Bridge of Earn Placecheck
Official Park Re-opening Ceremony
There will be an event in Victory Park on Wednesday
20th June from 3.15pm to celebrate the completion of
the Placecheck works. There will be a ribbon cutting,
activities organised by the Countryside Ranger, and Street Sports
organised by Youth Services. There will also be information
available on the John Muir Award which is suitable for all ages.
Everyone welcome!
Evaluation
We would like to hear your thoughts about the
Placecheck process and what you think about the work done in the
area so we have set up an
online survey . Please take some time to let us know your
thoughts.
Background
Bridge of Earn area was selected to be a Placecheck area. This
arose after a selection process that took place in 2008. The
Placecheck process started with a meeting on Wednesday 25th of
representatives from community groups to decide on the best way
forward.
Letters of invitation were sent out in March 2009 asking for a note
of interest to be expressed by communities of around 2000 residents
in taking part in Placecheck. Earn Community Council submitted
a bid detailing what benefits Placecheck would have for the areas
and possible ideas for improvements to public space areas. A panel
met in May to assess the bids and decide on Placecheck areas for
the next 3 years and the Bridge of Earn bid was successful.
After a discussion at Earn Community Council, community
organisations from the Bridge of Earn area were invited to send a
representative to a meeting on the 2nd November about Placecheck.
The meeting was very well attended with fifteen representatives
there. Diane Cassidy did a presentation with a DVD to tell
people what Placecheck is about and what would happen when Bridge
of Earn started the Placecheck process. A lively discussion
followed, where people discussed ideas for possible Placecheck
projects, the best ways to involve the wider community and the
needs of the Bridge of Earn community for improvements to their
public space areas. Community organisations pledged their support
for Placecheck and were keen to get involved further.
What is Placecheck?
Placecheck is an award winning programme about improving public
spaces by the council and the community working in partnership. At
the community Placecheck event in 2010 or 2011 there will be an
opportunity for local people to walk round different areas
of Bridge of Earn in small groups with Council
officers to identify what they like, don't like and what can be
improved. The aim is to get people working together to improve
their village and surrounding area and work with the Council on
shared priorities. The Environment Service has a dedicated budget
to take this forward and carry out work on priorities identified.
For more information see: http://www.placecheck.info/
At the Community Placecheck day, the Bridge of Earn area will be
split into ?zones? and the day will start with a walk
around the zones so that people can identify things they would
like to see improved in Bridge of Earn's open spaces.
After the walkabout everyone will return to the venue to look at
the issues raised and prioritise them for action.
The Placecheck Process
The community Placecheck event is just the start of an 18 month
process. A Placecheck for children of Dunbarney Primary
School and one for young people took place before the
community event. There was a follow up event held for the
community approximately 3 months after the first event where the
community heard the results of feasibility studies done since the
first event and costings for projects that were identified.
Following this, designs were be drawn up for each project and
shared with the community and further consultation will took place
when necessary before work was carried out.
