Forward Plan

Community Consultation

In April 2022 a letter was sent to every household in the parish asking for your views on your community. We asked you what was good about where you live, what needed improvement and what new actions you would like to see. This consultation closed in June 2022 and the feedback was sent to the Open University for verification and analysis. The feedback went towards forming the Town Council Forward Plan, the aims of the Council going forwards. We are grateful to everyone who responded, we now have a clearer understanding of the issues that matter to you most and where you would like to see improvement as well as what you like about living in our parish so that we can work to ensure that these things continue.

Feedback Regarding WGTC

Some of your feedback to the community consultation directly related to the Town Council and how we communicate with you. A few of your most common queries are below, along with our response.

‘Regular delivery of the magazine’- This magazine is delivered every other month to every household and business in the parish. If you do not receive it, please let us know so we can ensure you do get a copy delivered to you. The magazine is also available to pick up from the Town Hall and is uploaded to our website to view.

‘Use social media’- WGTC is on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Nextdoor. Please follow us on these channels for information and updates about our work, projects and events going on in the parish. We don’t post every day, but we do post at least once a week!

‘Frequent updates on Council progress via letters in the post’- Council progress is covered in this magazine and you can view the minutes of public meetings on our noticeboards and on our website. We also post updates on our social media pages and on our website. We are unable to send letters in the post to residents due to the time and cost this would involve.

‘Information about councillors should be more accessible’- Councillor contact details are online on our website, on page 29 of every magazine and on all noticeboards around the parish. A register of interests is available on the MKCC website. If you have suggestions about how they can be made more accessible, let us know.

‘WGTC needs to inform residents of its aims, what the council is responsible for and how it spends our money’- Our aims (the Forward Plan) have been agreed upon and have been published in the community magazine. All our financial information is available on our website; if you are interested in learning about the budget and precept this is discussed from October onwards and is agreed early each year, so please come along to Finance Committee and Full Council meetings.

‘Flyers posted in homes to advise when town council meetings take place so everyone has the opportunity to engage and participate’- The community magazine is your flyer! All council meetings are listed on page 29 of the magazine and are available to view on our website and the noticeboards around the parish.

‘Periodical newsletter is insufficient’ – We are unable to produce a monthly magazine due to the time and cost involved in doing so. However, if you want more information about the work of WGTC please come to a meeting or read the minutes of these meetings on our website and on noticeboards or check out our social media pages!