Residents' Panel

THE RESIDENTS’ PANEL

The Residents’ Panel is a panel of 100 people aged 16 and over who live in Bradford on Avon.

Each year, we ask the panel to complete surveys asking questions about the things we do in the town. We sometimes ask questions about projects that might happen in the future, as well.

We do this to gauge community opinion, helping us to improve:

what we do
how we work
how we support and engage the town.

Surveying the people on the panel is just 1 of the ways in which we ask for the town’s opinions and views on what we do.

HOW Were people chosen to be on THE PANEL?

There was an application process at the end of 2021.

131 residents aged 16 and over applied to be on the panel.

In January 2022, an independent company – Cognisant Research – selected 100 panellists based on the applications that were sent in.

Panellists were selected to broadly represent the town’s demographics (based on the data and information of the 2011 census)

surveys

Our first Residents’ Panel survey was in February 2022. This focused on our communications, asking questions about how people find out what’s happening in Bradford on Avon.

Residents’ Panel Communications report summary (pdf)

In May 2022, our survey focused on climate and the environment and climate.

Residents’ Panel Environment report summary (pdf)

The results of this survey were discussed by the Community and Wellbeing committee on Tuesday, 28 June 2022.

In October 2022 we asked people about town events and the venues we manage. This survey also included questions about the Thursday market.

Residents’ Panel Event report summary (pdf)

We changed the format slightly for the first survey of 2023 to ask questions about multiple topics: the printed newsletter and BoA Snippets. We also asked about Town Council meetings, the Highway Code, and the King’s Coronation.

The survey was sent out to panellists on Monday 27 March, and it closed on Monday 11 April.

Residents’ Panel 4 report summary (pdf)

The second survey of 2023 was sent out to panellists on Friday 7 July and closed the survey on Friday 21 July 2023.

Panellists were asked about: