{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.568725, 53.287308]}, "properties": {"name": "Assets", "media": [], "title": "Assets", "_umap_id": "0SOjJ", "description": "Bus service\nCommunity council\nClwb Y Cob \u2013 over 50\u2019s\nArt Shop\nGardening Club\nValley Community Group\nValley Youth Club (attended by 50+ a week)\nThe woodland\nSlimming world Monday and Thursday\nBingo Friday nights\nBus Service\nMobile Library \nCoastal Walks\nLots of bus stops around the village\nDon\u2019t have to walk far for a bus- older generation \nTaxis (come from Bodedern) \nBus Service \nLow crime rates\nGood community spirit\nLots of houses here \nPrivate rent houses\nHomes to buy \nCouncil Houses\nCan walk around the village, big circle \nLocal shops- butchers etc..\nTakeaways \nCharity shop \nLaunderette \nRAF Valley- station based jobs \nCylch Meithrin\nFacebook page \nFriends and Family talking\nWord of Mouth \nVillage Noticeboard \nCommunity Group \nMedrwn Mon newsletter\nFootball club\nWomen\u2019s Institute\nFamily \nFriends \nCOVID 19 support group"}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.569776, 53.287898]}, "properties": {"name": "Gaps", "media": [], "title": "Gaps", "_umap_id": "0QHFy", "description": "No bank \nI find the community has gathered momentum (online) but I do feel Valley is still lacking in face to face interactions, lack of community groups, lack of activities. There is little here to do for children.\nPeople that can\u2019t drive can\u2019t access amenities\nNo area support group \nLots of things going on pre covid, nothing started up again\nOlder people only had the groups, only way some people could socialise really struggling now\nWould cheer me up seeing everyone, missing that now\nIsolation is becoming a big thing, some people have no family around them so this was the only way to meet and talk to people.\nWe would be happy to meet up, wear masks and socially distance. At least this would allow us to see each other and might help peoples moods improve\nLived in Valley all my life, have family and friends here but can\u2019t see them often now which is a shame\nValley is a lovely village \nChanged a lot over the years\nLovely community. Everyone looks after each other\nMost young people are great, can\u2019t tar everyone with the same brush\nGenerally, have no complaint about the village\nYoungsters hanging about late at night making a noise \nGrew up in valley, changed a lot. Lots of young people about\nShops like Spar and Premier are considerably more expensive. No choice but to shop here if you don\u2019t have a car\nThings for young people to do always seems to be an issue\u2026 nothing to keep them occupied\nNot all young people are troublemakers, just the occasional ones, but they make enough trouble for everyone\nMaybe lower the price and maybe it will be used more often\nNeed more integration between the families living on camp and the local communities- feel isolated\nHealth and safety issues for people with Hearing or sight loss in public buildings- buildings- i.e. flashing lights on fire alarms, and in toilets.\nSome of the teenagers mentioned they would like a gym in Valley\nThe park floods in winter, and can become full of litter in the summer\nno bank - why can't there be a mobile bank run in conjunction with the mobile library? \nno clubs in the area - if there are, they are not publicised. \nCan't travel to the gym/swimming pool in the evening as no bus service to get home.\nMiss the police station in Valley, felt like some sort of comfort\nNever see any police in the village walking, understand there\u2019s cutbacks but would like to see their presence to feel safer\nLots of the older generation think on the same lines, police presence is wanted\nHealth and safety issues for people with Hearing or sight loss in public buildings-  i.e flashing lights on fire alarms, and in toilets. \nmobile library visits but doesn't have the sort of books I read- can I order books and collect them from the mobile library?\nCan have walks round the village but so much traffic comes through can be quite dangerous. Village was dead when the lockdown was happening, was nice in one way \nHappy that the defibrillator has been fitted by the Valley Hotel, can be peace of mind \nLosing the public toilets has been a shame\u2026 they were handy, especially for the older generation. \nWe are on the coast so access to god walks\nDoctors surgery not here anymore- must go to Holyhead. What happens to the people that don\u2019t have a car? We must rely on other means of transport which isn\u2019t the best option at the minute\nNo doctor in village anymore, have to travel to Holyhead.