2018-05-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

BRANCH ACTIVITIES                   RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                             THE NEXT QUARTER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Develop and adopt the Noosa Shire      Successful delivery of the Queen’s         Review the 2006 Social Charter to            Initiate and facilitate first aid training
Social Strategy                          Baton         Relay        Community         ensure that it has sufficient focus on         for Heart Week for community group
                                         celebrations –it is estimated that           social justice and inclusiveness.              members
                                         there 10,000 people attended.              Application for master planning of           Implement actions from Arts and
                                       Hosted South-East Queensland                 Noosa and Cooroy sports complex’               Cultural Plan
                                         Local Government Sport and                   under the Get Planning Spaces                Implement actions from Sport and
                                         Recreation Forum in March 2018.              State Government funding program               Active Recreation Plan
                                       Noosa Sport and Active Recreation          Next Grow your Arts workshops                Create and facilitate event for
                                         Implementation Plan adopted by               (How to write a grant application,             National Volunteer Week
                                         Council.                                     QMusic partnership, looking at               Prepare a community status report
                                       Successfully launched the State              SCRC partnership for Arts Law                  based on outcomes from CPRT and
                                         Government funded Get Out Get                workshop in May)                               the wellbeing indicators for inclusion
                                         Active (GOGA) Program (Women’s             Current format of Youth Network                in Council's Annual Report
                                         physical activity program for 18-24yr        meetings to be revisited.                    Develop an on line tool that reports
                                         olds.                                      Lease negotiations with Cooroy                 on the social data for the Shire that
                                       Successfully launched the Game on            Memorial Hall Committee                        can      be    shared       with     local
                                         Qld funded (GOGA) Program                  Collaborative planning for Food                organisations
                                         (Teenager physical activity program          Bank in Noosa to support Breakfast           Assist United Synergies in the
                                         for 13-17yr olds).                           Club and emergency relief.                     planning of Booin Gari Festival –
                                       Full-Time Community Development            Grow Your Arts partnership with                September 2018
                                         Officer     –      Eadie      Hancock        Noosa      Gallery    for   Artist   in
                                         commenced as Kylie Finigan                   Residence (June/July)
                                         working part-time for next 12              Coordinate youth activities/network
                                         months.                                      and research into the pluses and
                                       Facilitated     Noosa      Community         minuses of a Junior Council and also
                                         Roundtable February 2018                     into mechanisms that other Councils
                                       Started review of Social Charter.            are using to garner young people’s
                                       Submitted nomination for LGMA                input and involvement in Council
                                         Excellence Award – Collaboration             business.
                                         Category for Noosa Community               Launch the State Government
                                         partnership Roundtable – Johns               funded Get Out Get Active (GOGA)
                                         Landing.                                     Program (Women’s physical activity
                                       Sixth edition of 'Grow your Arts'            program for 40 plus.
                                         quarterly e- newsletter distributed.       Support consultation process for the
                                       Promoted the Game on Qld funded              draft Cultural Plan
                                         (GOGA) Program (Come and Try
                                         Adventure Racing) – 100 places

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