ABOUT EFFORD AND LIPSON WARD

WHAT RESIDENTS AND PARTNERS SAY

Community Housing . 67 percent of ward residents are satisfied with . 87 percent of houses are in Council Tax band A and their local area as a place to live. One of the lower B – one of the highest of all wards in the city. (third responses across the city highest) . Emplacement should be part of the Efford . Efford has a high level of Social Housing with more Nature Reserve and maintained accordingly than 40 percent of home semi-detached and low . There is a lack of employment opportunities density housing around Efford . Lipson and Laira has a combination of Victorian . Poor access and insufficient shops in Efford houses and newer developments . Confusing network of roads and pathways . One fifth of the land (Lipson and Laira) is devoted . Poor provision for cyclists and pedestrians to roads or rail and forms a divide . . Buses are not frequent enough 42.2 percent of the private sector housing stock was classed as ‘non-decent homes’ in 2010. This is Efford and Lipson schools – OFSTED above the city-wide figure of 33.3 percent . 5.5 percent of the private sector housing stock was There are two children’s centre, three primary schools, not in a reasonable state of repair in 2010. This is and one secondary school in Efford and Lipson above the city-wide figure of 11.1 percent ward. There is one school with an OFSTED rating of ‘Outstanding’, three with a rating of ‘Good’, one Lottery funded projects since 2010 with a rating of ‘Satisfactory’ and one which ‘Requires Improvement’. . Lipson Vale Primary School, October 2010, £10,000 . Waterfront City Trust Limited, October 2011, £4,841 Health . Heart of Efford Community Partnership, April 2013, Lifestyle Choices made by residents (HAY 2017). £10,000 The findings from the HAY quiz provide useful . Carers Forum, December 2014, £7,850 insights about the behaviours and lifestyle choices . Lipson Vale Primary School, August 2015, £9,028 of Plymouth respondents. Across the five health . Coffee House Theatre Company Limited, areas, Efford and Lipson residents gave responses, in October 2016, £3,119 particular: . High View School, March 2017, £10,000 . More residents are motivated by ‘energy’ to change . their lifestyle than most other wards in the city Lipson Vale Primary School, June 2017, £9,980 (second highest) Police . More people in this ward are likely to make healthy choices in relation to ‘drinking’ than most other Efford and Lipson has a moderate level of crime. wards in the city (second highest) and Cornwall Police in consultation with the . However, the wards residents gave the least community has identified the following issues in this ‘positive’ responses across the city (of any ward) ward: to undertaking regular exercise and strengthening . Reducing Local Anti-Social Behaviour activities . Reducing the Risk of Child Exploitation . Of wards where unhealthy choices were made in relation to smoking, Efford and Lipson is one of the worst (third lowest) EFFORD AND LIPSONWard data WHAT THE DATA SAYS

The ward has the third highest population of all wards.

More people in the ward are employed in ‘skilled trades’ than both the city and average.

More people have a Level 3 qualification than both the city and England average. Plymouth average

1,045 33 percent of The ward has significantly More residents are Children live in worse levels of Death by unemployed than both the poverty in the ward, ‘Respiratory Diseases’ than city and England average. one of the highest in the city and England averages. all wards in the city. 24% Less people are ‘Economically Active’ Hospital stays for self-harm than both the city and are significantly worse than England average. the city and England averages. Council Tax support (1518) of residents are supported through the There are council tax support scheme. (one of the

highest in the city) 9,601 voters in Efford and Lipson ward of houses are in Council Tax band There are A and B – one of the highest of all wards in the city. 14,560 (third highest) 6,443 Homes in the residents in Efford and Lipson ward 87% Efford and Lipson ward SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB

CLLR Neil Hendy Laira Green Primary School No Facebook. www.lairagreen.com Twitter www.twitter.com/neilhendy Lipson Vale Primary Cllr Pauline Murphy www.lvps.org.uk/main Facebook (personal). No Twitter D.E.L.L. Children’s Centre www.barnardos.org.uk/dell-blandford-road-cc.htm Cllr Brian Vincent No Facebook. Sweet Peas Children’s Centre No Twitter www.barnardos.org.uk/sweetpeas-children-s-centre/ service-view.htm?id=188292503 Lipson Co-operative Academy www.lipsonco-operativeacademy.coop www.twitter.com/LipsonAcademy www.facebook.com/LipsonCooperativeAcademy

High View School www.highviewschool.org.uk

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GP Surgeries . PLY58 (7) Douglas House, Efford- . Efford Surgery Mixed use-5 homes . Laira Surgery . PLY58 (20) Higher Efford Pitches-Sports/Sports led mixed use-N/A Schools . High View School PLACES OF WORSHIP . Laira Green Primary School . Efford Christian Fellowship . Lipson Vale Primary www.effordchristianfellowship.org . Lipson Co-operative Academy . St Paul’s Church . D.E.L.L. Children’s Centre www.stpaulsefford.co.uk . Sweet Peas Children’s Centre . Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Care Homes Catholic Church . Manor Court, Older person residential www.ourladyofmountcarmel.co.uk . Trenant House Care Home, Older person residential BUSINESSES Community Centres . 124 businesses are eligible for business rates . The Efford Youth and Community Centre . Businesses contribute over £2.1 million to the www.facebook.com/pages/The-Efford-Youth- city per annum Community-Centre . 32 are classified as a small business WHAT’S ON . 33 are eligible for 100 per cent relief

KEY COMMUNITY LINKS

LOCAL GREEN SPACE DESIGNATION . Efford Marsh Local Nature Reserve . Efford Valley . Efford Cemetery . Deer Park . Laira Emplacement . Pike Road . Higher Efford Playing Field . Lipson Vale Playing Fields . Darwin Crescent open space . Old Ply View Field . Yeo Close . Thames Gardens . Moor View Park . Channel Park open space . Douglas Road open space . Manifold Gardens open space . Land at Bernice Close

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