2020-08-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 11 AUGUST 2020


   Council continue to collaborate
    and partner with Kabi Kabi
    Traditional Custodians on a range
    of initiatives. A highlight included
    working with members of the Kabi
    Kabi Crowe family to produce two
    short films Place of Crowes and
    Tewantin’s Oyster Feasts. The
    films are available online and were
    distributed to all local schools.
    They are regularly viewed and
    utilised     in    local   education
    programs.
   Regional sporting events were supported through Council’s community development team
    including hosting the Pakistan and West Indies Women T20 World Cup cricket teams for
    warm-up games, training and community engagement activities.
   The Seniors Health and Wellbeing Program (Ageing Well Noosa) commenced across the
    Shire. The program provides low-cost exercise classes for seniors to improve balance,
    strength and mobility and provide opportunities for older people to meet new people.
   Children from prep to year 6 participated in Council’s Walking Wheeling Wednesdays
    program which promotes walking and riding to school. The initiative helps keep kids active,
    while reducing traffic congestion.
   Digital education opportunities were provided to increase critical skills such as the Library and
    Digital Hubs ‘Fly for Good’ program which provided local high school girls learning in drone
    use and application to solve critical problems
   A motion led by Noosa Council in tandem with Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council at the
    Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) annual conference helped gain the
    support of Queensland local governments to endorse the Uluru Statement from the Heart and
    advocate for the constitutional recognition of First Nations peoples.
   Council continues to support and focus on recognising the important work of volunteers in our
    community. A ‘volunteer recognition’ event was hosted by Council and a promotional video
    was developed for our Noosa service clubs.
   Council continued to support community organisations with training to remain sustainable and
    manage current issues. Workshops and webinars covered workplace health & safety, fraud
    management, meeting legal and financial obligations and bouncing back after the pandemic.
   Council’s service facilities provided a range of innovative
    online programs through the COVID lockdown to help
    engage and connect our community.
   The refurbishment and repair of community buildings and
    sports facilities included restumping and repainting Wallace
    House (Noosa Arts & Crafts Assoc), repairing termite
    damage at the Tewantin SES and brought all community
    building fire services up to standard.
   Council allocated $27,000 to a Community Disaster
    Response and Recovery Grant to support community
    organisations that had immediate essential needs as a
    result of COVID-19.
   Council continued to provide its community grant program supporting our community groups.
    During 2019/20, we provided $849,525 in community grants to 163 recipients to support
    projects, acquisition of equipment or events. Council staff also facilitated a number of
    evening information sessions for community organisations to help improve their governance
    and grant writing skills. Details of the grant categories and amounts are set out below:

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