{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.418811, 53.2585]}, "properties": {"name": "Assets", "media": [], "title": "Assets", "_umap_id": "yiqQd", "description": "Volunteers during lockdown\nGwalchmai carnival and community events group\nGwalchmai Cycling club\nHwyl yr Haf events\nReduced bus service \nStrong community spirit\nCouncil houses  \nVillage facebook pages\nTenant Participation roadshows\nPensioner\u2019s club/village hall"}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.418896, 53.258231]}, "properties": {"name": "Gaps", "media": [], "title": "Gaps", "_umap_id": "EH3Z8", "description": "Have been working with Mark Gahan and Severn Wye to map the village and identify what\u2019s important.\nHad a great Jubilee party in the summer \u2013 brought the community together.\nSupportive community, people are helpful and it feels close-knit.\nRural area \u2013 can be quite isolating if you can\u2019t get out and about yourself or rely on public transport.\nPeople look out for each other \u2013 especially during Covid.\nNot a lot for young people to do here.\nWorried about the cost-of-living crisis, life is already hard without the extra worry.\nNeed more for our children to do in the village \u2013 more activities.\nNeed to make our community safe for people wanting to go out and about \u2013 roads are not safe due to speeding and heavy traffic through the village.\nLots of people who are born here stay to live here.\nPeople are welcoming \u2013 we have a very welcoming community, the people are lovely!\nGwalchmai is central to most places and on a main road so easy to get in and out \u2013 but I drive, I couldn\u2019t tell you about those who rely on buses.\nNothing for our young people to get involved in, so they hang around on the streets.\nIsolated from almost everything if you don\u2019t drive.\nHave to travel to the bigger shops.\nNeed more activities to take part in within the village.\nNeed to make sure we support local businesses and keep the pub open!\nCycling club raises money for local charities.\nYoung people travelling out of the village to Holyhead, Bangor etc.\nAnti-social behaviour \u2013 young people congregating in the village.\nLack of housing for people to either stay in the village or move into the area.\nHouses are too expensive for young people to buy \u2013 especially now in the cost-of-living crisis.\nNon-Welsh-speaking people buying second homes \u2013 affecting the culture of the village and the island.\nPeople moving in take up the homes that would be available for local people, leaving our young people without.\nHigh levels of unemployment.\nNot enough high-paying jobs/quality employment for our young people.\nAre there training opportunities that encourage young people to think about high-earning jobs?\nMost people working from home since Covid, or have found themselves unemployed.\nSo difficult to find jobs locally!\nGet the voices of young people heard \u2013 can they work with the Community Council?\nNeed to find out more from the Community Council about what they do \u2013 we share what we do in the village.\nNeed better training opportunities to access better paid, quality jobs for our children.\nConsultation needed on what the priorities are for the community \u2013 online postcard questionnaires, open days and sessions at the school. Ask what makes Gwalchmai special.\nNeed to let everyone know what is going on locally to keep bringing people together.\nAsk the young people what they want \u2013 how do they want the village to look in the future?\nNeed action on the things we are telling you we want to do.\nLots of village Facebook pages \u2013 you can find out some things if you search, but not sure how people who aren\u2019t online find things out?\nThe Council held a Tenant Roadshow in the summer \u2013 it was good to get information and there were activities for the kids to take part in.\nHad an iPad and WiFi from Medrwn M\u00f4n to help with the work in establishing a hub for the village.\nYoung people littering.\nLitter on the streets.\nMain road through the village is dangerous \u2013 cars speeding.\nLorries and trucks use the road through the village \u2013 it\u2019s dangerous and makes the road messy!\nLorries use the road \u2013 why don\u2019t they use the main road?\nPollution \u2013 mostly from traffic.\nBus service has been reduced on some routes.\nHave to travel out of the village to access decent shops or services \u2013 nearest is Llangefni or Holyhead.\nWe have a shop, doctors, garage and school.\nNo dentist locally.\nWhat we do have needs looking after \u2013 school, village hall, playground etc.\nNeed more places for children to play.\nNeed a better park for the kids.\nIs the Community Council responsible for the playground?\nPensioners\u2019 club had lottery funding to renovate their building.\nWhat we do have needs looking after \u2013 school, village hall, playground etc.\nWould like more activities in the village hall \u2013 especially in the evenings and at weekends."}}]}