The best and worst places for wellbeing in borough
Groby came out top of the list while Wellsborough was bottom
GROBY has been named the best in Hinckley and Bosworth for community wellbeing.
A new index looking at indicators such as jobs, health, public spaces, schools, public transport, and culture aims to show where areas are thriving, and where communities can come together to make improvements.
The Co-op’s Community Wellbeing Index offers everyone the chance to understand what makes their community different to 28,000 others across the UK.
By entering your postcode, the Index will reveal your community’s overall wellbeing score and indicate its performance across nine specific areas, including education, health, open spaces, housing, employment and culture.
Groby had the highest overall average score for community wellbeing in Hinckley and Bosworth, at 63.8 out of 100.
It does particularly well for social spaces, like pubs, playgrounds and cafes, access to health services schools, and homes.
However, it may need to look at long working hours and long commutes, as well as air, traffic and noise pollution.
In contrast, Wellsborough had the lowest average overall score at 35.7 out of 100.
While the area scored well for lower numbers of older people living alone, and it’s popularity with families, it was doing less well for access to good schools and green spaces.
The other places to score well and good affordable are Ratby, Desford, Peckleton and Stoke Golding.
The ones at the bottom of the list include Upton, Sibson, Barton-in-the-Beans and Osbaston.
Steve Murrells, CEO at the Co-op said: “Often people are individually overwhelmed by the enormity of the task to improve their community’s wellbeing but we see our index as collectively empowering.
“Up until now it has been almost impossible for a community to have a true measure of its strengths and weaknesses but by bringing this wealth of information together in an easily accessible way we are helping everyone know exactly where they stand.
“This is invaluable information is not only for politicians, planners and community leaders but also individuals who want to understand what is needed to make their community even better.”
Bearsden, a town in East Dunbartonshire in Scotland, had the highest overall average score for wellbeing in the UK, at 82 out of 100.
The area scored particularly highly for education and learning, with good access to schools, libraries and adult education, and health, with good access to health services.
Brandon Bank, a hamlet in King’s Lynn and North Norfolk had the lowest overall average at 26 out of 100.
While it scored more highly on some aspects of relationships, and trust and equality, long work hours and distance to jobs mean lower scores for economy, work and employment, and it also lacks public green spaces.