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. 
== Feedback on the evening ==
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The principle of involving people	2	3 	 	 	
How to involve people 	 	4 	 	 	
== Listings from flip charts ==
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 ===
*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
"Really everybody is affected by the local economy"
== External links ==
*the community planning website includes a 'Who to involve' checklist - a sort of generic stakeholder listing - useful for community planning purposes
Skill share workshop August 2006