What are we proposing to do?
During our community and stakeholder engagement in 2022, we heard that strengthening leadership, partnerships and community empowerment is a priority for our community. Our draft Safer Communities Strategy and Policy aim to address the key issues raised under this theme.
The following table shows:
- The main safety concerns identified by the community, and what you told us we can do to improve safety under this priority.
- Our strategies - what we know works to address these safety concerns.
- Some of the initiatives and action developed to address these in the draft Strategy.
We invite you to review the below, and then let us know in our survey if we have got it right, or if there is something missing.
More more detail, please review the full draft of the Safer Communities Strategy and Policy.
What
you told us we can do to improve safety and /or main safety concerns | Our
strategies (what
we know works) | Initiatives (how we will deliver this) | Actions (a selection of what we will do) | |
| Work collaboratively with the community and services to respond to community safety issues Work with specialist services to assist people most at risk and vulnerable | 4.1 Build
strategic partnerships to strengthen collaboration and coordinated approaches
to safer communities 4.2 Empower
the community through safe and inclusive community engagement, co-design and
Aboriginal self-determination
4.3 Lead a safe, equitable and inclusive
organisational culture where all staff, volunteers and customers feel safe,
respected and valued | 4.1a Build and maintain multi-agency partnerships to foster
collaboration on local issues impacting safer communities 4.1b Share knowledge and evidence-based research to drive
service system improvements and foster coordinated harm and crime prevention
initiatives 4.1c Lead a whole-of-council approach to safer communities to
enable innovative and collaborative initiatives that balance outcomes of amenity,
inclusion, safety and city vibrancy 4.2b Empower the community to identify local needs, co-design
initiatives and lead change in their local areas to prevent crime and improve
perceptions of safety 4.2c Collaborate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples and Traditional Owners to support and promote Aboriginal-led action and
Aboriginal self-determination. 4.3a Embed inclusive practice into organisational culture 4.3b Create culturally safe, inclusive and welcoming services
and facilities through policy, procedures and process design 4.3c Strive for internal and external communications to be
culturally safe, inclusive and welcoming 4.3d Continue Council’s commitment to creating and
maintaining child safe environments | Support and actively participate in the Local Safety
Committee to enable collaboration on initiatives, advocacy and activities to
prevent crime and improve perception of safety Lead collaborative partnerships across Council to
promote a whole-of-council approach to safer communities to oversee the
implementation of this strategy and ensure alignment across plans and service
initiatives. Provide community grants to fund community-led
initiatives that respond to local needs and provide support. Partner with the Bunurong Land Council and Traditional
Owners to embed Aboriginal cultural values, voices, knowledge and recognition
into Council’s work. Resource the Diversity & Inclusion Group to
promote innovative ideas to enact diversity and inclusion within Council’s
policies, programs and services.
Regularly
review and update Council’s communications policies and guidelines to improve
accessibility and inclusion of information provision. |
Share your feedback
Complete our survey now to let us know your feedback on our draft Strategy and Policy.
