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Religion Village Shop & P.O. Health & Social Services
TABLE 13: Importance of the Church and Chapel
| Reason | % respondents |
| Sunday worship | 39 |
| Baptisms, weddings, funerals | 56 |
| Historic building | 75 |
| Every village should have one | 60 |
| Other | 8 |
‘Other’ reasons included:
- Built on leylines (areas of peace and tranquillity);
- helps give sense of community/village life;
- bell ringing and
- the choir.
Over 40% of those who expressed an opinion think that the religious buildings should be used for other purposes, 31% thought it should not, whilst 28% had no opinion.
"We think it is important to maintain the standard of our Church yard, as it is an important part of our village."
"St. James is a visual delight and all aspects of the church, cemetery, walls and entrance should be jealously protected and maintained."
TABLE 14: Suggestions for other uses of Religious Buildings
| Suggestions | No. of Positive Responses |
| Healing | 29 |
| Lectures | 47 |
| Marriage Vow renewals | 20 |
| Mum & toddler services | 16 |
| Parenting programmes | 15 |
| Plays/recitals | 62 |
| Other | 12 |
‘Other’ included youth groups; painting exhibitions; bands for younger people; abseiling; tea shoppe
However, there were one or two strong opinions against using the buildings for other purposes.
The most frequently suggested changes that could be made to the church/chapel to enable it to serve the community better were:
- provision of kitchen and toilet;
- a full-time resident vicar;
- social functions.
Others suggested no changes.
The majority of comments that were made with reference to the possibility of the church/chapel falling into disuse were very strongly along the lines of very sad/disappointed/upset. Some people felt it would be an architectural loss.
"The community should be consulted on any changes that may be made to the church."
ACTION NEEDED: All comments and complete details of results will be passed onto the church and chapel committees.
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33 people (15%) shop in the village daily, 81 people (38%) shop in the village two or three times a week and 66 people use the shop weekly.
TABLE 15: Reasons for shopping in the village.
| Reason | % respondents |
| Support local shops | 78 |
| Social contact | 25 |
| Saves time | 47 |
| Saves transport | 37 |
| Don’t have transport | 10 |
| Last minute items | 57 |
| Other | 6 |
‘Other’ included: collecting daily paper; video hire.
"I use the local Post Office as I do not like the rip-off supermarkets."
"Local shops and Post Offices are the focus of a community - use it or you’ll lose it!"
TABLE 16: Reasons for using the Post Office
| Reason | % respondents |
| Postal services | 96 |
| Pensions/allowances | 27 |
| TV licence/other bills | 35 |
| Giro bank/saving certificates | 15 |
| Information leaflets | 8 |
| Other | 6 |
‘Other’ included: sending flowers by post; advice on local facilities.
94% (167 people) said that they would use the Post Office in the village to get their car tax if the facility was available.
ACTION NEEDED: All comments and complete details of results will be passed on to Ron and Dale at the Shop
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Overall the opinion of services was generally good or reasonable. The District Nurse had 100% (of the 40 people who used the service) seeing it as a good service. Dentists were seen as a good service by 86 people (75% of those who used the service), with only 10% seeing the dentist service as poor. The opticians service was considered poor by 4 people (5% of those using this service).
TABLE 17: Difficulty getting to Health and Social Services
(Results based on those who use the service)
| Often | Occasionally | Never | ||||
| Service | Number | Perc. (%) | Number | Perc. (%) | Number | Perc. (%) |
| Mental Health Services | 7 | 100 | ||||
| Family Planning Service | 6 | 100 | ||||
| Counselling Services | 1 | 9 | 10 | 91 | ||
| Social Services Office | 3 | 38 | 5 | 63 | ||
| Hospital | 7 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 95 | 78 |
| Doctor | 7 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 149 | 88 |
| Chemist | 7 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 136 | 84 |
| Chiropodist | 5 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 79 |
| Optician | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 94 | 90 |
| NHS Dentist | 26 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 68 |
| Private Dentist | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 96 |
| Other Medical Facilities | 20 | 100 | ||||
From this table it seems that getting to an NHS Dentist and the chiropodist is proving to be causing most difficulty.
Police coverage is seen as good or reasonable by 43%, with 32% thinking it is poor, and 25% had no opinion.
39 people would like to see a mobile Citizen’s Advice Bureau.
It is impossible to sign on with a local NHS dentist - any that are available are over 15 miles away."
"The lack of public transport (and the poor timing of what is available) makes it very difficult to get to any of the medical services."
"It is difficult to and from Plymouth (hospital) when you are not allowed to drive after an operation."
"There needs to be more support for carers."
"My doctor’s receptionist always offers appointments in the following week."
"There is a lack of child care."
"Too far to the chemist if you are ill."
ACTION NEEDED: All comments and complete details of results will be passed on to the relevant Health and Social Services Departments.
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