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Local charity, Sea The Change, with support from Scottish Borders Council are seeking your input and feedback on proposed upgrades to the access and facilities at Coldingham Beach. 

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* 1. Are you familiar with Coldingham Beach/Sands?

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* 2. Are you a wheelchair user or do you care for/support a wheelchair user?

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* 3. Are you aware of the local charity Sea The Change and their Beach Wheelchair initiative?

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* 4. Have you used the Beach Wheelchair initiative to hire a wheelchair yourself or for someone you care for/support?

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* 5. A proposal to improve and upgrade the key facilities at Coldingham Beach has been discussed with key stakeholders and is shown below. Please review this proposal and then answer the following questions.

Would you be generally supportive of improvements to the access, parking and facilities at Coldingham Beach to encourage more wheelchair users onto the beach?

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Proposed upgrades to access and facilities

Proposed upgrades to access and facilities

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* 6. There is a desire to increase the number of disabled parking spaces and relocate to a safer position away from people accessing the Beach Cafe - would you be supportive of this?

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* 7. It is proposed to erect a new eco-friendly public toilet facility adjacent to the new wheelchair parking. Would you be supportive of a new building or structure on the site of the current public toilets which contained a wheelchair accessible toilet as well as two unisex toilets?

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* 8. In tandem there would also be the installation of a similar eco-friendly building beside the main car park opposite the St Vedas hotel and surf shop. Would you be supportive of this installation?

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* 9. There is also a proposal to erect a new eco-friendly Beach Buggies facility on the site of the existing wheelchair parking spaces with improved access to the beach. Would you be supportive of this installation?

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* 10. The proposal includes for new improved and safer access to a boardwalk areas adjacent to the beach which will also form one potential route of access on to the sands. Would you be supportive of this installation?

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* 11. Finally, as part of a wider access initiative for all beach and coastal uses it is intended to make the full length of the beach accessible by improving the path width (minimum 1.2m) and surface from the north end of the beach huts round and onto the southern knoll. Would you be supportive of this initiative?

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* 12. From the following list please place in order using 1-5, which is most important to you:

  1  - Not essential  2 - Not important  3 - Neither important or not 4 - More important 5 - Essential
Better accessibility for all users on to the sands of Coldingham Beach
Modern toilet facilities at beach level
Modern toilet facilities at car park level
Better safety for pedestrians accessing the beach and Beach Cafe
Better access along the full length of the beach for wheelchair users

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* 13. To best understand your proximity to Coldingham beach, can you please tell us where you live?

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* 14. Can you please confirm the name of any group, club or initiative that you are involved in that uses the existing beach and local facilities?

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* 15. Please let us know if you have any further comments.

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