Party in the Park Feedback for 2011

For Party in the Park 51 questionnaires were completed and the results were as follows.

Where did you hear of the event?

From the Other category - 4 were just passing, Worcester news online, Evening News, Girl Guiding, Library, Son in Band, Working with Sports College, work for WDC, Childrens Centre. Banner, been before.

Age Category? Of those given

Where are you from?

What did you think of the venue

Comments regarding venue

2 x Perfect, 3 x Brilliant, 5 x very good, 2 x good, excellent facilities, lovely park, great atmosphere, really lovely park as never been before, fab, really good - excellent for kids, spend loads of time in the park - think its great, excellent

What did you think of the Event

Comments regarding the event

4 x very good, 2 x very entertaining, great, brilliant, good-better than I thought, lots to do, great variety of things to do and excellent music, children loved the bus, lots for different ages, really really good - improved from last year, 2 x fantastic, super - very professional sound from stage - great to see kids given a platform, fantastic - really lovely atmosphere and events, especially loved the music performances, good - needed more!, enjopy it every year, relaxing.

Any improvements on event/venue

2 said a Bouncy Castle was needed, need more 0-5 year olds - trampoline, better advertising, weather, sunshine - guarantee, more shelter, more for small children - soft play area, too many drawings - more variety, need more shade, must do again next year, would love to support again next year, free refreshments! hotdogs (do in Spain), more events, better than last year, longer day please, queues too long, more sporty things

As well as feedback forms visitors were also able to leave comments on the interactive tree about various things, for instance, what they thought of the event, what they liked about the park etc

Comments are set out below:

What you want to see improved/more of in Wychavon?

• Don’t increase parking charges
• More flowers around Evesham Parks and Towns
• Better disabled access on to Abbey park, Pershore (bandstand)
• Sports
• More outdoor exercise/ dance classes
• Lido Splash Area (free bit) – water play keeps stopping. Needs to be kept continuous so kids don’t get bored.
• More adult learning opportunities
• Pick up food waste EVERY week
• More events
• Benches all around the bandstand in Evesham and sun protection over the benches.

What did you think of Party in the Park?

• Not advertised enough
• More food needed
• Good to see events going on in the Lido Park – excellent
• Great day today, friendly people, lots of sports
• Advertise in schools, ‘Summer Programmes’ or libraries.
• Messy fun
• It’s brill
• We all had a great time – thank you

Wychavon Community Development Team would like to thank everyone that came along and supported Party in the Parks 2011