Community Hubs – Rural Research

Community Hubs

Cheshire Community Action (CCA) are doing some research across the Rural Care Community footprint, looking at the developing Community Hub agenda across Cheshire West and Chester.

"Community Hub" describes many venue-based local projects across the UK. Some are planned and delivered by local authorities, others are community-led to a degree whilst also working with a public authority or registered social landlord. Finally, some community hubs emerge from genuine grassroots community action.

The common elements of all community hubs are:

• A venue or building, including libraries, community centres, churches and village halls;
• A local context that the hub is intended to serve: an estate, suburb or village;
• An offer, ranging from simple signposting to a wide range of activities and services."

To this end, we are asking if you could assist us with our research. We will carrying out some short surveys and will be conducting a workshop with interested parties.

Our short online survey's related to this work are located here:

The survey is in 2 parts; one part aimed at residents/stakeholders and the other part aimed at staff/volunteers that manage a space/building. For the first part we want to ascertain people's current experiences/needs; and for the second part we want to understand more about the management of your space/building. We are interested in engaging with people that live in the rural care community area, which includes the following villages:

• Tattenhall;
• Churton;
• Aldford;
• Little Budworth;
• Tarporley;
• Malpas;
• Farndon;
• Huntington;
• Kelsall;
• Tarvin.

We greatly appreciate your support with this.

If you have any questions please contact Mark Reading: mark.reading@cheshireaction.org.uk

Or contact Chris Davenport: Tel -01244 400222
email: chris.davenport@cheshireaction.org.uk
website: www.cheshireaction.org.uk

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