Thank you for joining us at Falkirk Science Festival. We're keen to gather feedback on your experience at the festival, this will help us to shape our events programme and guide us towards delivering a Festival that everyone will enjoy and talk about for years to come.
For further information on how the information you provide will be used, please read our privacy notice .
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Boundaries Scotland has published provisional proposals for new constituency boundaries for the Scottish Parliament.
Comments on the provisional proposals can be made on the Boundaries Scotland consultation, where the provisional proposals can be viewed and compared with the existing constituency boundaries.
There are no changes proposed for the existing Falkirk East and Falkirk West Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies.
Comments can also be made in writing to:
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Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership is collecting feedback on the support provided to people within Adult Care Homes. Your comments will help us to make sure that the support people receive is suited to their needs and wants.
Which services are covered?
We want to hear your views about the support you receive in the care home. For example, does the support you receive:
help you to manage your own health and wellbeing and make choices
help you to feel respected...More
Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey. We think it should take no more than 10 minutes.
Your answers will help us to make sure that the things we do to help to address climate change:
do not have unreasonable negative effects on people or the local environment, and
are as beneficial as possible to people and the local environment
You can find more detail on the things we do to help to address climate change on our website.
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Housing Services is committed to working with tenants to improve the standards of cleanliness in shared closes. In a recent survey tenants told us that they are concerned about the standard of cleanliness in hallways and staircases (closes) that people share to enter their flats.
In recent years, the Housing Service tried out a close-cleaning service in three blocks of flats across the council area. Now that we've heard back from tenants who were involved, we want to know how other...More
We are looking to change the eligibility criteria for free home-to-school transport and need your feedback on our proposal.
Currently, free home-to-school transport is provided for:
Primary pupils up to 8 years old who live more than 1 mile from school by the nearest available safe walking route; and
All primary and secondary pupils aged 8 years and over who live more than 2 miles from school by the nearest available safe walking route.
The proposed changes would see...More
We're investing to refresh the play area at Laurieston Public Park. Last year we asked your views about how we could best improve it and we used your feedback to inform a design brief.
We asked - What equipment would you like to see? the top 5 chosen were:
Swings 64%
Slide 57%
Climbing Frame
Zip Line 37%
Trim Trail 19%
Thanks to your responses all submitted designs contain some of this equipment as well as some sensory and inclusive equipment....More
We're investing to refresh the play area at Quarry Park (Laurie Park) in Brightons. We'd love to hear your views about how we can best improve it.
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Over recent years the air quality in the Falkirk Town Centre (FTC) area has improved and is consistently meeting the required standards for particulate matter (PM 10 ) only. Consequently, Falkirk Council is now proposing to revoke the Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) for particulate matter (PM 10 ).
If you have any comments on the proposal, please email pollution@falkirk.gov.uk
For further information on how the information you provide will be used, please read our ...More
This private sector housing survey is aimed at owner occupiers, private tenants and landlords living and operating within the Falkirk council area. It will help us understand what you consider important in relation to private sector disabled adaptations, as well as the assistance offered to maintain and repair your home.
We will use your feedback to review the information and support we provide through our Scheme of Assistance.
This survey is one of four we are doing as part of this...More
Falkirk Council is starting the process of preparing a new Local Development Plan (LDP3) which will guide growth and change in our communities for years to come. It will indicate where new development should or should not take place, what infrastructure is need to support growth, and how our environment and greenspace can be improved.
The first stage in the process is to gather information about the area which will help us prepare an Evidence Report on which to base the new plan. To...More
Falkirk Council is starting the process of preparing a new Local Development Plan (LDP3) which will guide growth and change in our communities for years to come. It will indicate where new development should or should not take place, what infrastructure is need to support growth, and how our environment and greenspace can be improved.
The first stage in the process is to gather information about the area which will help us prepare an Evidence Report on which to base the new plan. To...More
Why is the place around me important?
The places where we live and play are important because they help us live healthy, happy lives and help us take care of the environment.
When we have good outdoor spaces and places to play, it makes us happy and healthy and helps us to spend time with friends and family.
When there are places like shops, libraries, cafes, schools and nurseries close by, we are able to walk to these places and use them easily.
The places where we...More
Why is the place around me important?
The places where we live, play, hang out and relax are important because they help us live healthy, happy lives and help us take care of the environment.
When we walk, wheel or cycle around, we are taking exercise which is good for our health. It also means that we are not using cars, which helps to keep the air clean and the streets safe. When we have good outdoor spaces and places to hang out, it makes us happy and healthy and helps us...More
Adult health and social care services are provided by Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership. The Partnership is made up of staff working in Falkirk Council and NHS Forth Valley, along with partners in the Third and Independent sectors.
The Health and Social Care Partnership Strategic Plan outlines the challenges and priorities that the Health and Social Care Partnership will focus on delivering over a three-year period. Our next Strategic Plan is due to be published 01 April 2023...More
Your libraries are changing.
We need to plan our library services for the next five years while delivering efficiencies.
We're keen to make sure that your library provides what you want and need.
The survey will take 5 minutes to complete and your views will help shape our service going forward.
Join us at a community engagement event
You can also share your thoughts at one of our in-person community engagement events. Just come along, no booking needed.
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Falkirk Council must take a number of difficult decisions if it is to continue to balance the amount of money it spends on key services with the amount of money it gets from the Scottish Government and other income sources such as Council Tax.
Preparation for how we will spend the money available to us next year (2023/24) is well underway. Councillors will take final decisions on this in March 2023.
This survey is an opportunity to tell us what you think the Council's spending...More
This private sector housing survey is aimed at Landlords and Letting Agents operating within the Falkirk council area. It will help us to understand the changing nature of the private rented sector across Falkirk and help us to identify possible areas of new information and support.
This survey is one of four we are doing as part of this consultation. The Local Housing Strategy (LHS) is the document we produce at the end of these consultations.
This survey will take around 10...More
This private sector housing survey is aimed at private sector tenants living within the Falkirk council area. It will help us to understand your experiences as a private tenant, your awareness of help available and aspirations. We will use your feedback to review the information and support we provide.
This survey is one of four we are doing as part of this consultation. The Local Housing Strategy (LHS) is the document we produce at the end of these consultations.
The survey will...More
Falkirk Council faces a c£67m budget gap over the next four years and must take urgent steps to avoid running out of money.
Currently we own too many buildings that are ageing, in poor condition and require investment of around £200m to avoid unexpected closures, money we simply do not have.
Many of the buildings are also not energy efficient and keeping them would prevent the Council from achieving its climate change targets.
That is why Councillors have agreed in principle...More
On 28 September 2022 the Council considered findings on the viability of operating Falkirk Town Hall as a stand-alone facility and decided that it was not best value or operationally feasible to pursue this option and that closure should be accelerated and early demolition considered subject to an updated consultation.
The cost to separate the shared services enabling the Town Hall to operate as a stand-alone building would be complex, costly and disruptive. The Town Hall has continued...More
Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership is consulting for a new Carers Strategy - a list of things we know are important to carers and the ways we can try to make things better.
By answering our questions, you can tell us what matters to you. You can help us to make sure we highlight the challenges which local young carers and young adult carers are facing as well as the things which are important to them.
This information will help us work towards improving things for young...More
Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership is consulting for a new Carers Strategy – a list of things we know are important to carers and the ways we can try to make things better.
We recognise that the past couple of years have been particularly challenging for carers and there were a number of new challenges that our previous 2019 strategy did not predict. The Covid-19 pandemic impacted your lives in many different and significant ways, and with the increasing cost-of-living-crisis,...More
On 8th November 2022 Education, Children and Young People Executive agreed to consult on a proposal to mothball Blackness Primary School from August 2023.
The school roll at Blackness Primary School has fallen to very low levels this session. Children's Services will consider "mothballing" for any primary school where the number of catchment pupils on the school roll is 10 or less (it is currently 4), and this is now what has been proposed.
Mothballing is a process for temporary...More
It is proposed that Denny Town House and associated ground (coloured pink on the plan) be advertised and sold.
Built in the early 1930's, Denny Town House is a substantial, two-storey sandstone office building located at the junction of Glasgow Road and Town House Street.
Originally occupied by the Town Council of the Burgh of Denny and Dunipace, the building was used as municipal offices and a public library. Since those early days, the property has been used as office space...More
The Boundary Commission for Scotland began its 2023 Review of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland in January 2021. Initial and secondary consultations were held in 2021 and 2022. All comments received during the initial consultation were published and further comments were invited on these via the Commission's consultation site. Five public hearings were held during the secondary consultation.
Revised proposals were published on 8 November and are available for consultation until...More
We have a 5-year Litter Strategy and associated Litter Prevention Action Plan which is updated annually to tackle litter, dog fouling, flytipping and waste issues.
Before answering these questions, please have a look at our Litter prevention Action Plan 2022/2023
For further information on how the information you provide will be used, please read our privacy notice .
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you have read the privacy notice
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We're investing to refresh the play area at Southview. Earlier this year we asked your views about how we could best improve it and we used your feedback to inform a design brief.
We asked what equipment would you like to see and the top 5 chosen were:
1. Swings 59%
2. Climbing Frame 51%
3. Slide 48%
4. Zip Line 39%
5. Roundabout 21%
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Calling all business owners! We need your help to ensure our Local Transport Strategy (LTS) meets the needs of the local business community and helps economic growth.
By filling in this short survey, you will give us a better understanding of how the local transport system could help:
enhance logistics and local supply chains
create opportunities for communities
attract investment to the area
achieve economic sustainability
For further information on how the...More