If you have a spare ten minutes, fill out this year's residents' Survey to help Torfaen County Borough Council determine whether or not council policy is making a difference on the ground. Here's the official survey blurb:
Residents Survey 2017
Our annual residents survey is your opportunity to tell us whether the actions we are taking on your behalf are making a difference to the lives of the people living in Torfaen. This year the survey is a lot shorter and focuses on the key priorities of the council:
- creating a clean, green Torfaen
- supporting our most vulnerable residents
- raising educational attainment
Following the feedback from the last survey we have taken a number of measures based on what people said including:
- the Torfaen spring clean - a deep cleanse of the borough including roadside verges and open spaces and events to support communities to improve their local environment
- provided extra funding to enable stronger enforcement of dog fouling and litter
- provided £1 million extra funding to help improve roads in the borough
- focussed our capital investment on improving our school buildings
- invested extra funding for social care services to vulnerable residents.
Click here to complete the survey in English.
Arolwg Trigolion 2017
Ein harolwg trigolion blynyddol yw eich cyfle chi i ddweud wrthym os yw’r camau rydym yn eu cymryd ar eich rhan yn gwneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau pobl sy’n byw yn Nhorfaen. Eleni, mae’r arolwg yn llawer byrrach ac yn canolbwyntio ar flaenoriaethau allweddol y cyngor:
- creu Torfaen lân a gwyrdd
- cynorthwyo’r trigolion sydd fwyaf agored i niwed
- codi cyrhaeddiad addysgol
Ar ôl yr adborth o’r arolwg diwethaf, rydym wedi cymryd nifer o fesurau yn seiliedig ar yr hyn ddwedodd pobl, gan gynnwys:
- glanhau mawr y gwanwyn - glanhau’r fwrdeistref yn drwyadl gan gynnwys ymylon ffyrdd a mannau agored, a digwyddiadau i gynorthwyo cymunedau i wella eu hamgylchedd lleol
- darparu cyllid ychwanegol i alluogi gorfodi rheolau baw cŵn a sbwriel yn gryfach
- £1 filiwn yn ychwanegol i helpu ffyrdd yn y fwrdeistref
- canolbwyntio ein buddsoddiad cyfalaf ar wella adeiladau ysgol
- buddsoddi cyllid ychwanegol ar gyfer gwasanaethau gofal cymdeithasol i drigolion sy’n agored i niwed
Cwblhewch yr arolwg yn Gymraeg.
The closing date for the survey is September 30th.
Also, if one survey just isn't enough, check out the Torfaen Peoples' Panel.
