Parish Plan questionnaire - young people’s issues 
These will obviously depend on age of the children. 
	Pre-school children – The under-5 play area will be considered by the Facilities, Recreation and Community Involvement Group. Any other issues? 
	4 to 11 year olds (Primary school) – The important points we raised in our discussion and some suggested questions are listed below.
	12 years plus (Secondary School) – these issues will be dealt with by the Youth Group. Is the age of 12 years an appropriate cut-off point?

Issues concerning 4-11 year olds
The main issue is provision of activities in the village and accessing activities outside the village.

This age group are generally under supervision. Apart from the oldest, most activities need to be organised and supervised – by parents/volunteers or paid for. Some older children may go to the park/sports field/use their bicycles in the village – this will depend on the parents and on exactly where the children live.

The times that children attend these activities are after school, weekends and school holidays. The summer holiday is likely to be a time when children need entertaining.

Activities for this group are provided by various people – the Community Centre, voluntary groups (eg Brownies and Beavers) and commercially run groups.

As well as asking about satisfaction with activities we need to assess whether the children are aware of them and/or use them. It would be a shame if the reason the children don’t attend groups/activities is because they are not aware they exist. 

One of the national health messages at present is for children to do more physical activity. Activities/facilities that promote physical activity in children may be potential money raisers.

The present plan is to have a separate questionnaire on youth issues. However the younger ones in this group will have unreliable answers and the older ones will tend to exaggerate! The questions probably need to be answered by the parents. 

Questions
Do children go to school in the village?

Do children regularly attend activity groups in the village?
Community Centre? Yes/No, Sports groups? Yes/No. Other groups? Yes/No
Satisfaction with activities? Difficult question.

Do you think you are aware of all the activities going on in the village?

What is your main source of information concerning activities for this group? Community Centre/School/Roundabout/word of mouth/^^??

Question on use of the park. This will depend on what other questions come up here.