2015-12-08 I&S Committee - Item 5 - Attach 1 - NOOSA SOCIAL STRATEGY

•   The impact of reforms in Commonwealth and State           •   Gaps in public and community transport across
    Government funding: This includes NDIS and Aged               the Shire have led to high car dependency for Shire
    Care Reform. The rapidly changing policy and fiscal           residents and restrict access to support services,
    environments are inevitably impacting on Council,             employment and social options particularly for
    the Noosa community, individual residents and                 hinterland residents and young people.
    organisations servicing Noosa residents.
                                                              •   Ageing community facilities: Many of Noosa’s
•   Developing a whole of community response to                   community facilities were built more than twenty
    issues such as domestic violence, alcohol, drug               or thirty years ago and now require maintenance or
    and gambling addiction. There is a need for more              replacement in a restricted fiscal environment. Many
    information, community awareness of and support               facilities will need to be adapted to address changing
    for evidenced based prevention initiatives to address         and growing community needs.
    these issues.
                                                              •   Build and Maintain Social Capital: In a community
•   Different needs and expectations between residents            where people have moved from afar and children
    compared with visitors resulting in conflicting               often move away, people can feel isolated or not part
    priorities for allocation of resource and use of public       of their community, particularly in times of need.
    spaces. This will be compounded as the population
    to the north and south of Noosa continues to grow.