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Circular Malton & Norton (Residents) Survey 2026

Hello Research are carrying out a short survey for Circular Malton & Norton, a local community group, to understand views and opinions on Malton & Norton seeking to become the first Yorkshire circular town and some initiatives
The interview/survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete and there is a free prize draw where you could win one of six prizes of £50 M&S vouchers.
Your answers will remain anonymous when shared with CMN (Circular Malton & Norton), however, at the end of the survey, we would like to ask for your email address so that we can invite you to complete the survey again online at the end of 2027. This will help us understand your views on the changes and new initiatives introduced between now and then, and how your perceptions may have evolved over this time.
1.Are you a resident of Malton, Norton or live within 5 mile radius?(Required.)
2.Do you live in Malton, Norton within 5 mile radius or beyond(Required.)
3.Do you use the shops, cafes, restaurants, or public houses within Malton on a regular basis nowadays? Throughout the survey, any reference to "shops" also refers to cafes, restaurants, or public houses, and does not include supermarkets, such as Morrisons.(Required.)
4.Where are the shops you use on a regular basis located in Malton?
5.Thinking about Malton as a whole for shopping or visiting, how would you rate it overall?(Required.)
6.Please tell us why you say that(Required.)
7.In terms of shops, what (if anything) do you feel is missing from Malton?
8.Have you noticed any Pop-Up shops in Malton, in the last year?(Required.)
9.What do you like about seeing / having Pop-Up shops in Malton? (Can multi code here)(Required.)
10.Would Malton having one permanent premises all year round, offering changing Pop-Up businesses or services, encourage you to visit Malton...(Required.)
11.What retail Pop-Up shops (if any) would you like to see more of?
12.Just to help us have a better understanding of how people feel at the moment in terms of climate change, tell us how you feel - please be honest as there are no right or wrong answers(Required.)
13.Are you aware that Malton is aiming to become a circular town and what this means?(Required.)
Here is a brief explanation of a Circular Economy
14.How does it make you feel knowing that Malton is working towards becoming a circular town?(Required.)
15.Please tell us why you say that?(Required.)
16.Which of these new initiatives planned for the next 12-18 months appeal to you?(Required.)
17.Which of the following (Town Centre/High St.) initiatives are you (A) aware of and (B) willing to try. For each row please choose ONE answer from the (A) columns, and ONE answer from the (B) columns(Required.)
(A) Aware of
(A) Not aware of
(B) Likely or quite likely to try
(B) Not likely to try
Circular economy hub on Wheelgate
Wheelgate improvements (planters, seating, lighting, loyalty passport etc)
Business Innovation hub taster sessions
Sustainable town map (promoting independent sustainable businesses)
18.Which of the following (reuse, repair, browsing) initiatives are you (A) aware of and (B) willing to try? For each row please choose ONE answer from the (A) columns, and ONE answer from the (B) columns(Required.)
(A) Aware of
(A) Not aware of
(B) Likely or quite likely to try
(B) Not likely to try
Repair cafes (Malton &/or Norton)
Give or Take Days
Library of things
Permanent location to donate/buy pre-used household items like furniture/wood etc
19.Which of the following (pre-loved fashion or upcycling) initiatives are you (A) aware of and (B) willing to try? For each row please choose ONE answer from the (A) columns, and ONE answer from the (B) columns(Required.)
(A) Aware of
(A) Not aware of
(B) Likely or quite likely to try
(B) Not likely to try
Pre-loved clothes and accessories boutique
Shop selling or making upcycled gifts/furniture
Fashion show with pre-loved clothes
Classes to sew, mend, make or repurpose furniture
20.Which of these (food waste or surplus food) initiatives are you (A) aware of and (B) willing to try? For each row please choose ONE answer from the (A) columns, and ONE answer from the (B) columns(Required.)
(A) Aware of
(A) Not aware of
(B) Likely or quite likely to try
(B) Not likely to try
Free fridge
Cooking classes using food waste
Gourmet evening with chef creating courses from food elements usually thrown away
21.Which of these (renewable energy) initiatives are you (A) aware of and (B) willing to support? For each row please choose ONE answer from the (A) columns, and ONE answer from the (B) columns(Required.)
(A) Aware of
(A) Not aware of
(B) Likely or quite likely to support
(B) Not likely to support
Food waste turned into energy for businesses/Eden Camp Museum
Plans for large scale solar farm
Renewable energy on a local business park for community benefit
22.Which of these (sustainable living support) initiatives are you (A) aware of and (B) willing to support? For each row please choose ONE answer from the (A) columns, and ONE answer from the (B) columns(Required.)
(A) Aware of
(A) Not aware of
(B) Likely or quite likely to support
(B) Not likely to support
Home energy advice clinic (to reduce energy use/cost/explore cleaner options that make financial sense)
Flower/vegetable free seed box
12 month calendar of easy/fun sustainable activities
Sustainable Saturdays (drop in with questions/hear talks on climate action)
23.Which of these (local shopping) initiatives are you (A) aware of and (B) willing to try? For each row please choose ONE answer from the (A) columns, and ONE answer from the (B) columns(Required.)
(A) Aware of
(A) Not aware of
(B) Likely or quite likely to support
(B) Not likely to support
Totally Locally £10 offers
Malton shopping loyalty card
Trail around Malton (to find teddy bears in shop windows)
Rotating Pop-Up shops (in the same location)
Annual competition for the best shop window display
Made in Malton campaign
24.Would any of these new initiatives likely impact your behaviour now or in the near future?(Required.)
25.Are you aware of the WOW Wheelgate loyalty passport (a loyalty card)?(Required.)
26.What do you think of the idea of creating something like a loyalty scheme for all of Malton (offering discounts when shopping in independent and local regional stores?(Required.)
27.With a loyalty scheme, what would be your preferred format?(Required.)
28.What kind of rewards would you like from such a loyalty scheme? (can multi-code)(Required.)
29.Which of these names do you think would work best for such a loyalty scheme?(Required.)
30.And why do you say that?(Required.)
31.We will be carrying out this study again at the end of 2027 to understand how you feel about some of the planned initiatives – would you be happy to be contacted to take part again at this point, this would involve you completing the questionnaire either online yourself or with one of our interviewers over the phone(Required.)
32.What gender do you identify as?(Required.)
33.Which age group are you in?(Required.)
34.Thank you so much for completing our survey - we really appreciate your feedback, please can you now complete your contact details to be entered into the free prize draw where you could win one of six £50 M&S vouchers, the draw will take place at the end of August and winners will be notified by email