version 16/11/25
A big thank you for participating in our survey
It is now closed. It ran from October 3rd to November 15th 2025. We received 200 responses. A summary of what came back is available below. The percentages stated are rounded to the nearest 1% for clarity.
What happened?
Over the six weeks that the survey was active the website had 4,890 visits from 1,677 active users. (Google Analytics 3/10/25 – 15/11/25)
The request for responses to the survey went out in two direct mailings to 830 subscribers over the 6 week period.
Pop-ups were introduced in the website to alert visitors to the survey. There were two of them, the first was for 1 week the second for 2 weeks. Each would have only appeared once per visitor. They popped up approximately 1100 times over the course of 3 weeks. The conversion rate was between 20 and 25% were directed to the survey page.
667 visitors viewed the survey form, 200 responses were received.
Survey Entries Received
- 200 Responses received.
- 13 double entries which have been removed.
- balance of 187 entries which have been summarised below.
Survey Results
- 97% (181) are Prestwood Residents
- 72% (135) are subscribers to the website
- 28% (52) Were mainly website users or responded to posters
In response to the question; does PVA provide a valuable service to the community?
- 0% (0) Strongly disagree
- 2% (3) disagree
- 9% (16) Neutral
- 35% (66) Agree
- 55% (102) Strongly agree
Based on a weighting of 0 (strongly disagree) to 4 (Strongly agree), PVA is rated at 84% by the community in terms of the value of the service provided.
In response to the question: Would you support a re-launch with a more journalistic feel allowing us to do more?
- 92% (172) said yes
In response to the question: Is there a new direction you feel PVA should take?
- 14% (26) said yes. Responses to what we should do will be listed shortly.
In response to the question: Are you willing to be part of this new look PVA?
- 16% (29) respondents have expressed a willingness to help in the development of PVA 2.
What happens now?
There is a clear mandate from the community to carry on, we have the contact details of 29 people. We will contact those people and start to rebuild the Prestwood Village Association over the course of the next few months and create new content for the website, and look at some community related projects we can get involved in.
It is also clear that PVA needs to engage in more marketing in 2026 and provide a clear statement on the values and purpose of PVA. There is also some confusion about the role of PVA with other groups in Prestwood. The PVA team will be looking at the responses from the community over the course of the next month and will provide some feedback and clarity to the community in December 2025.
More to follow later.