Symington

Timeline of community engagement: 

• The Community Conversations in Symington began in November 2021 and continued through to January 2021. The engagement consisted of a number of focused meetings with community groups as well as an online survey. The Scottish Government designed Place Standard toolkit was used to measure and assess the community's priorities. The scores given by each member of the community who took part were averaged to give an indication of priorities. A total of 118 people took part in the consultation including from 3 community groups and 88 online surveys.  

• In June 2022, Symington engagement outcomes the paper was published. 

• South Ayrshire Council is currently supporting the community council to develop the next community-led action plan. Once again, the Place Standard Toolkit recommended by the Scottish Government is being used. The toolkit has been adapted to as an outreach tool with a survey, which is both online and in paper copy. Any resident in Symington can participate by following the link https://forms.office.com/e/hkRG62mCRE. For paper copies please contact a member of the community council or email audrey.gatt@south-ayrshire.gov.uk.  

• As young people's voice is essential in developing a vision for Symington, the community council are linking in with the primary school with a children's version of the survey.