Caerphilly Council’s major investment to create healthier lives

Over the past 4 years, Caerphilly Council has invested significantly into infrastructure to ensure Caerphilly’s residents can lead healthy lives in healthy spaces.
 
Thoughtful investment of up to £500m to date, has seen the creation of state of the art facilities to allow residents to lead more active and sustainable lives in areas across the county borough.
 
A fine example of this investment is the £300 thousand pounds spent to upgrade the health suite facilities in both Caerphilly and Newbridge Leisure Centres, the work has resulted in high quality, fit for purpose facilities that supports customer wellbeing

Place Shaping - Healthy Lives, Healthy Spaces

What investment has been made to ensure that Caerphilly's residents can lead healthier lives in healthier spaces?

This week, our place shaping campaign focusses on the investment that is being made to improve the quality of facilities on offer to enable residents to lead healthier lives.

Cllr Nigel George, Cabinet Member for Waste, Public Protection & Street Scene

Earlier this week, we highlighted a number of projects that showcase the scale of investment that is being made to support residents to lead healthier and more sustainable lives.

Today, Cllr Nigel Geoerge the Cabinet Member for Waste, Public Protection & Street Scene, explores the full range of investment that is being made in this area.

Athletics Hub at Rhiw Syr Dafydd Primary School - Place Shaping in the Community

With the support of Welsh Government, we have been able to develop an athletics hub at Rhiw Syr Dafydd Primary School - helping to support athletes to develop and providing a much valued community asset for residents.

The six lane, 300 metre track is the first of its kind within the county borough.

Find out how Rhymney Valley Athletics Club are already reaping the rewards from this key facility.

Re-use Shop - Place Shaping in the Community

Sustainability is a key priority for us as a local authority. To demonstrate this, we have invested £800,000 to develop the Penallta Re-Use Shop, which will restore unwanted appliances desposed of through our Household Waste Recycling Centres to resell these products and minimise the County Borough's overall waste.

Watch today as staff outline the impact this will have in improving our sustainability.

Newbridge Leisure Centre - Place Shaping in the Community

Newbridge Leisure Centre has benefitted from significant investment. This includes £182,000 in new sensory and play equipment for the swimming pool and a brand new state of the art fitness suite that residents will soon be able to enjoy.

Watch today as staff outline the benefits that this investment will give to the community.

Map - Healthy Lives, Healthy Spaces

Our interactive map has been updated and allows residents to pin point the exact location of investment and provides a project overview.

This map will continue to be populated over the coming months.

Click on the image below to explore our interactive Place Shaping map.