Building a healthy, safe and inclusive Kingston
Background
During 2021 we have been working closely with our community to develop a new Community Vision and a new Public Health and Wellbeing Plan. To view the details of the Public Health and Wellbeing Plan project, please click here.
Council adopted the Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2021-25 on 25 October 2021. A designed version will be coming soon - you can view the Plan using the link above or view it in the Documents section of this page.
The Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2021–2025 has identified five priority areas (Goals) and a number of health and wellbeing issues we will address, with our key partners.
We are developing six Plans that will provide more detail about specific actions for 2021-2025:
- Disability Action Plan
- Safe and Secure Action Plan
- Healthy and Well Action Plan
- Positive Ageing Action Plan
- Multicultural Action Plan
- Prevention of Family Violence Action Plan.
The Action Plans are cross-Council plans that involve collaboration with a range of different Council teams and community partners. If you are interested in the previous Action Plans, you can view them in the Documents section of this page.
Have your say on the content of the Action Plans
You can participate in a number of ways:
- Completing our community survey about what needs to be done here
- Add your idea to improve health and wellbeing here - type your idea or add a photo or image
- Come and talk to us at one of our community consultation events - see Key Dates for details.
Consultation will be open until 5pm Monday 20 December 2021
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Post an image and/or write a comment telling us what actions or initiatives we should implement. You can post as many ideas as you like, or contribute by clicking the heart button on other people's ideas that you support.
We’re interested in your ideas about a wide range of topics: physical activity, healthy eating, mental health, reducing harm from addiction, community safety, reducing family violence, community connection and participation, the health impacts of climate change, social housing, the local economy, access to facilities, open spaces, health and wellbeing information and lifelong learning.
We are collecting your information for this consultation. The information you provide will be used to help make decisions on this matter. If you post an idea as a Member it will be attributed to your user-name. Summarised responses may be made publicly available, and will always be de-identified.
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14 days ago
Improve infrastructure and facilities at Spring Road Reserve, Dingley.
Spring Road Reserve is a large open space that is in desperate need for planting, picnic tables, shelter and activities (e.g. basketball hoop, water play). This would encourage more people to be physically active and provide opportunities for community connection.
7 days ago
Health and well-being
The priority areas are good. To implement them I would work with local elc/kinder. You can guide a lot of this with the right tools and training for them to implement and have specialists they can call on when needing advice. You can encourage families not commented to a kinder to go on a join a parenting session that is getting there or to join one of the children’s cooking classes so they can start to feel connected and can hopefully integrate into the centre
6 days ago
Outdoor recreation amenities at Spring and Rowan's Road Reserves in Dingley; basketball/soccer court, exercise/ninja setup, new playgrounds.
Rowan's Road and Spring Road Reserve Sport and Rec upgrades are required to enhance health and wellbeing, and increase community participation in these large open spaces. These amenities should be modelled off those situated at Burden Park in Springvale South, and include hybrid basketball/soccer court, ninja course, exercise equipment, and new/upgraded playgrounds.
14 days ago
Encourage culture change for people to feel safe walking after dark, especially women.
So many women in our community do not feel safe walking around our areas after dark - which can be the only time available for them to exercise. Improving lighting and encouraging more people to walk in the evening would make people feel safer to walk after dark.
8 days ago
Construct a Pedestrian Overpass at the intersection of Nepean Hwy and Charman/Chesterville Rd.
To improve safety for pedestrians crossing the highway. The current islands are small and there is little room for prams, scooters, wheelchairs etc. The light cycles are short for slow walkers and children. Overpass will improve accessibility to and from the station for pedestrians.
Documents
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2021-2025 Public Health and Wellbeing Plan (2.4 MB) (pdf)
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Previous Action Plans
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2015-2019 Disability Action Plan (568 KB) (pdf)
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2019-2021 Prevention of Family Violence Action Plan (7.68 MB) (pdf)
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2018-2021 Multicultural Action Plan (389 KB) (pdf)
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2014-2019 Positive Ageing Plan (1.61 MB) (pdf)
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2018-2021 Safe and Secure Action Plan (369 KB) (pdf)
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2018-2021 Healthy and Well Action Plan (461 KB) (pdf)
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Who's Listening
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Phone 1300 653 356 Email yoursay@kingston.vic.gov.au