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21 February 2025 | 1 minute read


21 February 2025 | 1 minute read


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What you told us: FMC Community Feedback Report

During the autumn of 2024, we came out to speak to our neighbours who both live and work around our Aldermaston and Burghfield sites. Our intention was to introduce ourselves to the community, talk about what we do and let people know about the significant infrastructure investment that is being made in our facilities.

Over seven weeks, we held six in-person and two online events and were pleased to be able to speak to so many people in person. We had over 300 people visit our sessions and 71 responded to our survey.

While 71 respondents is a very small sample size and we cannot assume this is necessarily reflective of our wider community, it has given us good insight which will help us as we develop our infrastructure plans and future engagement opportunities. This was also complimented by the rich conversations we had during the events.

Headlines:

  • AWE has a strong local presence because so many employees live nearby. Most people found out about us through their friends and family, and many people who responded live within 5km of our Aldermaston site, with around one in five being current or former AWE employees.
  • It was exciting to discover people are keen to know more about us. People asked us to share more information about our role in national defence and our unique projects and technology.
  • Many who came were interested in working for us and would value our support with community and environmental projects.
  • While most conversations and survey responses focused on finding out more about AWE itself, there were also discussions around potential impacts for local people from future investment plans.

Read the full report to find out how we will use this feedback to review additional communications channels and opportunities to share information about AWE, including a commitment to return with more public events later this year.

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