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INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION
TABLE 8; Vocational/Adult Education and Training
| Option | No of respondents |
| Professional/managerial | 9 |
| Technical | 4 |
| Clerical/secretarial | 4 |
| Skilled/craft related | 29 |
| Rural/agricultural skills | 10 |
| New technology/computing | 34 |
| Other | 4 |
64 people would like some form of training provision. Most people can get to Kingsbridge (59 people), Dartmouth (53 people) or Totnes (37 people).
Nearly 80% (155 people) would be interested in knowing more about the village, and 40% would like to know more about the parish. 19% would like to know more about their family, with 12% not interested.
Most people think the amount of Parish information is good or reasonable (87%).EDITORS NOTE:
There is a book, available at the Field
Centre - A Fortunate Place -The History of Slapton in South Devon by Robin Stanes.TABLE 9: Parish Information Sources
| Source | Percentage (%) |
| Slapton Lines | 90 |
| Parish Council Notice board | 77 |
| Village Hall Notice board | 61 |
There were some suggestions on how to improve the information about what is going on in the village such as:- more leaflets and posters; proper notice board at the bus stop; better display of notices on all notice boards.
"Keep notice board in narrows clean and tidy and up to date."
"Perhaps we need a Slapton Parish Website containing information on village life, village history, events, photo’s etc., along with a dedicated e-mail address."
EDITORS NOTE:
Some people have suggested a local/regular newsletter that should be sold at the Post Office or delivered. The level of awareness of Slapton Lines is unclear.
TABLE 10: Telecommunications reception
| Difficulties with: | % Yes | % No | % No opinion |
| Television reception | 33 | 60 | 7 |
| Radio reception | 65 | 33 | 2 |
| Mobile phone reception | 33 | 12 | 56 |
| Sky reception | 1 | 19 | 81 |
ACTION NEEDED: Set up a group to see how much interest there is for a Slapton Website.
Parish could set up petition/write letter to transmitting organisations to see if overall improvements could be made to reception in the area.
Nearly 75% of the respondents said they would be interested in helping with a Good Neighbour Scheme.
TABLE 11: Willingness to help in Good Neighbour Scheme.
| Frequency | Percentage (%) | No of people |
| Once a week | 18 | 34 |
| Once a month | 10 | 18 |
| Occasionally | 45 | 86 |
| Never | 27 | 52 |
Many people completed the slips at the back of the questionnaire. A great response!
There are 52 people (25%) of those who perform voluntary work in the parish - it is a most impressive list of a variety of interests.
ACTION NEEDED: There is enough support to start a Good Neighbour Scheme! - a working group needs to be formed to match volunteers to needs.
There is an opportunity for having a voluntary service co-ordinator.
37 parishioners would like to see allotments and 22 people have indicated an interest in having an allotment in the village.
TABLE 12: Opinion of Outdoor Sports Provision
| Age group | Good (%) | Reasonable (%) | Poor(%) | No opinion (%) |
| under 17’s | 6 | 18 | 42 | 35 |
| 17 - 25’s | 3 | 18 | 47 | 32 |
| 26 - 60’s | 6 | 26 | 31 | 37 |
| over 60’s | 7 | 20 | 24 | 50 |
The opinion of local outdoor sports is poor for all age groups, but Table 12 shows this is particularly so for the 17 - 25 year olds and the under 17 year olds, whilst a fair proportion of those responding had no opinion.
The following are the most popular suggestions given for other possible facilities:
- 20 people would like to see tennis court(s)
- 16 people would like to see a football field or large flat play area
- 5 people would like to see swings/slide/toddlers play area.
91 respondents want special open spaces for picnics and children’s play.
EDITORS NOTE:
The level of awareness of Greenbanks play area is not clear
.ACTION NEEDED: A group could be formed to negotiate facilities within the village.
Whiteclose field should provide the opportunity for picnics and children’s play.
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