What health-related services and projects does the Vale offer?
The Council provides a range of services and projects which impact on people's health and well-being.
Here are just some examples, with links to pages on this website where you can find out more information.
- Working to reduce the number of people who are homeless in the Vale. See our Homelessness prevention page for more details
- Providing housing benefit to help people on low incomes to obtain a decent standard of living. See our Housing benefit pages for more details
- Providing grants to people with a disability to enable them to make adaptions to their homes. See our Grants to help you improve your home page for more details
- Providing access to sport for people with disabilities. This includes a part-time coach who specifically works with disabled groups and individuals. See our Sports development pages for more details
- Working to reduce fuel poverty by helping people to secure grants for home insulation. See our Saving energy pages for more details
- Providing free bus passes to older and disabled people to enable them to maintain their independence. The Council also supports the "dial-a-ride" service for elderly and disabled people who would find it hard to use public transport. See our Assisted travel pages for more details
- Monitoring air quality and preparing action plans where specific problems exist. See our Air quality pages for more details
- Enforcing the smokefree legislation in workplaces across the Vale. See our Smokefree legislation pages for more details
- Ensuring action is taken to deal with any contaminated land in the District. See our Contaminated land pages for more details
- Providing a range of sport and fitness centres and facilities for people in the Vale to use. See our Leisure and fitness facilities pages for more details
- Providing community grants to support community groups involved in tackling local health issues. See our Community grants pages for more details