Parks questionnaire 2007

HAVE YOUR SAY ON GREEN SPACES

Residents were invited to have their say about Royal Borough parks and open spaces. (throughout October 2007)

The annual parks questionnaire gives residents the chance to rate the borough's open spaces on everything from cleanliness to available facilities.

As well as an on-line questionnaire, paper copies were sent out to a randomly selected 10% of households (about 3500) in Windsor, Maidenhead and Cox Green. (Parks in other areas are managed by the Parish Councils).

Information and suggestions will be used by the outdoor facilities team to ensure future planning meets the needs of residents.

CONSULTATION RESULTS FOR PARKS QUESTIONNAIRE 2007

Background

As part of the national Greenspace Performance Management System which over 30 local authorities participate in to benchmark nine key performance indicators within their Parks Service.  In October each year we send out questionnaires to a random selected 10% of the residential properties in the Windsor & Maidenhead towns & Cox Green Parish. (All other Parishes are responsible for parks within the parish).

Results data is based on over 500,000 questionnaires returned nationally since the scheme started in 2001. RBWM joined in 2003.

Following the recent parks questionnaire consultation here is a summary of the response received.

We received 628 completed questionnaires (18%) out of 3,577 sent out, of which 401 (64% use a RBWM park).

The resident’s satisfaction rating is 7.17 a significant increase compared to 2006 (6.88) andcompared to the National average satisfaction rating of 6.49.

In the nine key performance indicators (cleanliness, grass cutting, sports pitches, flowers, toilets, car parking, seats and bins, signage, play areas) we are above the national average in all nine. This puts us within the top three authorities using this benchmarking system.

Are you?
66% of respondents are female with 4% of respondents regarding themselves to be disabled.

Approximately how often do you visit the park or open space?
21% of respondents answered that they visit the park daily.

How do you get to the park?
60% of respondents always walk to the park with 21% visiting a park daily.

Why do you go to the park or open space?
The top two reasons for visiting a park was to take children (23.3%) to play and to exercise (16.7%).

How safe do you feel in the park or open space you use?
78% of respondents said that they felt safe or very safe when using the parks.

Overall

This benchmarking exercise shows significant improvement over the past year and compared with the National Average this service continues to perform very well.

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