MAP skill share workshop August 2006

< Malling Action Partnership

Action for Communities in Rural Kent ran a skill share workshop on 31 August 2006 in the West Malling Parish Church Centre. 15 people took part.

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If you are involved with MAP and you'd find it useful to do so, please use the listings below and add to them if you like

Why involve people?

 * To find out what people want.
 * To establish ownership.
 * To avoid wasting money.

Hard to reach groups

 * Housebound
 * Elderly/young
 * Young mothers
 * People who don’t know about us

Transport / Access - Users / providers

 * Pedestrians
 * Cyclists
 * Motor scooters
 * Electric Wheelchairs
 * Pushchairs/buggies
 * Cars
 * Taxis
 * Mini cabs
 * Buses
 * Trains
 * Lorries
 * Horses

Hard to reach groups/people with special needs

 * Elderly
 * Disabled
 * School children
 * Mums
 * Commuters
 * Car users
 * Young people
 * People who want to travel at night
 * Geographically/economically isolated

Environment Stakeholders
Stakeholders are people who will be affected by change
 * Residents
 * Runners
 * Conservation volunteers
 * Landowners
 * Horse riding association / groups
 * Farmers
 * Sports clubs
 * Ramblers
 * Young people
 * School children
 * Visitors
 * Tourists
 * Tourism business
 * English Heritage
 * Cemetery visitors
 * Consumers
 * Allotment holders
 * RSPB
 * (Users of) Playgrounds
 * (Users of) Playground areas
 * Friends of Leybourne Lakes
 * Tree wardens
 * Kent Wildlife Trust
 * CPRE
 * Medway Valley Countryside Partnership
 * Cyclists
 * (Users of ) Maceys meadow

Social & Community Stakeholders

 * schools
 * groups - eg, WI
 * voluntary organisations
 * active retirement associations
 * local history groups
 * faith groups
 * sports clubs
 * Malling Cricket Club
 * Offham Cricket Club
 * Art groups
 * workers
 * residents
 * vicar
 * church goers
 * bell ringers
 * cemetery visitors
 * ex force groups
 * Malling Day organisations
 * Publicans
 * Police
 * farmers market traders
 * homeless
 * migrant workers
 * gypsy/travellers
 * Spade work charity users
 * unemployed
 * CAB
 * Volunteer centre
 * Age Concern Malling
 * Minority/ethnic groups
 * Users of facilities
 * Controllers of above
 * Single parents
 * Play groups
 * Health practitioners
 * Housebound
 * Leybourne riding school for disabled

Economy
"Really everybody is affected by the local economy"
 * shop keepers
 * employees/office staff
 * shoppers
 * farmers/suppliers
 * manufacturers
 * local residents
 * (residents of?) hinterland villages
 * crafts people
 * designers
 * NGO’s
 * property owners
 * (people invovled with?) schools (places)
 * (users of) hospitals
 * (users of)museum
 * Business & other organisations
 * government/local authority agencies
 * utilities
 * chamber of commerce
 * transport providers
 * investors
 * infrastructure bodies
 * finance institutions