- ‘Improving health and care for our local communities’ is by far the top priority identified by respondents, over half (54%) would like the council to focus on this area for recovery from the pandemic
- The next most popular priorities selected by respondents are ‘prioritising mental health’ (33%), ‘creating opportunities for employment’ (31%), ‘making more good quality homes available for residents’ (30%) and ‘support the local economy to recover from the pandemic’ (29%)
- Each postcode district selected ‘improving health and care for our local communities’ as their top recovery priority – this corresponds with the full sample level where it is by far the most common priority
- ‘Creating opportunities for employment’ was selected by four of the postcode districts as a second or third recovery priority (PO2, PO3, PO5 and PO6), and three out of the six postcode districts (PO3, PO4, PO5) selected ‘taking positive action to tackle climate change’ as their second or third choice
Prioritising pandemic recovery
Summary
‘As we recover from the Coronavirus pandemic, which of the following priorities do you think are most important for the council to focus on?’
Base: Total sample (1,473)
This chart shows that:
54% of respondents feel improving health and care for our local communities is an important priority for the council to focus on
33% of respondents feel prioritising mental health is an important priority for the council to focus on
31% of respondents feel creating opportunities for employment is an important priority for the council to focus on
30% of respondents feel making more good quality homes available for our residents is an important priority for the council to focus on
29% of respondents feel supporting the local economy to recover from the pandemic is an important priority for the council to focus on
26% of respondents feel taking positive action to tackle climate change is an important priority for the council to focus on
18% of respondents feel supporting people to live active, healthy lives is an important priority for the council to focus on
17% of respondents feel supporting young people is an important priority for the council to focus on
14% of respondents feel creating greener, better connected journeys is an important priority for the council to focus on
11% of respondents feel encouraging everyone to learn and develop skills is an important priority for the council to focus on
11% of respondents feel encouraging clear growth and culture-led regeneration is an important priority for the council to focus on
10% of respondents feel building aspirations and encouraging ambition for our city and its residents is an important priority for the council to focus on
5% of respondents feel another priority is important for the council to focus on
Future recovery priorities by postcode district
This table shows that:
For respondents in PO1, improving health and care for our local communities is their 1st recovery priority, making more good quality homes available for our residents is their 2nd priority, and prioritising mental health is their 3rd priority
For respondents in PO2, improving health and care for our local communities is their 1st recovery priority, prioritising mental health is their 2nd priority, and creating opportunities for employment is their 3rd priority
For respondents in PO3, improving health and care for our local communities is their 1st recovery priority, creating opportunities for employment is their 2nd priority, and taking positive action to tackle climate change is their 3rd priority
For respondents in PO4, improving health and care for our local communities is their 1st recovery priority, taking positive action to tackle climate change and supporting the local economy to recover from the pandemic are their 2nd priorities, and making more good quality homes available for our residents is their 3rd priority
For respondents in PO5, improving health and care for our local communities is their 1st recovery priority, taking positive action to tackle climate change is their 2nd priority, and creating opportunities for employment is their 3rd priority
For respondents in PO6, improving health and care for our local communities is their 1st recovery priority, creating opportunities for employment is their 2nd priority, and supporting the local economy to recover from the pandemic is their 3rd priority
| wdt_ID | Postcode district | Recovery priority 1 | Recovery priority 2 | Recovery priority 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PO1 | Improving health and care for our local communities | Making more good quality homes available for our residents | Prioritising mental health |
| 2 | PO2 | Improving health and care for our local communities | Prioritising mental health | Creating opportunities for employment |
| 3 | PO3 | Improving health and care for our local communities | Creating opportunities for employment | Taking positive action to tackle climate change |
| 4 | PO4 | Improving health and care for our local communities | Taking positive action to tackle climate change Support the local economy to recover from the pandemic |
Making more good quality homes available for our residents |
| 5 | PO5 | Improving health and care for our local communities | Taking positive action to tackle climate change | Creating opportunities for employment |
| 6 | PO6 | Improving health and care for our local communities | Creating opportunities for employment | Support the local economy to recover from the pandemic |
