SCARF SURVEY

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• SCARF SURVEY

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Starting Point

• Allowing Residents of the Fullarton area to have
  their say in what goes on in their community.
• Asking partners what information they would like
  from the survey.
• Drafting survey
• Recruiting Local Volunteers

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Aims

• To determine the communities needs, issues and
  aspirations within services, facilities and
  opportunities

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Community Participation

• We believe will enhance and increase as a result
  of this project because the main thrust of the
  social action research is to enable the community
  to determine future provision.
• The greater community ownership will directly
  affect participation whilst fostering an enhanced
  community spirit
• The realization of service providers responding
  to expressed needs issues and aspirations will
  act as catalyst to further meaningful community
  engagement.

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Objectives

• To utilise a variety of medium to engage the
  wider communities inclusive of individuals,
  community groups, voluntary groups and key
  agencies within Irvine West in the research.
• To ensure ownership of the process and products
  of the research within the voluntary management
  committee and voluntary researchers

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Objectives

• To produce a useable document that will assist us
  to inform the Community Planning Partnership and
  the thematic groups of outcomes of the research
• Disseminate the findings to inform the wider
  communities of the outcomes.
• To establish a mechanism that will inform
  opinions for Healthcare and Community facilities.
• Identify and establish new trends/future markets
• Justify projected outputs for future
  funders/developments

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Results
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Main Priority
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Priorities
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Health Facilities

• 90 of the residents of Fullarton felt that they
  needed a new Health House and Community Centre.
• Residents felt it was difficult to attended
  doctor appointments because at the moment they
  had to take two buses as the doctors surgery has
  moved to the other side of the town

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Youth

• All residents agreed that there was no youth
  facilities in the Fullarton area.
• Fullarton Community Health House introduced a
  youth forum which has a membership of 65 youths
  from the age of 10-18 years of age

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Youth

• Football Coaching
• Health Beauty
• Keep Fit
• Play Scheme
• The youth of Fullarton felt they did not have a
  voice
• Through the Forum they have.

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Fullarton Community Health House

• Motivational Coaching
• One-One counselling
• Podiatry
• Various training opportunities
• Literacy numeracy
• Anger Management
• Health MOTs
• Mens Health
• Volunteers dinner
• Summer Christmas trips for the Elderly
• Christmas dinner for the Elderly

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Fullarton Community Association

• Social Club
• Over 60s club
• Historical Society
• Keep fit
• Youth Club
• Yughio Group
• Kids on the Go
• Play Scheme
• Mothers Toddlers
• Drop in Club (Youth)

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Foundations

• To open discussions on what the residents of this
  area would like.
• To prove to residents that the survey is a
  catalyst to improve services in this area.
• To show residents that we are actively trying to
  achieve to put into place the activities that
  they have requested (within reason)

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Learning Points

• That it takes longer than anticipated to get all
  information together.
• That it takes longer to deliver surveys and to
  get completed ones returned.
• Volunteers have busy lives and this must be taken
  into account
• Support for volunteers is very important and also
  time consuming

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Next Step

• To introduce specific age group surveys
• Source resources
• Source funding
• Introduce new activities
• New building