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Strategies and actions to improve health
and wellbeing
The Plan outlines a range of priorities for the region’s focus
over the next 5 years.The Plan will be implemented by a range
of responsible agencies and partners, including Council.
The Strategic Activities within the Plan (at Section 8 ) are
categorised under the four themes of the SA State Health Plan
2013.They are -
• Stronger, Healthier Communities for all generations
• Increasing Opportunities for Healthy Living, Eating and
Being Active
• Preparing for Climate Change
• Sustaining and Improving Public and Environmental Health
The research and consultation has identified the key issues to
be addressed by this Plan, and the Plan’s Strategies reflect and
respond to these priorities, including the need for Council to
ensure focused and updated strategic planning and programs
are in place to address the key gaps and risks where Council
has a leading role.
This includes focused and informed planning in regard to –
• The rapidly evolving function and opportunities with
respect to Council’s Libraries and community facilities,
to ensure they actively support and benefit Council’s
diverse community needs and aspirations into the future.
A
Libraries and Community Facilities Strategy
is to be
developed to ensure this longer term planning is in place
• Undertaking a review and major update of Council’s
Sport
and Recreation Plan
, to both reflect the changing nature
of the population (for example, the recreational needs of
an ageing population), and also to enable and promote the
social and leadership connections that recreational and
sporting activities provide
• Developing a targeted
Healthy Living Program
to
implement Council’s responsibilities in enabling increased
options and access to healthy living, healthy eating, and
physical activity - focusing particularly on locations and
groups which the research shows are at higher risk of
poor health outcomes
• Developing a
Transport, Mobility, and Access Strategy
- to consolidate a range of current Council plans and
functions under an integrated umbrella ; to identify the
emerging needs of the population with regard to access
and mobility ; to respond to new urban planning trends
that raise issues for street design and traffic management
; to support improved public transport options and
pedestrian activity; and to be the platform for improved
co-ordination with State agencies in regard to transport
infrastructure and services planning in the Council area
• Developing a
New Arrivals Strategy
, to ensure Council’s
and related agencies’ investments and services are well
informed, and targeted most effectively to the emerging
needs (and opportunities) of a culturally diverse
population
• Preparation of a Council
Waste Management Strategy
to
ensure an efficient and effective long term framework is in
place to address significant waste management challenges,
including for hazardous materials
• Undertaking the preparation of Council’s
Emergency
Management Plan,
following the completion of the State’s
regional Zone Emergency Management Plans in 2015.
This will link with Council’s adaptation planning for climate
change.