Warrnambool - a Healthy City 2017-2021
SEEKING YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE REVISED PLAN
The 2017-2021 health and wellbeing plan for Warrnambool has been prepared and Council is asking the community for feedback.
The draft plan and the community engagement learnings summary can be downloaded from this page.
What’s changed in the 2017-2021 draft plan?
- The draft plan’s goals and objectives have been revised to better align with the
Victorian State Government’s Outcomes Framework
and SWPCP’s Integrated Health Promotion Plan (IHP) - The priority issues included in the previous plan remain for 2017 – 2021.
These are:
Physical activity
Violence against women and children
Healthy eating
Mental (social & emotional) wellbeing
Harmful use of alcohol
Access to programs and services
Smoking
Employment (economic participation)
Educational attainment and life-long learning - The issue of drugs has been added to the list of priority issues as a result of feedback from the community survey and also at the request of Council’s Health and Wellbeing Community Advisory Committee. To give effect to this change, the objective of reducing harm from alcohol has been amended to include “other drugs”.
- New baseline measures, which align with the Victorian Outcomes Framework and utilise findings from the WCC survey on health and wellbeing issues, have been included to improve reporting on the progress of the plan over time.
Council would appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback about how the plan can be improved to better support the community’s health and wellbeing over the next four years.
Comments will be accepted until 5pm on Friday 15th September.
Feedback can be emailed to communityplanning [at] warrnambool [dot] vic [dot] gov [dot] au or posted to PO Box 198, Warrnambool 3280.
Should you have any queries about the draft plan please contact Lisa McLeod, Manager Community Planning & Policy on 5559 4959.