ABOUT AND WARD

WHAT RESIDENTS AND PARTNERS SAY

Community Housing . 70 percent of residents are very/fairly satisfied with . 87 percent of houses are in Council Tax band A and their local area as a place to live. B – one of the highest of all wards in the city. (third . Emplacement should be part of the Efford highest) Nature Reserve and maintained accordingly. . Efford has a high level of Social Housing with more . There is a lack of employment opportunities than 40 percent of home semi-detached and low around Efford. density housing . Poor access and insufficient shops in Efford. . Lipson and Laira has a combination of Victorian . Confusing network of roads and pathways. houses and newer developments . . Poor provision for cyclists and pedestrians. One fifth of the land (Lipson and Laira) is devoted to roads or rail and forms a divide . Buses are not frequent enough. . 42.2 percent of the private sector housing stock Efford and Lipson schools – OFSTED was classed as ‘non-decent homes’ in 2010. This is above the city-wide figure of 33.3 percent There is one children’s centre, three primary schools, . 5.5 percent of the private sector housing stock was and one secondary school in Efford and Lipson not in a reasonable state of repair in 2010. This is ward. There is one school with an OFSTED rating of above the city-wide figure of 11.1 percent ‘Outstanding’, three with a rating of ‘Good’, and one which ‘Requires Improvement’. Lottery funded projects since 2014 Health . Laira Green Trust - Greenshoots Pre-school £2,744 . Lifestyle Choices made by residents (HAY 2017). Marjon Hockey Club £9,871 The findings from the HAY quiz provide useful . Laira Green Trust £2,602 insights about the behaviours and lifestyle choices . Lipson Vale Primary School £9,028 of Plymouth respondents. Across the five health . Lipson Vale Primary School £9,980 areas, Efford and Lipson residents gave responses, in . High View School £10,000 particular: . Plymouth Carers Forum £7,850 . More residents are motivated by ‘energy’ to change . their lifestyle than most other wards in the city Coffee House Theatre Company Limited £10,000 (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 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. 21% 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 (1,373) of residents are supported through There are the council tax support scheme. (one of the

highest in the city) 10,419 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. 14,580 (third highest) 6,483 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. No Twitter

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) Mixed use Douglass House, . Efford Surgery Efford . Laira Surgery . PLY58 (20) Sports / Sports led mixed use Land at Schools Efford Pathway (West) . High View School . PLY58 (20) Sports / Sports led mixed use Land at Efford Pathway (West) . Laira Green Primary School . Lipson Vale Primary PLACES OF WORSHIP . Lipson Co-operative Academy . Efford Christian Fellowship . D.E.L.L. Children’s Centre www.effordchristianfellowship.org . Sweet Peas Children’s Centre . St Paul’s Church Care Homes www.stpaulsefford.co.uk . Manor Court, Older person residential . Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman . Trenant House Care Home, Older person Catholic Church residential www.ourladyofmountcarmel.co.uk Community Centres . The Efford Youth and Community Centre BUSINESSES www.facebook.com/pages/The-Efford-Youth- . 121 businesses are eligible for business rates Community-Centre . Businesses contribute over £2.1 million to the WHAT’S ON city per annum

KEY COMMUNITY LINKS

. Cllr Neil Hendy . Cllr Pauline Murphy . Cllr Brian Vincent

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 Chief Executive’s Office, Ballard House, Plymouth PL1 3BJ v1.2 March 2019