Council
30 June, 2023
Disability inclusion on the agenda
RESIDENTS are invited to take part in a community information session focussed on discussing improved accessibility and inclusiveness for people living with disability.
Moyne Shire council is developing a new Disability Access and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) aimed at making its communities more accessible and inclusive for people living with disability.
Residents are invited to get involved by participating in a focus group session.
This session will be facilitated and run by Get Skilled Access, a disability inclusion consulting firm founded by wheelchair tennis champion, Paralympian and 2022 Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott.
The session will be held as a 60-minute webinar at 6:45pm on Thursday July 27.
A link will be sent prior to the webinar after registration of interest.
This focus group will be an online discussion with four categories of questions which align with council’s four pillars, and the same four pillars of the Disability Act.
These are inclusive communities; health, housing and wellbeing; fairness and safety; and opportunity and pride.
These pillars aim to have actions that work towards reducing barriers to persons with a disability accessing goods, services and facilities, obtaining and maintaining employment, and promoting inclusion and participation in the community.
They also aim to support achieving tangible changes in attitudes and practices which discriminate against persons living with a disability.
Moyne Shire mayor Cr Karen Foster said the focus group would have a conversational style and be a safe and secure place for people to speak openly and be listened to.
“Council encourages everyone to contribute to this process, to help it meet the diverse needs of people with disability who live, visit or work in Moyne Shire,” Cr Foster said.
“We want to focus on what accessibility and inclusion looks like to all stakeholders.”
Registration of interest can be made at https://www.moyne.vic.gov.au/Your-Say/Disability-access-and-inclusion-action-plan.
Places are limited and registrations will close at 12 noon on Wednesday, July 26, unless booked out earlier.
