Leisure centre consultation

Residents, community groups and organisations can have their say about how leisure services should be provided in Cornwall Council's consultation launched this week.

GLL manages 13 leisure centres on behalf of Cornwall Council, but closures during lockdown periods and reduced visitor numbers have had a significant impact on its income over the last 18 months, creating losses of approximately £4.5m.

GLL has asked the Council to allow it to stop operating the leisure centres in Wadebridge, Launceston, Saltash and Falmouth, and the hydrotherapy pool in St Austell Leisure Centre – or, alternatively to subsidise the operation of these facilities.

Supporting residents through COVID-19 has already hit Cornwall Council's finances hard. The Council does not have a budget for subsidising GLL operations or for operating any centres directly.

As part of the consultation process Cornwall Council is inviting local groups and organisations with ideas about viable solutions or alternatives to come forward and work alongside the Council and GLL. However, if no solution or alternative is found, these facilities would close.

You can find out more and complete the survey on the Let's Talk Cornwall website. Paper copies are available by calling 0300 1234 100. The consultation closes on 31 October.

Let's Talk Homes

Cornwall Council is starting to review the current Housing Strategy for Cornwall, a strategic partnership document describing priorities for homes over the next five years and beyond.

Residents, stakeholders, organisations and anyone interested in housing can share their views on Cornwall's main housing challenges and what the priorities should be moving forwards in a survey on the Let's Talk Homes web page. The survey closes at 5pm on Monday 8 November 2021.

The responses will be used to help prepare a draft strategy that will be formally consulted on this winter, with the final strategy expected to be approved by the Council in April 2022.

Cornwall Council will be engaging with town and parish councils through Cornwall Association of Local Councils as well as colleagues in Planning Policy, Local Transport and Economic Development to ensure that all emerging strategies are consistent and complimentary.

For more information, email sarah.thorneycroft@cornwall.gov.uk.

NHS waiting times

Please encourage people in your area to complete this survey about waiting for hospital care.

Healthwatch Cornwall is asking residents in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to share their experience of NHS waiting times as part of a national survey. Many people have had their treatment delayed by the pandemic – are you one of them? Healthwatch Cornwall want to know if you're getting the advice, information and support you need while you wait.

Complete the survey here.

The NHS is working hard to get people the care they need, and this survey will be shared with them to help improve support and services in the future.

A-Z of recycling

Please tell people in your area about Cornwall Council's A-Z of recycling, which explains exactly what you can recycle from your home and which container it goes in. There are entries ranging from aerosols to yogurt pots, and everything in between.

Important support

For vaccine questions, please email nhskernowccg.ciosc19vaccine@nhs.net or visit the NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group's website.

Please send all other coronavirus related enquiries or issues to Cornwall Council's dedicated email address covid19@cornwall.gov.uk. Residents can also ring 0300 1231 118 for any COVID-19 related queries.

You can see the latest COVID-19 data for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly on Cornwall Council's website.

Cornwall Council has a dedicated telephone line 0300 1234 334 specifically for residents who are in the clinically extremely vulnerable group.