APPENDIX 5: EASTRIGGS WORKSHOPS
Eastriggs evening participants
SEX | M (10)
F (9) |
LOCATION | Eastriggs (13)
Annan (5)
Dornock |
HIGHEST LEVEL OF FORMAL EDUCATION ACHIEVED | No answer (11)
No qualifications
BA (Ed) Open University
BSc Diploma in higher education
Secondary school highers (2)
Standard grade - credit level
School certificate
Short-hand typing |
AGE | 30 or under (2)
28, 30
40-49
40+ (one person)
50-59 (5)
51, 52, 53, 55, 59
60-69 (4)
60, 64, 65, 68
70-79 (6)
74, 75, 75, 77, 79, 79
80+ (one person) |
CURRENT OR MOST RECENT JOB (OR RETIRED, STUDENT, HOUSEWIFE ETC AS APPLICABLE) | Process worker
Fencing contractor
Senior Housekeeper - Hotel (2)
Police officer
Laundry worker
Rep
Sales assistant
Retired (7)
H.E.O. M.O.D. (retired)
District manager of an insurance company (retired)
Senior RAF officer (retired)
Retired - Former agricultural lecturer / construction safety advisor |
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD | 1 (8)
2 (7)
3 (2)
4
5 |
NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD | No answer (4)
None (15) |
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AGED 5-18 IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD | No answer (4)
None (12)
1 (2)
None (2 offspring over 18)
|
NUMBER OF YEARS YOU HAVE LIVED IN THIS AREA | Less than 5
4, 5
10-20
10, 12, 14
20-30
20, 20, 20+, 21, 26, 28
40-50
43
50-60
50, 51, 52, 53, 55
More than 60
64, 64 |
Eastriggs Mapping service use
LOCATION | SERVICES ACCESSED (AFTERNOON) | SERVICES ACCESSED (EVENING) |
|---|
Annan | Police station (8)
Doctors surgery (6)
Day care for elderly (2)
Public internet access (2)
Post office (2)
Public house | Doctors surgery (10)
Grocery shop (5)
Public internet access
Post office (4)
Nursery / playgroup
Day care for elderly (4)
Police station (16)
Pubic house (4)
Primary school
Parent / toddler group |
|---|
Eastriggs | Grocery shop (9)
Parent / toddler group (4)
Nursery / playgroup (4)
Primary school (6)
Day care for elderly (2)
Public house (4)
Public internet access (2)
Post office (6) | Nursery / playgroup
Parent / toddler group
Public house (3)
Public internet access (5)
Primary school (4)
Doctors surgery (5)
Grocery shop (10)
Post office (12) |
|---|
Gretna | Doctors surgery (3)
Day care for elderly
Post office
Police station
Nursery / playgroup
Parent / toddler group | Doctors surgery (2) |
|---|
Carlisle | | Grocery shop |
|---|
Eastriggs afternoon - all quotes from 'good' post-it notes
Comments relating to accessibility
Small population so less demand resulting in better access
Public transport links - regular, easily accessible
Excellent transportation links (rail, regular bus service, A75, A74)
Children have short journey to school
Living on bus route - easy access to other areas for facilities not available in Eastriggs - free for pensioners
Accessible for people who have access to transport - buses and car access easy
Access to a doctor on priority basis - always helpful
Most key services, if not located in Eastriggs can be accessed at Annan and Gretna (3-4 miles away)
Less rigid and more flexible than in more urban areas
Comments relating to staff
Internet access in Annan Library - staff helpful
Local commitment to services - local people active in service provision
You often know people so more of a personal / caring service
Fast food service (Eastriggs) - Courteous staff and high standard of cuisine
Community learning (Eastriggs) - Quality and delivery of service. Committed staff
Comments relating to range of services
Reasonable range of services
No shortage of key services
Comments relating to housing
Reasonably priced housing
Cheap affordable housing in Eastriggs
Comments about specific services
Good primary school which includes a library and surgery
Garbage collection weekly - always timely
Leisure services good - swimming, gym, cinema, golf
Good distance (close) to Lakes, Glasgow, Edinburgh etc
Eastriggs evening - all quotes from 'good' post-it notes
Comments relating to health services
Medical excellent - doctor and hospital
Doctors surgery
Doctor service
Annan doctors
Annan - ante-natal care (professional, friendly, lots of it!)
