Cheshire County Council - Play Your Part

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Play Your Part

Can you Play Your Part?

During October 2007 local people were invited to take part in a series of topical debates across Cheshire to help shape future plans for the Council and influence local decision making.

The main part of the discussions was around how local people can Play their Part in making a difference

As well as local issues, the focus was on three main issues:

jeremy taylor, chief executive of cheshire county council, speaking at a play your part meeting .

young people add their views to the thought wall. use it at any of the play your part meetings

Explains Head of Research and Intelligence Gordon Hamilton, who is taking the lead with this project:

“These are important issues of our time. Public services can bring benefits to the lives of many people in need, but improving quality of life for the majority depends on support and involvement from local residents.

“That’s why it’s especially important that local people have an opportunity to explore how they can make a difference within their own communities.”

Local views have already helped shape the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities – with feedback from similar events last year helping our services prepare future plans.

If you were unable to attend or had not been aware of the Play Your Part events you can still make your comments on all three topic areas via our new Play Your Part Community Forum. You will have to register but this is a simple and quick process.

See below for the dates, times, venues and outcomes of the discussions


Weds 3 October	7 .00 - 9.30pm	Sandbach Town Hall	Discussion summary
Friday 5 October	2 .00 - 4.30pm	Chester - St Mary’s Centre	Discussion summary

Monday 8 October	7 .00 – 9.30pm	Ellesmere Port Civic Hall	Discussion summary
Weds 10 October	2 .00 - 4.30pm	Winsford Civic Hall	Discussion summary

Tues 16 October	7 .00 – 9.30pm	Macclesfield High School	Discussion summary
Thursday 18 October	7 .00 - 9.30pm	Crewe - Ruskin Sports Centre	Discussion summary

Feedback From Participants at the Events

Following attendance at the event feedback forms were completed by nearly 70% of participants. The main observations were:

Generally participants at the events agreed that the venue was easy to get to (89% agreed), satisfactory (83% agreed) and the refreshments were satisfactory (70%).
The majority of participants (82%) agreed that the information provided was easy to understand, the information was relevant (78%) and was well presented (74%).
The group discussions showed them the difficulty of making decisions (60%), followed by improving knowledge of issues (44%) and helping explain service issues (40%). Around a quarter (26%) said it had encouraged them to do more to get involved.
The majority of respondents described the activities as interesting (74%), worthwhile (55%) informative (52%) and useful (47%), More than a third (34%) also said the events were involving. Only a small number felt they were a waste of time.
The sorts of things that people were encouraged to do more of included: explore more about energy saving in the home; recycle more; use more public transport; try to facilitate dialogue between young people; seek out voluntary work; become more involved with neighbours; ‘contact local parish council over issues raised tonight’.

And watch out for reports on outcomes of what you had to say in future issues of Your Cheshire.