Our Place Camelon Community Survey

Posted on June 14, 2019

With the Our Place programme in Camelon coming to the end of its fifth and final year, the Our Place team at Community Enterprise are keen to identify changes taking place within the community.

The team believes that the most important point is to record what local people think. As such, they plan to engage with Camelon in a several ways, including a short online community survey.

The survey is expected to close in mid-July.

To submit your response, visit the SurveyMonkey page. Alternatively, download the survey and return by post: Community Enterprise, Suite 14, Fleming House, 5 Fleming Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7BN.

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