Your ideas for building a stronger future
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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 are developing plans to overcome these challenges and build a stronger future for ourContinue reading
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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?
Please do not share any personal information about yourself or anybody else here. For example only use first names, not full names.
View All Ideas7 months ago
Open libraries and leisure centres as soon as possible.
Now that pubs and restaurants have opened we need to see our libraries and leisure centres open as soon as possible. Children have had 3 months without school so let’s get them back reading and exercising.
8 months ago
Walking and Cycling routes to the city centre from residential areas.
Chester City centre is a great heart but getting to it from places like Hoole and Boughton on foot or by bike is not pleasant, mainly due to the complexities of the inner ring road. If you could make these routes more accessible then that would encourage more people to go into the centre.
5 months ago
More investment in the walking and cycling infrastructure
We have MP's and councillors campaigning for an investment of £40million for a new bridge in Winnington, Northwich. What improvements could be made with that money across the town? New cycle lanes, traffic calming measures, cycling courses for children and families, new pedestrian and cycle bridges, better public transport, promote the cycle to work scheme to employers, plant more trees, rewild some areas. We need to stop prioritising vehicles and think long term.
5 months ago
Use CIL for health based Community Improvements
50% on new homes bonus + CIL should be allocated to measures that improve health in communities. More green space/walking/cycling improvements/footpaths/air quality
8 months ago
Relearn the importance of public hygiene and good quality public washrooms
Health crisis emphasises the need for people to wash their hands especially before they eat and after using the loo. Takeaways in our tourist city are with us to stay so the public needs more places to wash their hands. The extensive high quality facility in the Grosvenor shopping centre has been closed, the new ones in Grosvenor Park are cheap inadequate facilities that are seldom maintained, the good quality old facility on The Groves are never open in the evenings, Frodsham Street facilities are a disgrace and the high street is full of empty units that could offer a large high quality location.
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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?
Please do not share any personal information about yourself or anybody else here. For example only use first names, not full names.
View All Ideas8 months 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
7 months ago
Make use of the largenumber of empty shops in our town centres to provide places where people can meet up to share interests and activities.
Bring together volunteers and people who need support to get out and about to make this open to all and help reduce loneliness as well as bringing town centres to life again.
5 months ago
Provide dedicated spaces in low income communities to bolster against the economic and health crises
These could be low-cost eco-builds that provide a base for communities to increase their knowledge and confidence in tackling the issues that directly affect them, inviting in expertise to help explore and implement solutions to the crisis that best meet the new and evolving needs of the community in relation to low income, climate, health, hunger, education, democratic voice, tackling anti-social behaviour and community safety etc. They could be managed by communities and be a home for resident-led, council and partner-supported community wealth-building, rather than part of an ‘outreach’ service.
7 months 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.
8 months ago
Promote 'Local'
The Covid message in Wales is not 'stay alert' but 'stay local'. The more that people are remaining at home (and many of us will be forced to now simply due to child care) the more we are able to support the genuinely local economy - the corner shop, greengrocer, butcher, newsagent, cafe, pub etc - but also the local town centre. I've had to cancel my summer holiday, many others will have to. We have kids to entertain. Could we promote at-home-holidays, ultra local day trips you can make by bike/walking if you can, or car if you have to. could we promote street parties as a way for neighbours to thank each other, and to meet up after weeks of whats app? Wrexham do an annual play day when they convert the town centre into a family focused space. Could we copy it in Ellesmere Port, Winsford, Frodsham, Chester and wherever? Cahllenge local communities to out do each other
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Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin Email this link
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?
Please do not share any personal information about yourself or anybody else here. For example only use first names, not full names.
View All Ideas7 months 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.
8 months 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
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