CHILDREN and young people live, learn and play in local places that the Council run or look after. For this reason, Council wants to hear from them about the ways our neighbourhoods impact their ability to live happy, healthy, and connected lives.
Greater Shepparton City Council are partnering with the Faculty of Education at Monash University and VicHealth to deliver the ‘Kids Co-Designing Healthy Places’ program, which aims to support local councils to work on designing places with kids through a range of online tools and guidance.
Looking after the health of people in our community is one of the important jobs that local councils do. Greater Shepparton’s ‘Municiple Public Health and Wellbeing Plan’ guides how Council will work over coming years to make our neighbourhood a healthier place to live.
“We really need your help, or specifically we need your kids’ help!” said mayor, Cr Shane Sali.
“We are going to be designing places and spaces that children and young people use including local streets, parks, playgrounds, sportsgrounds, libraries, and shopping areas. We want to know what they think what they would like to see in their neighbourhood.”
“It’s really important that we have your young persons’ input and ideas which will help us to plan for and build healthier places for you, your family, and everyone else.”
“By including our young people’s voices and involving them in the design process we can build healthier futures together,” said Cr Sali.
Families interested in providing feedback for a healthy future in our region can visit https://shaping.greatershepparton.com.au/ to participate or look out for the insert in The Adviser next Wednesday, July 20.
