How good is our place? - Golcar

What we're doing

People make great places. We’re trying out a new way of having conversations about what our places are like. We’re testing out a tool called the “Place Standard”. This is a way of helping to get conversations going about any place (it could be your street, neighbourhood or town), by using some simple questions. The Place Standard is already widely used in Scotland, to help citizens and organisations talk about places.

When we're doing it?

Between 09-Jul-2018 and 29-Jul-2018

We will be

  • Asking for information

Themes

  • Climate change and the environment
  • Crime and anti-social behaviour
  • Customer experiences
  • Education and learning
  • Events, leisure and culture
  • Health, wellbeing and lifestyle
  • Housing
  • Planning and regeneration
  • Roads and transport

Where's it happening?

In the Golcar ward

More information on what we're doing

The test will run in Golcar, Cowlersley, Milnsbridge and Longwood for two weeks, from Monday 16 July to Sunday 29 July 2018. You might see staff from Kirklees Council and Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing out and about during that time, and we’re contacting lots of local organisations who might want to join in. Our thanks to the Golcar Ward councillors who will be actively involved.
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What happened?

We tested out a tool called the “Place Standard” in the Golcar ward in July 2018.

240 citizens took part in the conversations, and
140 Place Standard assessments were completed.

Members of staff from Kirklees Council and KNH talked to groups, individuals, businesses and young people in Golcar, Milnsbridge, Longwood and Cowlersley. The discussions took place in community buildings, on the streets, in school playgrounds and in shopping areas.

You can hear some feedback from citizens of Golcar in the 2 minute video linked from the right hand side of this page.

Take a look at our results summary and score sheet to see what people said about Golcar, Milnsbridge, Longwood and Cowlersley - linked on the right.

What difference did the work make?

You can hear more and discuss the results at this ward forum meeting as part of Local Democracy Week 2018:

Golcar Ward Forum
Tuesday 9th October, 7pm to 9pm
The Elms, 78 New Street, Milnsbridge, HD3 4LD

The Golcar Ward councillors (Cllr Christine Iredale, Cllr Hilary Richards and Cllr Richard Murgatroyd) are already following up on some of the issues raised.

For example, citizens said that local councillors are very visible in the area, but members of local businesses didn’t know how to make contact with ward councillors. So the Golcar councillors will be visiting businesses in the area to introduce themselves, to discuss some of the issues people raised and to let businesses know about local forums they can engage with.

Councillors also plan to do some further engagement in Cowlersley in the future, as there were only two Place Standard assessments completed in this area during the pilot.

Kirklees Council are now putting together a plan for how the Place Standard could be used elsewhere in Kirklees to help us engage with our citizens in a way that you find meaningful and relevant.

Methods of involvement

MethodHowHow many peopleStartEnd
Face to faceConversations in Golcartbc09-07-201829-07-2018

Contact details

Nicola Boothman
01484 221000

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