Comments relating to transport
Road network good to get on all major routes
Good train service every hour
Buses - good service
Bus service
Good bus service
Good bus service - runs every half hour, good when you have a job
Transport - buses always running reliable
Bus service
Good bus service every half an hour also free bus pass
Bus service regular and often to Dumfries and Carlisle
Comments relating to post office
Post office helpful and courteous
Post office handy for older people getting there pension
Post office adequate
Post office
Post office nearby, walking distance
Post office extra services
Post office good service
Post office able to pay roof? tax and pensions
Post office friendly and efficient and cover most of my needs
Post office handy, good service
Post office quick and efficient
Post office
Post office efficient service and local government office
Post office for stamps savings postal packages
Post office
Post office
Annan post office (Springbells Road) Efficient, friendly staff
Comments relating to shops
Grocery shops open all hours
Grocery shop good selection of stock
Grocery
Spar shop open til late, nice staff
Spar grocery shop good opening hours, pleasant staff
Shops - 2 shops in village so handy and good opening hours in the Spar shop
Two grocery stores long hours, newspapers and reasonable options
Shopping adequate
Good overall shopping area
Spar and local shops very reasonable
Other comments
Police station
Waste collection
Council - always reliable, provide good services
Library - easy to get to
After school care - open all year, reliable / trustworthy
School - my 3 children attended and all did well
Lunch club - enables the elderly to meet once a week
Cumberland Building Society, Annan - very good service, very helpful
Annan - services compact - i.e. don't have far to travel to get from one to the other
Eastriggs afternoon -all quotes from 'not-so-good' post-it notes
Comments about services that are lacking
Community activities restricted due to amount of available space (Community school - evenings only; or Nelson House)
Purpose built community facility (needed) for all ages
More community facilities i.e. buildings (needed)
Lack of information concerning availability of services
Suggest - a more local what's available newsletter i.e. church service times etc
No restaurant or café
No 'inviting' public conveniences
No railway station in Eastriggs
No GP here all the time
No doctors surgery or chemist
No GP clinic in Eastriggs
Police support / visual presence
Lack of housing (affordable / sheltered)
No decent pub
Comments relating to problems associated with type of location
People delivering services have not been exposed to different ways of doing things and are not innovative
Services can be slow to adopt change or technological advances
The level is non-professional - causing an exodus of young people leaving the area
Some people delivering services have lower skills - hard to attract professionals to this area
Some have not implemented equal opportunities policies fully or have paid lip service to them
Reduced economies of scale - many services are marginal financially
Local shop prices high compared to larger towns
Core services will inevitably concentrate in main population centres
They are very limited - residents have to go to Annan or Gretna to receive some types of services
A75 dangerous road
Empty shops, upkeep of occupied ones
Eastriggs evening - all quotes from 'not-so-good' post-it notes
Comments relating to housing
Council houses
Lacking affordable council housing
Severe lack of council houses
Shortage of council houses. No provision for sheltered housing
No sheltered housing
Not enough council houses
Comments relating to village hall
Community centre attached to school has limited times of use and is far too expensive for regular use
Village hall
Village hall needed
Village hall not used as much as it should be
Village hall needed for all age groups
Comments relating to petrol station
Petrol station
Petrol station
Petrol
Petrol station needed
Comments relating to health care
Dentist - forced to wait interminably even though given an appointment
Ambulance service
Doctors not open enough
Inconvenience of doctors surgery only open a few hours on certain days of week
Chemist - there isn't one
Comments relating to police
More active police presence
Police
Police
Anti-social behaviour - not a quick enough response
Police patrol
Police do not react quickly enough when called
Police presence
More police needed on the roads at certain times of day early mornings
Police - time taken for police to come from Annan
Police station or police patrols
Not enough police patrols around the estates
Police supervision. Annan can be a no-go area at night. This is quite serious
Police never follow up complaints. Always say they are too busy.
Lack of police presence. Problem with calls being connected / transferred correctly
Comments relating to railway
We would like a train station which I believe is in the pipeline
Train station
Train station
Train station
Railway station
Comments relating to youth
Youth services - not enough for the young people
Nothing for the young ones to do at night
Leisure facilities for all ages
Other comments
Annan - shopping - choice is limited
Annan - lots of vacant premises available which could house more services
Highways department - lack of road maintenance and verge cutting
Eastriggs afternoon - choice sets and responses
Eastriggs evening - choice sets and responses
