COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNICATION T hroughout the scheme we have engaged with numerous community groups, schools, businesses, residents and visitors to this busy seaside town. The project started with a virtual ‘Meet the Contractor’ event where members of the public were able to meet our project team and ask questions about the project. These virtual meetings then continued throughout the project with regular virtual drop-in sessions held to ensure that we maintained regular communication with businesses and local residents. These were led by the projects public lliaison manager who also undertook face to face liaison with local residents, businesses and the general public who were impacted by our work. On site we developed community noticebaords which provided up to date iinformation on the scheme, Dilwyn and our latest community newsletters. Newsletters were produced bilingually and delivered by our team in the local area, ensuring that local residents and businesses were kept up to date on the projects progress. We also created a project specific website to share more detailed information on the scheme. This also allowed people to register to receive updates electronically. Within thelocal area there is a very active Facebook page that local residents use and so we created a dedicated facebook page for the scheme to share our progress images and real time iinformation. We also shared pertinent informa- tion and updates across social media platforms in conjunction with BCBC. On a day to day basis our team actively engaged with visitors to the local area explaining the work we were undertaking and ensuring they were left with a positive image of the construction industry.
Dedicated project website
Monthly bilingual newsletters
One of the key stakeholders that we were engaged with were the RNLI as our work involved using their launch slipway as an entrance an egress to the breakwater. As a result strong relationships were formed with daily communication maintained. Throughout the scheme the team have also supported a number of community organisations including the local scout/cub group in Nottage and the National Coast Watch charity. We have also provided support to many of the community events that use the promenade such as Park run and sporting events that have been held throughout the year. As a team we have also undertaken regular beach cleans to help protect the coastal environment.
As part of our employer supported volunteering programme we sent a team of our employees to support a social enterprise initiative that operates across Bridgend County Borough. The project supports NEET young people and vulnerable members of the community to engage in environmental activities to
Project noticeboards
support positive mental health and wellbeing and learning. The team undertook vegetation clearance and built a polytunnel to support their ‘Farm to Fork’ initiaitive.
Community Engagement Projects
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