\nCan be a pain relying on friends, family and public transport if you have an appointment\nGetting an appointment in the first place can be quite frustrating\nGet the toilets back, very much missed\nNearest Doctors is in Bryngwran\nNo public toilets in the area- \u00a3500 given to the Valley Hotel but it isn't advertised anywhere for people to know\nNot enough information from Health Visitors for people moving into the area and starting a family- particularly about how to integrate into the community (i.e. Welsh Activities, lessons etc)\nNo dentist on camp and can't get local NHS dentist- nearest available is Penygroes\nNo visual displays in Dr's surgeries for those with hearing loss\nConcern about pressure on existing health services- especially GP's surgeries and hospitals when the workforce eventually arrives\nOlder people more dependent on the Health Service - increase in waiting times, decrease in access to services is a concern\nBeen stood there for nearly an hour before and no bus turned up\nThere are taxis around but their so expensive\nIdeally need a car but lots of the older generation have stopped driving for one reason or another \nConcern about the potential of increased traffic flow through Valley \nCan't travel to the gym/swimming pool in the evening as no bus service to get home\nMost activities or services within walking distance.\nMost people would be isolated if they couldn\u2019t drive\nBuses can be unreliable \nSometimes the buses don\u2019t turn up\nBuses not as regular after covid \nLess buses- no information was given about this \nBefore it was mandatory to wear masks on public transport, the majority didn\u2019t wear them. This made you anxious and uncomfortable about using public transport \nCan be a pain relying on friends, family and public transport if you have an appointment\nBus is too infrequent from Gorad\nTrains you have to wave down and hope that they stop\nThere is a reliable bus service in our area and shops etc in walking distance.\nSafe place to live\nPeople look out for each other\nLots of people have family living in valley too, keep in touch\nFriends and family look lout for each other\nYoung people hang around late at night\nLots of speeding through the village, can be quite dangerous \nCars zooming through (past Spar) dangerous to cross the main road there \nNeighbours is always an important factor where you live, and even more so, now during the Pandemic. are fortunate to have good neighbours, and we all look after each other.\nOlder people become isolated so quick \nKnow lots of older people that use to be out all the time, now don\u2019t go anywhere. \nToo scared to go out\nWould feel safer if I saw a policeman at night times Miss the police station in Valley, felt like some sort of comfort\nNever see any police in the village walking, understand there\u2019s cutbacks but would like to see their presence to feel safer\nLots of the older generation think on the same lines, police presence is wanted\nNever any police to be seen, would be nice sometimes\nThe volume of cars when its drop-off or pick-up time at school is immense.\nThere are far too many cars in the small street due to the school- this road was not made to withstand this volume of traffic\nSo may cars make it very dangerous for the children- cars can\u2019t see when the kids step out behind a car \nNo Police station in Valley- nearest is in Holyhead or Valley\nDon't know the PCSO's are\nNo police on the beat in RAF\nSpeeding on RAF - mornings worse, cars parked on the side of the road, gridlocked, dangerous on the school run\nSome children travel from Holyhead to Valley for Youth Club via train \nThere was strong concern expressed by community members (particularly staff and young people at the youth club) that police response times and follow up work were poor.\nLots of children in the street\nSome people buying their council house so that\u2019s one less housing authority house\nLots of older people also in the houses, lived there most of their lives\nYoung people find it hard to get on the ladder so affordable housing would be advantageous in Valley\nNo houses for young people\nNeed affordable housing\nMore houses needed in valley- but where to put them\nCouncil houses- can we have more?\nRent is ridiculous \nHow are young people meant to afford to rent?\nHow are first time buyers meant to find big deposits for these houses \nCouncil houses all full\nIf there\u2019s a council house free it won\u2019t be for long\nThe council estate is full of young families\nSchool is still open and doing very well\nSchool is backed on to the back of the housing estate, most children attend that school. One of the advantages of living in that estate is that school is very close \nNeed more council houses- families are much bigger nowadays then they use to be \nIt\u2019s nice to walk all around the village \nCovid has stopped people just going for a walk around the village, don\u2019t see anyone around anymore.