Let’s Talk… says Vale Council

The Vale of Glamorgan Council wants to talk to residents about what matters to them and about life in the Vale of Glamorgan. 

Let’s Talk About Life in the Vale is a new county-wide survey of residents that gives people living in the Vale of Glamorgan the chance to share their experiences of public services, their priorities for the future, and help the Council better understand how to get more people involved in local decision making. 

The survey is live now at participate.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/lets-talk

Everyone who takes part in the survey will also have the chance to win one of ten £50 Love2Shop vouchers, which can be spent in a wide variety of high street shops and restaurants. 

Residents can also respond by post or telephone and Council staff will be at community events throughout the summer to speak to people face to face. 

Cllr Ruba Sivagnanam, Cabinet Member for Community Engagement, Equalities and Regulatory Services, said: “This survey is different to other Vale-wide surveys that the Council has run in the past. We are not asking simply how satisfied people are with Council services. Instead, we are trying to understand what life is like for people living in the Vale and how public services affect this.  

“We are taking this approach so we can develop our services in a way that means they will improve people’s quality of life, and wherever possible address the issues that matter to those who live in the Vale.  

"The survey will be a really important source of information for us. It will be used to inform many of the decisions we have to take on reshaping the Council to meet the many challenges ahead. It's essential that we hear from as many as people as possible and from all sections of the community.  

 “Everyone in the Vale has a voice and everyone’s views matter.” . 

 The responses to the survey are being collected and analysed for the Council independently by Data Cymru. Researchers at Data Cymru will be undertaking an independent analysis of the results and presenting this to the Council. Once the results have been analysed these will be publicly reported.