Heading towards our ‘Big Community Conversation’
Birnam Arts, Saturday 2nd October 10.00am-4.00pm
It’s only been a few weeks since the local feedback events held in Birnam Arts and the Dalguise, Amulree and Butterstone Village Halls, but the work to develop a draft Community Plan for PH8 continues apace. The local feedback events at the end of June were designed to provide some immediate information about the Community Survey completed by over 400 of us in the Spring of this year. But this survey was only the first of four separate consultation exercises, each feeding into the eventual draft Community Action Plan.
In addition, a Survey of some 45 local businesses has just been completed while interviews with over 20 people in the community, ranging from Childcare providers to Community Growing initiatives, have been held over the last 3 months, in order to dig a little deeper into local issues. Finally, a Community Profile has been created which tells some of the story of our area through data from the last Census in 2011 and more recent statistical sources.
The Draft Community Action Plan is now being prepared, drawing on all 4 of these pieces of work, supported by a consultant funded by Perth and Kinross. Thus far, we know that the following themes have come out very strongly and will form the core of the Action Plan:
1. Road safety, traffic and parking
2. Housing
3. Broadband
4. Public Transport
5. Lack of activities for young people
A number of other themes have also been identified.
The Draft Action Plan will then be shared with the Community in Birnam Arts on Saturday, 2nd October. This will be an opportunity to :
• hear about the main themes emerging from the consultation exercise
• talk about the actions we now take as a community to address them
• consider how we could organise ourselves to take key actions forward
• get involved in an action area, however large or small.
Planning for this event and for proposals on how best to support delivery of the Plan will be taken forward in close partnership with the Community Council. But the success of the Plan will ultimately depend on the interest and commitment shown to it by local people. So please come along on 2nd October. The main hall in Birnam Arts will be open from 10.00am-4.00pm, providing information, the opportunity for questions and comment and the opportunity to show interest in individual work areas. People can come and go throughout the day, but please do come along. It’s your plan for your community.

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