Cowbridge Comprehensive Voting Engagement Part 2

📅 Date: 10 October 2024

📍 Location: Cowbridge Comprehensive School

🗣️ Who we spoke to: 318 students (Years 7–13)

Facilitators: Vale Youth Team & Vale of Glamorgan Council Placemaking Officers

🙋 Type of activity: Six-box voting exercise using “monopoly money”

  • We summarised initial feedback in to six themes, students were given three £100 notes of play money and asked to “spend” them on the themes they felt were most important. This interactive approach encouraged participation and great discussions between students.

🚀 Themes ranked by student voting:

  1. Public Transport And Connectivity (26%)
  2. Upgrading And Maintenance of Sports Facilities and Recreational Areas (26%)
  3. Affordable Food And Clothes Shops For Youth (22%)
  4. New And Improved Youth-Friendly Spaces 18%
  5. Community Buildings and Social Spaces 0.05%
  6. Other 0.03%

💬 Comments:

“We need better Wi-Fi and internet coverage everywhere.

”There are no buses from Rhoose to Cowbridge – I have to rely on lifts if I stay after school.”

“Shops are too expensive – we need places where young people can afford clothes and food.”

“We need more spaces for football and rugby – and better upkeep of existing facilities."

📢 Summary:

The activity worked well and encouraged discussion it was clear that the pupils of Cowbridge Comprehensive wanted better connectivity in the town, which consisted of Wi-Fi and transport provision and upgrading and maintenance of sports facilities and recreational areas like Bear Field or Police fields.