A significant number of people (160, 39%) would be interested in taking vocational or adult training opportunities and 107 of those would be looking for training in new technology or computing. Skilled or craft related training was sought by 54 people.

About one third of respondents (74, 35%) considered there was no provision for adult learning in Bampton. Of the remainder, many (118) thought that what was available was poor and only 18 considered it good or reasonable.

If appropriate training were provided, everyone could get to a training centre in Bampton, but Exeter was out of range for 4 out of 5 people and only a quarter of respondents could get to Taunton.

There were suggestions that better use could be made of facilities at the school for adult learning and sports at weekends.

• ACTION - Bampton Town Council should take a lead in developing a partnership with Bampton School to enable continuing education and recreation.

This section applies to people who have used any of the services covering the Bampton area during the last 5 years.

All local Health Service provision and most Social Services provision was highly satisfactory, rated good or reasonable by almost everyone (above 90% in all cases). Using the same rating, Opticians, Mental Health Care, Day Care and the Emergency Ambulance service all did quite well (above 80% in all cases).

Dental Care, Hospital transport and Respite Care were not rated so highly (below 80% in all cases).

Most people never had any difficulty getting to the Doctor or the Chemist but more than 60 people had problems getting to a Dentist. A smaller but significant number had difficulty getting to Hospital or an Optician.