Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council
Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council
Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council
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<strong>Waverley</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
State of the Environment Activities <strong>2005</strong>/<strong>2006</strong><br />
Social<br />
Traffic and Transport School Safety. 82<br />
At least one school is being patrolled each day during the morning<br />
and afternoon start and finish times.<br />
In addition, a mobile speed board has been purchased and is<br />
being used to monitor the speed of vehicles near schools.<br />
Number of library members. 96<br />
The total number of registered members as at 30 June <strong>2006</strong> was 33,399. Of these, 27,277 are<br />
adults, 5,623 children, 351 members of the Home Library Service, and 148 institutions.<br />
Number of committees receiving specialist support. 109<br />
Committees receiving specialist support during the period included: <strong>Waverley</strong> Community and<br />
Seniors Association, ECHO, EATS, DIRC, Norman Andrews House, Junction House, Randwick/<br />
<strong>Waverley</strong> Community Transport, Bondi Outreach Project and Bondi Youth Accommodation.<br />
WAVES was provided with extensive assistance with wind up, after the NSW Department of Health<br />
absorbed the service.<br />
Staff also provided support to the management committees of Kindamindi, Bondi Beach Cottage,<br />
Grace Child Care Centre, Bondi Toy Library and each of the five OOSH Services in <strong>Waverley</strong>.<br />
Activities included assistance with grant applications, financial management, recruitment, conflict<br />
resolution and team building, annual general meetings, service review/ business plans for funding<br />
bodies, client surveys and staff management<br />
Number of community issues taken up and progressed<br />
109<br />
through advocacy, research and community partnerships.<br />
(people living in domestic squalor, mental health working<br />
group).<br />
Staff worked with a variety of groups in pursuing issues of community concern. Significant<br />
activities undertaken in the year included:<br />
An extensive advocacy campaign highlighting issues around homelessness in <strong>Waverley</strong><br />
comprising press releases and letters to all State and Federal stakeholders. The campaign<br />
sought action from relevant agencies including the funding for services to rough sleepers, and<br />
resulted in dialogue with ICLA, NSW Department of Housing and City of Sydney.<br />
The development of a strategies to address two issues raised in <strong>Council</strong>’s Community Safety<br />
Plan, binge drinking and related violence among young people (15-25), and domestic violence,<br />
and initiation of the partnerships that will enable their implementation. Funds for<br />
implementation were sought from the Attorney General’s Crime Prevention Division under<br />
<strong>Council</strong>’s Community Safety Plan in November and funds were granted in the last quarter.<br />
Presentation on affordable housing at the invitation of the NSW Legislative <strong>Council</strong> in May for<br />
their inquiry into the Allocation of Social Housing.<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong>/<strong>2006</strong>