We Asked, You Said, We Did
Here are some of the issues we have consulted on and their outcomes.
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We asked
People living in the Berwickshire area to join a community led panel to undertake assessments on applications to SBC's Berwickshire Community Fund and make recommedations to Berwickshire Area Partnership for approval.
You said
Interest was shown in the opportunity
We did
Six people were appointed to the Panel. Berwickshire Area Partnership will be updated at the meeting at 6:30pm on 1 July 2021. This is a public meeting and will be held online.
We asked
What is the best way to communicate and consult with you on local and national child protection developments?
You said
76 responses:
- Best way to receive information is via circulating emails from Managers then Team meetings, CP training and the PPC newsletter.
- Best way to consult is via a team meeting then a one off meeting, using a Citizen Space survey and then via your CPDG member
- Confusion about where to go – some understand that it is via the intranet that you access the CP procedures. And the intranet is not accessible by all.
- Links often do not work
- Circulation limited if sent by email
- Most not aware of the 7 minute briefings or the practitioner summaries
- Information needs to be clearer, less jargon, easier to find, easier to use.
- Most who receive the PPC newsletter read it and most found it informative with suggestions about how to improve presentation.
- PPC website has huge potential to provide easy access, including links, to child protection materials including communications. Needs to be user friendly, to differentiate between profession and public access, to include a glossary, explanation of job roles as well as an option for children and parents to provide feedback.
We did
- We considered all of your feedback.
- We made sure that all feedback was fed into the Child Protection Delivery Group so that individual agencies are aware of, and can address dissemination of information within their agency.
- We shared your feedback with the Training as well as the Communications Delivery Groups
- All suggestions were fed in to the PPC website development group to ensure this platform will be easy to access, has working links, that all relevant child protection materials including training and communications information will be available, differentiates between profession and public access, includes a glossary, explains of job roles as well as an option for children and parents to provide feedback.
- If you raised any specific issues in the survey and would like to discuss further please contact Fiona.Jones@scotborders.gov.uk
We asked
We asked for your views on introducing a range of temporary measures across Peebles as part of a trial to promote more active travel, including walking and cycling, in the area.
This included introducing temporary advisory cycle lanes across certain areas of Peebles, installing a puffin crossing at Eastgate and altering the existing taxi ranks within the town centre.
You said
602 people responded to our survey
- 261 (43%) would welcome a six-month trial of advisory cycle lanes on Kingsmeadows Road
- 307 (51%) would not welcome a six-month trial of advisory cycle lanes on Kingsmeadows Road
- 253 (42%) would welcome a six-month trial of advisory cycle lanes on Innerleithen Road
- 324 (54%) would not welcome a six-month trial of advisory cycle lanes on Innerleithen Road
- 191 (32%) would welcome a six-month trial of advisory cycle lanes on High Street and East Gate
- 388 (64%) would not welcome a six-month trial of advisory cycle lanes on High Street and East Gate
- 307 (51%) think installing a puffin crossing over the A72 at the Eastgate is a good idea
- 223 (37%) think installing a puffin crossing over the A72 at the Eastgate is a bad idea
- 391 (65%) think removing the taxi ranks from The Park and The County and extending the one outside Trespass is a good idea
- 103 (17%) think removing the taxi ranks from The Park and The County and extending the one outside Trespass is a bad idea
- 156 (26%) said the installation of cycle lanes and puffin crossing change would change how they walk or cycle in Peebles
- 327 (54%) said the installation of cycle lanes and puffin crossing change would make no difference to their travel choices
We did
After carefully considering the data, a 12 month trial of cycle lanes will take place starting from summer 2021, to fully determine demand for more active travel spaces in Peebles which have the potential to make the town a more walking and cycling friendly area.
After taking into consideration public responses to the survey, which indicated that there was clearly no demand for cycle lanes at Peebles Eastgate and High Street, these areas will not form part of the trial.
As part of the wider trial, taxi ranks outside The Park Hotel and The Crown will be removed and the existing rank at the Eastgate Theatre will be extended.