Cardinia Shire Council - Annual Report 2017-18

Cardinia Shire Council Annual Report 2017–18 2013–14 Our performance
Our people performance (cont.)
Improved health and wellbeing for all (cont.)
Action Result Status
Develop the new Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan and review annually.
Adopt and launch the Liveability Health Plan
2017–21 by December 2017.
The Liveability Plan was adopted by Council
in September 2017. As part of our legislative
requirement, the Liveability Plan was sent to
Department of Health and Human Services
and subsequently approved by the department.
The Liveability Plan was launched at an event
in February 2018, which was well attended.
Two presenters, Professor Billie Giles-Corti and
Professor Iain Butterworth spoke about liveability
research on a global and national scale. Cardinia
Shire Council was congratulated for a progressive
plan that addresses global issues at the local level.
Routinely investigate community health and wellbeing issues to inform Council’s planning and activities.
Undertake social research and disseminate the
findings within Council and the local community to
inform service provision and community planning
(i.e. Housing Research Project).
Council regularly undertakes social research to
establish areas of need and identify emerging
social trends. In past years, Cardinia Shire has
experienced a shortage of social and affordable
housing for disadvantaged residents. Research
was undertaken to further explore this social
need and a number of recommendations to
address this issue were made. One of the key
recommendations of this research was for Council
to develop a Social and Affordable Housing
Strategy. Development of this document is
underway, with a draft copy due to be available for
community comment by July 2018. A summary of
the findings of the social research is available on
the website.
Completed
Completed
Support children, young people, families, older adults and people of all abilities by providing a range of accessible
services and facilities.
Plan for the implementation of Early Years 10-
year State Government Compact priorities for
children and families. Report to council about the
implications of the compact.
Compact governance groups have commenced
with representation from Cardinia Shire, City of
Casey and City of Greater Dandenong councils,
as well as the Department of Health and Human
Services and the Department of Education and
Training. A Maternal and Child Health coordinator
working group is being developed to support one
of the objectives of the Compact.
Completed
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