Questionnaire Results
| Comments from questionnaire | response | ‘doing’, can you help with anything? |
| More information on local produce or gardening club | ||
| The ‘Tree Estates’…involve young people in growing and caring for planters | Need contact | |
| I would like to see our local council replace all the roadside trees in residential area with fruit trees | ||
Growing buddy system. Eye catching logo—slogan on planters trees etc. Lot of people may not be aware as things appear. | Suggestions ‘Grow in Golcar’ or Growing in Golcar.? OK or any other suggestions | Use Incredible Edible logo with a lily on it |
| Baptist church grave yard fruit trees orchards | ||
| Developing community groups to support growing selling and sharing | ||
| More local allotments- growing space | Contact council | |
| Golcar joining Slaithwaite and Marsden Transition Town. Eatable labyrinth. Eatable Golcar Lily walk, soft fruit | ||
| Decide where we want community composting how who to organise | Town End collecting neighbours for small one | |
| Working with schools | Golcar School contact is Gillian Jagger, has Eco Meeting with children 3.30pm alternate Fridays | Meeting arranged for 3.30 7th Sept. to discuss possibilities ?who, Beech School Sue Marchington 222214 and St. Johns school 222212 contacted waiting response |
| St. Johns school getting chickens soon | Need contact | |
| Seed swap at charity shop | When ? | |
| I am jam maker and could show others how to do it | followed up email to Hester | When and where ? |
| How about starting off with building bags to grow vegetable in you can get them free if you ask nicely | ||
| Getting schools involved –young offenders. I’d like to be directly involved with this | Asked Louise for more info | |
| Community garden- healing garden near Doctors surgery | contact who by who | |
| free food, cheaper food healthier food -people growing together | ||
| community fruit and vegetable swap shops | ||
| manure from all people with horses | Place to put it; Contacts and transport needed and who will look after it? | |
| ask Golcar Lily pub to use local food in their meals | perhaps we could sell produce to them | |
| extend to whole Colne valley involve green food coop setting up in Slaithwaite | how who, perhaps have own | |
| Ideas for places for planters: | to advertise growing in Golcar and people to pick their own | |
| Handel street | contact Yvonne | |
| Outside local shops | Butchers, Renaissance2, Post office, all at Town End have agreed to have herb planter outside on Town End | Need to contact Council Residence Committee for when work completed. Renaissance delivered to small basket of veg and herbs that they will look after with sign Grow in Golcar to advertise , they have spare questionnaires, and will collect completed ones |
| Scapegoat hill pub car park | followed up by email Laura | |
| Bus stops | where need to talk to council | |
| Ruefield Rd | spelling where is it | |
| Spare land ideas for growing: | Andrew Marchington agreed to discuss,spaces | do you want to come? |
| Colne valley museum land. West End road | ||
| Heath House Wood | ||
| Soft fruit on Golcar Lily Walk | ||
| Polytunnels and growing space on land between Manor road school and Arthur street, Golcar flats Council land | ||
| Community fruit and vegetable farm with chickens and goats on Golcar flats with tenant farmers with shared plots and individual plot With sustainable housing Straw bale houses Or maybe be people take on responsibility on rotational basis | ||
| Council land on West End Road | Need to visit | |
| Land around parking space on Knowle Rd | what to plant if council gave permission | Need to contact council |
| Front of Providence and Golcar Chapel | who has contacts here and would like to approach them | |
| Liberal club tennis | s/a | |
| Bolster Moor | emailed Helen for more info | |
| Rose and Crown | permission given by Christine/ Jake to cultivate border and grass area…poster in | when/who |
| Grass verges . Food for people to pick their own | ||
| Appleyards down by canal …….Old Golcar tip | where is it? | |
| wide pavements Church St. Sycamore Avenue | where? | Need to contact council |
| Allotments at Lockwood currently not being used and overgrown | ||
| Back of Colne Valley Garden Centre - 2 polytunnels which need covering and land needs clearing | Talked to Paddy about this is he said ‘we would probably have to pay a rent and access only when open’ | Follow this up |
| Between Flats at Broomroyd | where ?who | |
| I am sure there are elderly people who would welcome help in the garden in exchange for giving over some of the area to grow food and sharing the produce with the person helping them | Contacts needed ?Advertise |
