Who (Target) Where When How Young People Maroondah Youth Strategy Consultation Program 2016-2017 Focus Groups Survey Workshops 4907 Older People See ‘Whole of Community’ above 2016-2017 Icon Questionnaire As above Local & Regional Service System, Clubs and Organisations Council Plan Workshop Maroondah Disability Advisory Committee Maroondah Community Safety Committee Maroondah Council Service Areas Maroondah Partners in Community Wellbeing Committee March – April ‘17 Workshops Workshop & Shared Priority Matrix and Action Item Template 121
1B & 2) What are the causes of the issues you identified & What can Council and Collaborators do to help solve these issues? Issue Cause Solution Young People & Education Socio-economic, lack of non-traditional options and need for alternative models Data sharing & interpretation between stakeholders, Innovation, targeted cohorts, Social enterprise, student placement in growth industries, Council supporting women in business, succession planning tapping into young people, support for OELLEN PVAW/Gender Equity ‘Bury head in the sand’ mentality, lack of awareness & engagement, power imbalance, underlying gender stereotypes TFER, Council to model good GE behavior, supporting work to change attitudes in the community, service provision & integration where Council can play a role, Council to develop & implement a GE policy, Preventative work, Internal & external focus, develop a Maroondah PVAW Action Plan, promoting gender equity within sporting clubs Cultural Inclusion Ingrained cultural naivety, lack of awareness & acknowledgement RAP, Co-design & innovation, enhancing connections with targeted CALD communities, Promote & celebrate local culture, Diversity in Council employment practices, engaging with CALD population. Social & Affordable Housing Increased cost of housing, Reluctance to invite housing associations to provide low cost accommodation, Cultural perspectives Advocate for more supply, Public & Private partnerships, mobilizing Council owned land for affordable housing projects, Eastern Access Affordable Housing Alliance, ensuring housing provided is well built and has disability access, enforce landscape plans, Update Councils’ Affordable Housing Strategy, Developer contributions Drug & Alcohol Harm Reduction Provisions be made within planning controls to address alcohol density, Decrease sporting club reliance on revenue from gambling & alcohol particularly in Council owned facilities, Preventative work with young people around alcohol/drugs Food Access Social Inclusiveness People feeling disconnected, Discrimination, Mental health Community education, Demonstrating support of initiatives designed to address social inclusion, Supporting Material Aid providers
Issue Cause Solution Environment, Climate Change & Infrastructure Domestic waste water, storm water, pollution, Properties not connected to sewer/aged & faulty septic systems, Limited interdepartmental processes- Planning/Building/Health, Lack of green space, increased population & dwelling density, Increasing frequency & severity of extreme weather events & longer range climate impacts Master planning to account for increased open space, Increase walking paths, bike tracks & lighting, Developer contributions for good quality open space, Street scape improvements, Greening the Greyfields- strategic plan for Council purchase of land, Increase systemic thinking within Council in regards to climate change, help community build capacity to deal with impacts of climate change, Lead an EMR LGA emergency Management Partnership Emergency Relief Centre Project Disaster Management Family Violence & Child Abuse Gender inequity, financial stress, lack of resilience in dealing with stress, Drugs & alcohol, Gambling, Education Improve tertiary support networks, create awareness, Greater collaboration/partnerships, Preventative programs Drug & Alcohol Misuse Financial pressures, Family breakdown, Lack of support, Social peer influences, Socio-economic constraints Collaboration with all agencies so we complement each other, Provide housing, Support referral services, Draw upon external expertise Ageing Population People living longer, profile of community Infrastructure planning, Provide a greater choice in housing options, Promote social networks Increasing Population Services, Property supply, High density development Better design standards, Improve building standards eg. Aging population that can’t afford heating/leading to illness, Provide better open space/more of it/better quality, Evidence informed long term planning, Diversity in recreational activities, Liveability Risk of decreased liveability due to poor planning and acknowledgement of the interconnection between social, built, economic and natural environment on health and wellbeing outcomes Evidence informed decision making captured with policy, procedure & practice Growth of female participation in AFL & cricket Change in participation in sporting choices, shift in thinking around ‘male’ V/s ‘female’ sporting persuits Need infrastructure to accommodate female friendly facilities, Partnerships use of facilities, Regional coalition and plan for sporting facilities
5. Overall Consultation Program Combined Priority Identification The following table depicts the rate at which priority areas were identified across aggregated data sets generated via the MHWP Consultation Program. Source External Workshop Internal Workshop Council Plan Workshop RAP Workshop Youth Consultation Program Café Consult Survey Responses Additional Comments Opportunities Rate of Aggregated Response Priority Social & Affordable Housing 5/8 Inclusivity, Diversity & Access 6/8 PVAW & Gender Equity 2/8 Drug & Alcohol Harm 1/8 Mental & Physical Health 4/8 Environment/Climate Change, Infrastructure - Liveability 7/8 Service Demand 1/8 Education, Lifelong Learning & Employment 3/8 Transport 1/8