Your ideas for building a stronger future
COVID-19 will have long term impacts on us all. It has brought new challenges for our health, for society and for the economy. Cheshire West and Chester Council is developing plans to overcome these challenges and build a stronger future for our borough and we want your help.
Our response to the pandemic has been about togetherness – individuals and communities acting together to do the right thing and support each other. We want that to continue through our recovery and we would like to start a conversation about how we shape the future.
- What do you think is most important to focus on to build a stronger future for everyone in the borough?
- How do you think the Council could help make this happen?
- How do you think you and your community could help make this happen?
Please share your ideas with us on the ideas boards below. Alternatively, if you would prefer to share your views privately, you can answer the same questions in our online survey. Your ideas will inform the local plans we develop, to work together, to build a stronger future.
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Please share your ideas about what you think is important to focus on, to support you and your community, to come out of the pandemic even stronger than before.
For example:
- Have some challenges brought about by the pandemic affected you and your community more than others?
- Have there been any positive changes arising out of the pandemic for you and your community?
- People are talking about a new normal - what do you want the new normal to be for you and your community?
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View All Ideasabout 1 month ago
A lot more SECURE cycle parking
This should include but not be limited to bike hangars in higher density areas, and much larger parking in the current locker locations as the majority of them are full.
about 1 month ago
Increase facilities for outdoor exercise and recreation
Encourage and facilitate multiple use for parks and other open spaces. There should be places for people to sit, run and play games, grow community food and provide biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services. Dogs should be catered for separately to avoid fouling public areas.
20 days ago
Cwac should work closely with NHS and charities to provide a more efficient Adult Social Care.
This will allow individuals to stay in their own homes and avoid hospital admissions. More community / district nurses and localised community support cld be funded from both NHS and Cwac. Investment now would mean Savings for both in the long term. Wouldn’t it be ground breaking If Cheshire was to lead the way in this. Perhaps car parking fees at COC hospital together with financial input from Cwac could fund more community nurses, which I am sure the whole community would approve of. CWAC also need to collaborate with charities who are already working with the older community. this is a very important lesson we have all learnt from the pandemic and should be given priority xx
25 days ago
Urban green spaces help to protect air quality and biodiversity. Protect them and empower communities to defend them.
Protect urban green spaces from development.
about 1 month ago
Enforce conservation of energy use in shops
Legislate for reduce energy use. In winter, shops in town centres blast out heat because they want to have their doors open. Each shop does it because they might lose custom if their doors are shut. This wouldn't happen if all doors were shut. Write a byelaw to force shops to close doors.
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Please share your ideas about what you think the Council could do to support you and your community to come out of the pandemic even stronger than before.
For example:
- Thinking about some of the challenges brought about by the pandemic, how could the Council support you and your community to overcome them?
- Thinking about any positive changes in your community during the pandemic, how could the Council build on these opportunities?
- Thinking about what you would like the new normal to be, how could the Council support you and your community to achieve these aspirations?
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View All Ideas24 days ago
Concentrate on environmental issues - look forward for future generations
Allow grass verges to grow and invest in wild flower seeds rather than mowing them down. This will encourage insect and birds to thrive. Rotherham Council have planted 8 miles of wild flower verges saving £25K in mowing costs!
about 1 month ago
Support local enterprises
The Council needs to have real experts who can offer effective practical advice to assist local enterprises to grow and develop
6 days ago
Support Communities!
Where there's capacity and the will, support communities to get things done. Remove the bureaucracy that gets in the way of change.
5 days ago
Climate change measures as a priority
In the link related to the question what is most important to build a stronger future, there are many ideas linked to climate and protecting the environment. Supporting local businesses, local food, invest on low energy public transport, review insulation standards for buildings to reduce energy, invest in rain water collection , invest in technologies that will allow safe use of grey water, enforce a motor off policy on car parks, all would help in reducing carbon emissions. Then it would be great to identify the future jobs needed to support these actions and review the education needs to achieve this.
25 days ago
Drive inward sustainable investment in Cheshire West valuing people, community ownership, participatory democracy, and place.
Community Wealth Building (Preston Model)
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Please share your ideas about what you think you and your community could do to support local people and communities to come out of the pandemic even stronger than before.
For example:
- Thinking about some of the challenges brought about by the pandemic, how could you and your community help to overcome them?
- Thinking about any positive changes in your community during the pandemic, how could you and your community make the most of these opportunities?
- Thinking about what you would like the new normal to be, how could you and your community help make these aspirations a reality?
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View All Ideasabout 1 month ago
More supported volunteering
The Council needs to invest more in volunteer organisers, for example Green Space Rangers so that more volunteer hours can be effectively managed. This will have the added benefit of reducing demand on health and social care are members of the community will also have improved health and wellbeing
25 days ago
Just do something
One of the better aspects of the pandemic has been people looking out for neighbours and offering help. Sometimes we can all be too backwards at asking for, or offering help from friends and neighbours. So many things that sounds small add up to bigger things. We can't all do eveything, but we should all try to: support local shops, restaurants, cafes and pubs, vote, give blood, recycle, home compost, walk or cycle short journeys, pick up some roadside litter ocasionally, talk to people, join a local group or society and so on.
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