\nShame not seeing friends around the village, use to stop and have a chat. Sometimes that\u2019s the only other person you would see in the day\nThe park floods in winter, and can become full of litter in the summer\nPublic toilets closed- effects on tourism?\nDog fouling- Pendyffryn Estate \nWe are on the coast so access to good walks\nRubbish everywhere- children/young people dropping their rubbish\nLots of youngsters hanging around at night, nowhere for them to go\nThe youth club needs to come back for the young people\nPeople leaving the village as there\u2019s no jobs\nNo jobs for the younger generation- people are leaving the island to find work\nIf they are lucky enough to be offered an apprenticeship, there\u2019s no work around here after so you have to move to gain employment\nCan sometimes get local jobs in the shops in the village but these jobs are limited\nIf you are lucky enough to gain local employment pay isn\u2019t great, never able to save for a deposit for a house\nLots of people on minimum wage \nEverywhere only giving zero hours contracts due to the economy being so unstable. This is a nightmare when it comes to trying to get a mortgage \nWe want more local jobs to keep people here, keeping everyone here will ensure we have a community!! \nOlder generation miss out on their grandchildren etc due to families having to move away for job \nopportunities \nEmployment for people over 60 would be good for wellbeing of our older people- use them to share skills, experiences- probably worked in relevant industries\nPossible income generation for local businesses is there's more people coming to the Island- need to think how to soften the blow when they leave\nRAF partners of personnel not getting work as they don't speak Welsh\nRAF Veterans- no support to integrate them back into communities\nLack of support for families on the RAF base who have no family network locally\nNow people are constantly poor and get minimal pay for jobs with poor working hours with no chance of buying a home or having any sort of disposable income\nEncourage good high paying firms into the area, If the existing empty sites where used this would not only tidy up the surrounding areas but would also make the prospect of coming here more viable.\nCommunity council is heavily involved in how the village runs. \nHappy to listen to peoples worries or concerns \nCommunity council want to get young people more involved in their community \nCommunity Council doing their best for their community, just need Anglesey County Council to listen now! \nMany unsure who their 'Councillor' is- Town & Community and County Councillors\nBoundaries of council areas are now confusing- who represents me? \nRAF Valley- no idea who their community Councillor is or how to contact them\nRaise awareness of who represents people locally and on a county level- and how the process works\nInformation day to let people know who their local councillor is\nI have seen the council charge more and give less services \nThe council think that tourism is the way forward but are blind to see that's only minimum pay and short-term work maybe only 3 months or less work. The way the council think tourist industry is feasible when we need good honest jobs.\nIf you don\u2019t have internet how are you able to access the information? Have to rely on friends and family to let you know\nMight have access to the internet but might not be very computer literate- they must remember this when putting all info online\nMight miss vital community news due to being not very good with technology \nRegular bulletins from Medrwn Mon during COVID\nCommunity Council doing their best for their community, just need Anglesey County Council to listen now!\nInformation on changes to the Bin Collection Service not made accessible for Deaf People or those with Literacy problems.\nAdapt consultations to suit the group you want to talk to, access needs etc\nNew groups would be good but it\u2019s always funding that\u2019s a problem\nNo volunteers to support the groups\nHave tried raising the concerns but nothing seems to happen or sort itself out \nAnglesey County Council could definitely do more to help the community \nWhen concerns have been voiced Anglesey County \nCouncil either don\u2019t answer at all or when they do they can be very disrespectful \nSome community members stated they struggled to 'get out much' because they could not speak Welsh\nFunding- always an issue \nVolunteers- can get some to start off projects but then they go and we can\u2019t get new ones to fill their places"}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.570677, 53.28768]}, "properties": {"name": "Priorities", "media": [], "title": "Priorities", "_umap_id": "xfW0W", "description": "Better co-ordination and information about public transport services so people can remain independent"}}]}