Draft Community Engagement Strategy 2022-2026
Feedback on the draft Community Engagement Strategy 2022-2026 is now closed. Thank you to those who took the time to provide feedback.
Council endorsed the final Strategy at its meeting on Tuesday 5 April. To find out how the feedback from the engagement stage was considered as part of the final draft, please visit read the engagement summary report.
Please check back to this page for more updates or register for the Community Engagement eNewsletter, which contains lots of information about our community engagement projects and how you can get involved. It also includes updates on engagement activities.
Community engagement is about the Glen Eira community shaping Council directions, decisions and actions that affect, impact or interest them. We have developed a draft Community Engagement Strategy 2022-2026 which sets out our approach to community engagement, ensuring the decisions we make are well-informed and transparent.
The draft Strategy outlines who the Glen Eira community is and what we have heard so far about what they value and how they like to be engaged. It captures the community’s own vision for its engagement and incorporates that vision into six strategic themes which acknowledge that the key to successful community engagement is a productive and collaborative partnership between Council and the community.
The strategic themes are:
- Reach a diverse range of people by taking a more targeted approach.
- Connecting with young people and children.
- Provide convenient and easy engagement options.
- Community participation in deliberative engagement.
- Report back to the community.
- Evaluate and share lessons to improve practice.
Over the next four years, we aim to increase public participation in Council’s decision-making by addressing each of these strategic themes through well-planned and thorough engagement with the community and our stakeholders.