2018-02-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                      6 FEBRUARY 2018


COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                    RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Develop and adopt the Noosa Social      Fifth edition of 'Grow your Arts' e-         Next Grow your Arts workshops.             Review the 2006 Social Charter to
Strategy                                  newsletter distributed.                      Next Youth Network meeting.                  ensure that it has sufficient focus on
                                        Community       engagement       phase       Adoption of the Sport and Active             social justice and inclusiveness.
                                          complete of the Regional Difficult to          Recreation Implementation Plan             Sixth edition of the Grow Your Arts
                                          Locate Sports Facility Plan for sports       Recruiting a Full-Time 12 month              E- news April 2018
                                          outside of scope of the Sport and              Community Development Officer              Reconvene          the        Community
                                          Active Recreation Plan                         position.                                    Roundtable with a focus on
                                        Grant funding secured through                Seeking providers to deliver the Get         affordable          housing           and
                                          Queensland Government to assist                Out Get Active (GOGA) Program                homelessness
                                          Council to deliver Queen’s Baton               Active Teenagers Program                   Queen’s Baton Relay celebrations
                                          Relay Community celebrations.                Delivery of the Active 18-24 year old      Distribute second annual Sunshine
                                        Undertaken consultation with women             and Teenagers Get Out Get Active             Coast Volunteering Survey on behalf
                                          and local businesses around the                (GOGA) program.                              of     Sunshine Coast Volunteer
                                          State Government grant for Get Out           Assist Coast Guard’s to deliver a            Stakeholder Reference Group
                                          Get     Active     (GOGA)      Program         National     Water     Safety    Day       Initiate and facilitate first aid training
                                          (Women’s physical activity program             community event 15th May 2018.               for Heart Week for community group
                                          for 18-24yr olds).                           Assist United Synergies in the               members
                                        Undertaken        consultation     with        planning of Booin Gari Festival 2018       Research into the pluses and
                                          teenagers for Game on Qld Grant              Strategic Planning assistance for            minuses of a Junior Council and also
                                          (GOGA)         Program       (Teenager         Cooroy Memorial Hall Committee               into mechanisms that other Councils
                                          physical activity program for 13-17yr        Collaborative planning for Food              are using to garner young people’s
                                          olds).                                         Bank in Noosa to support Breakfast           input and involvement in Council
                                        Grow Your Arts program partnered               Club and emergency relief.                   business.
                                          with Sunshine Beach Skate Park               Support completion of Arts and             Implement actions from Arts and
                                          Launch (local youth bands)                     Cultural Plan                                Cultural Plan
                                        International Volunteers Day Picnic          Arts Breakfast with Sunshine Coast         Deliver Grow Your Arts workshops
                                          Brunch was held with over 150                  Creative Alliance – Peppers Resort
                                          volunteers attending and enjoying,
                                          dancing even, to Park Bench
                                          Ukulele players.
                                        Facilitated     quarterly      Northern
                                          Sunshine Coast Network Meeting
                                          (20     individual    social    service
                                          organisations attended)



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