It’s easy to link Council Tax to visible services like waste collection or road repairs. In fact, the money is spread much more widely, supporting residents in many ways.
Every pound of Council Tax supports local services people rely on.
Here’s how every pound of Council Tax is shared out, whatever the size of your bill.
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40p for adult social care – helping older residents and people with disabilities live safely and with dignity, often in their own homes.
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32p for children’s services – protecting children, supporting families and giving young people the best start in life.
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10p for city services – repairing potholes, collecting bins and keeping our streets and green spaces clean.
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8p on education and skills – providing opportunities to learn new skills, libraries to visit and help with securing a job.
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8p on housing and communities – promoting arts and culture in the city and helping the most vulnerable into a safe and secure homes.
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2p on everything else - including policing and equalities, public health, jobs and regeneration.
Some services are easy to see, like bins on the kerbside or improvements to high streets and public spaces. Others happen in the background but are no less important. Council Tax helps support both. The Council is there when people face life’s toughest challenges.
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For one resident, adult social care funding means a daily visit from a carer so they can continue living at home.
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For someone who has lost their job, housing support can prevent homelessness and provide advice on finding somewhere stable to live.
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For children at risk, specialist teams provide protection and support when it’s needed most.
Your Council Tax also contributes to services that many residents rarely see but almost everyone benefits from. The Council delivers hundreds of services that impact on the lives of Coventry’s residents, visitors and businesses.
Services like food safety inspections carried out by environmental health officers make sure restaurants and takeaways meet hygiene standards. Or the work of registrars, who conduct thousands of appointments each year to record births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships.
Teams tackling issues such as pest control, preventing infestations from becoming a wider public health issue, and trading standards, keeping counterfeit and unsafe products out of local shops, may not always be visible, but they are no less vital to daily life in the city. These are just a handful of the hundreds of services that keep the city running and support people at every stage of life.
For more information on Council Tax and how Coventry City Council is working for you, visit: www.coventry.gov.uk/workingforyou.