To encourage local More events and We will record the number of activities taking place events/ activities taking grassroots activities and across the ward. place. We will ask those events at community Wide range of funded by Big Local to spaces across the ward. people taking part in evaluate how events/ events/ activities. activities, including Events/ activities recording equal well-attended by the opportunities data. community. Encouraging working To encourage people from More younger It may be possible to ask the younger and older people (16 24 year olds) people to record their age at – generations to get involved in and older people (65+) meetings and at some Big Local and the community. involved in activities, events/ activities. If this is events and meetings. not possible, it may be possible to ask organisers to record their impressions of the age range of participants. To bring people from across More people feel Event organisers will ask the generations and across they have learned skills participants to complete the ward together to share from each other. evaluation forms to skills and build relationships. More people feel understand the extent to they have build which skill sharing and relationships with a wider building relationships are range of people in the happening. If people are community. involved in organising an annual event, it may be possible to follow-up with people to see how skills/ relationships have developed. It may be possible to establish baseline data on number/ range of relationships and skills before we start the project. Improving the environment and green spaces To increase pride in the More local people Before, after and during William Morris ward feel proud to live in the photographs of areas where neighbourhood neighbourhood. action is taken to improve To improve the environment The environment green spaces. and change habits and looks and feels better. perceptions. More people feel better about their local environment. More people report positive habits (e.g. spending time outside, growing, gardening).
To encourage local grassroots activities and events at community spaces across the ward. More events and activities taking place across the ward. Wide range of people taking part in events/ activities. Events/ activities well-attended by the community. We will record the number of events/ activities taking place. We will ask those funded by Big Local to evaluate how events/ activities, including recording equal opportunities data. Encouraging working To encourage people from the younger and older generations to get involved in Big Local and the community. More younger people (16 – 24 year olds) and older people (65+) involved in activities, events and meetings. It may be possible to ask people to record their age at meetings and at some events/ activities. If this is not possible, it may be possible to ask organisers to record their impressions of the age range of participants. To bring people from across the generations and across the ward together to share skills and build relationships. More people feel they have learned skills from each other. More people feel they have build relationships with a wider range of people in the community. Event organisers will ask participants to complete evaluation forms to understand the extent to which skill sharing and building relationships are happening. If people are involved in organising an annual event, it may be possible to follow-up with people to see how skills/ relationships have developed. It may be possible to establish baseline data on number/ range of relationships and skills before we start the project. Improving the environment and green spaces To increase pride in the William Morris ward neighbourhood More local people feel proud to live in the neighbourhood. Before, after and during photographs of areas where action is taken to improve green spaces. To improve the environment and change habits and perceptions. The environment looks and feels better. More people feel better about their local environment. More people report positive habits (e.g. spending time outside, growing, gardening).
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