The Living Well Latrobe Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2021-2025 identified the following areas our community highlighted as important to be able to achieve a healthy, safe, vibrant and connected community.
Safety at home
- Be vocal supports and active participants in the eradication of family violence
- Promote a more gender equitable community by developing our workforce, educating the community and building an understanding of the underlying causes of family violence
- Work with the key partners including state government on implementing “Ending Family Violence – Victoria’s plan for change” (10 year plan)
- Work with partners to enable responsive, flexible and culturally appropriate support for those who have been affected by family violence
- Work with community groups to promote online safety.
Safety in our community
- Support stronger relationships and partnerships between the police and the community
- Encourage clubs, community groups and services to provide safe, welcoming and inclusive environments for all
- Consider innovative ways to re invigorate empty shop fronts to add brightness and vibrancy to our street scapes
- Work with the police and agencies to respond to public perceptions of safety
- Work with neighbourhood centres, houses and hubs to build local connections and support school and neighbourhood renewal projects
- Work creatively to develop initiatives to prevent those in our community from entering or re-entering the criminal justice system and look at ways to support re-entry into the community
- Address pedestrian and transport safety needs – consider pedestrian crossings, bike and walking paths, hoon behaviour, lighting and community prevention activities
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