Facts & figures about Herefordshire

Stronger communities

More detail on topics connected to Stronger Communities are available from the topic pages below.

Key findings as identified in the 2011 State of Herefordshire Report and Joint Strategic Needs Assessment:

Strength

• Three-quarters of residents believed they had been treated with respect and consideration by local public services

Opportunity

• Residents are generally happy with health services in Herefordshire, but there are specific aspects around access they feel should be better
• Satisfaction with other public services was generally high but had fallen for some
• Over one in five of residents felt well-informed about what to do in the event of a large-scale emergency
• Affordable decent housing, public transport and clean streets are regarded as both important and needing to improve. However, when asked to trade-off investment in services the priories were, tackling traffic congestion, more support for families to protect vulnerable children and maintaining adult social care services

Threat and Challenge

• Access to key services in rural parts of Herefordshire is notably worse when compared to other parts of England
• Language can be a problem for some minority groups, particularly in accessing health services
• In 2008, 29% of residents felt that they could influence decisions affecting their local area
• Access to finance was the biggest problem facing third sector organisations  in 2010
  
  

Individual topic pages

• Volunteering
• Children and young people volunteering (link to the topic in "children and young people")
• Different backgrounds getting on well together
• Influencing decisions
• Children and young people influencing decisions (link to the topic in "children and young people")

Deprivation
The Indices of Deprivation are measures of deprivation made up of seven domains: income, employment, health & disability, education, barriers to housing & services, crime, and living environment.

For general information about stronger communities, please see Herefordshire Partnership's getting involved pages.  These pages include information on Parish Plans, PACT meetings and volunteering.  You may also be interested in Herefordshire Council's equality and diversity pages.

Last updated: 20 December 2011