Area Regeneration Workshops Ryde, The Bay, West Wight, West Medina and East

Medina

Age and gender analysis • Gender of attendees in each workshop

• Gender of attendees across all workshops

• Age of attendees in each workshop

• Age of attendees across all workshops

• Mean age of attendees

Assets, issues and vision • Greatest assets identified in Ryde

• Top issues identified in Ryde

• All issues identified in Ryde

• Vision for Ryde

• As above for The Bay, West Wight, West Medina and East Medina

Area Regeneration Workshops

Gender of attendees at the Area Workshops

53%

32%

15% Ryde

45%

49%

6% The Bay

50% 47%

3%

64%

36%

West Medina

West Wight

48%

48%

4%

East Medina

M: 11 F: 11 U: 1 Total: 23 M: 9

F: 5 U: 0 Total: 14

M: 16 F: 15 U: 1 Total: 32

M: 15 F: 16 U: 2 Total: 33

M: 28 F: 17 U: 8 Total: 53

Gender of attendees across all 5 workshops

51%

41%

8%

Male

Female

Unspecified

Gender Total

Male 79

Female 64

Unspecified 12

Total 155

Age of attendees at the Area Workshops

2%

2% 2%

6%

13%

13%

30%

8%

24% Ryde

0%

6% 3%

31%

18%

9%

6%

27%

The Bay

0% 0%

6%

13%

13%

28%

6%

34%

West Wight

29%

7%

21%

0%

43%

West Medina

5%

0%

4% 4%

9%

4%

48%

4%

22%

East Medina

Age of attendees across all 5 workshops

1%

1%

3% 5%

17%

12%

27%

6%

28%

Under 16

16- 24

25- 34

35- 44

45- 54

55- 64

65- 74

75 and over

Prefer not to say

Age band Total

Under 16 2

16- 24 1

25- 34 4

35- 44 7

45- 54 27

55- 64 19

65- 74 42

75 and over 9

Prefer not to say

44

Total 155

Area Workshop Mean age (out of those who specified)

Ryde 59 years

Sandown 56 years

West Wight 61 years

West Medina 58 years

East Medina 61 years

Across all 5 areas 59 years

Mean age of attendee

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Assets identified at the Ryde Workshop

Top three issues highlighted at the Ryde Workshop

1. Large empty buildings

e.g. Ryde Arena; Town Hall; Vectis Hall; Ryde Theatre and Royal York Hotel

• Making the town look ‘scruffy’

• Not attractive to tourists

2. Trees, green spaces, hedges and lawns

• Need planting and caring for, especially along Monkton Mead Brook.

• Retain, maintain and sustain!

• Make these mandatory in any new development

3. Youth opportunities

• Ice skating or a supervised, indoor skate park?

• Need more activities/ facilities; not much for young people to do

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All issues highlighted at the Ryde Workshop

Vision for Ryde

Greatest assets identified at The Bay Workshop

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Top three issues highlighted at The Bay Workshop

1. Need high quality jobs

• High speed connectivity brings high tech. university

2. Lack of aspiration

• More involvement of young people in decision making and planning

• More local jobs

• More focused vocational training

3. Regeneration

• A focus on Sandown which has been neglected

• Contribute to the Island USP for visitors

• Make use of empty shops

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Issues highlighted at The Bay Workshop

Vision for The Bay

Greatest assets identified at the West Wight Workshop

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Top three issues highlighted at the West Wight Workshop

1. Young people leaving the island

• No higher education/ careers

• Satellite campus?

• Need higher level education e.g. degree/ post grad level

2. More cycle ways

• Newport to Yarmouth cycleway?

• Alternative transport and improved health

3. Lack of GPs

• Shorter waiting lists for appointments

• Health and social services to talk to each other more/ more coordinated

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Issues highlighted at the West Wight Workshop

Greatest assets identified in the West Medina Workshop

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Top three issues highlighted at the West Medina Workshop

1. Lower than average wage

• Better wage, better skills?

• Wider supplies network

• Island Technology Park?

2. Need a good education system

• Good schools are required

3. Medical centre is at breaking point

• Need more GPs

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Issues highlighted at the West Medina Workshop

Vision for the West Wight

Greatest assets identified at the East Medina Workshop

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Top three issues highlighted at the East Medina Workshop

1. Floating bridge

• Fix it!

2. 15 years of ‘degeneration’

• Regeneration plans have not come to fruition

• Everything has been on hold because of regeneration

• Town centre needs to be made a destination

• Need more shops/ cafes

3. Red Funnel have outgrown East Cowes

• Relocate out of town

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Issues highlighted at the East Medina Workshop

Vision for East Medina

Vision for the Island across all 5 workshops