop-in events in Badsey, Broadway, Norton and Harvington. The aim of the events was firstly to further engage with the communities in the Opportunity Vale of Evesham project areas and secondly to bring services out to rural communities.

Organisations that attend the events were as follows:

Rooftop
Midwest rural
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Fire Service
Family Information service
Adult and Community Learning / Computabus
Children’s centre
Wychavon DC Housing
Act on Energy
Lloyd’s Pharmacy (Health Checks)
Badsey Parish Council (Badsey only)
Opportunity Vale of Evesham Project
Sports Coaches
Youth Bus
Age UK

The events were received positively by those who attended and there were several requests from young people in Badsey for them to be repeated, especially the youth bus and the sports coaching.

On Monday 25 July 2011 in the Fairfield area of Evesham (Battleton Road, Trinity Close, Barnards Close, Anne Crescent, Simons Way and Charles Close) a team from Rooftop, Act on Energy and Wychavon District Council knocked on doors to talk to people about the services that are available and asked them to complete a small questionnaire. A health check was also available in the communal lounge in Charles Close. This proved very successful, 57 forms were completed and about 100 referrals were made. An information pack was left with 65 other properties.

On Thursday 1 September 2011 we also held another door knocking event in Avon Street, Edward Street, West Street and Littleworth Street, Evesham. Not so many houses were visited this time but again it went very well with 34% of questionnaires being completed and 34 referrals being made. Other parts of Evesham were covered on 29 September and 4 October 2011.

A successful Partners event was held on 18 April 2012. David Manning the Project Manger let everyone know what we've already achieved over the last two years and what the plans are for the next two years. To view the slides click on the link.

Redesigning services in rural areas event - 17 October 2012

A major element of the Opportunity Vale of Evesham project this year has been to look at what services and facilities are available to deprived rural communities, how they are currently delivered and whether they can be delivered more effectively.

We have spent the past six months looking at the range of public, voluntary and community sector services available to children and young people, and older people in some rural areas of Wychavon.

This event held for senior managers and key stakeholdersto gave an insight into the experiences of residents in some rural areas of Wychavon and what they feel about the services we all provide.

Please click here to view the slides and here to view the summary.