This action plan contains four appendices.
Action Plan Development Age-friendly Cities Appendices CEO Message Co-design Process Demographic Profile Evaluation Framework: Telling the story Implementation and Monitoring Introduction Mayor’s Message Positive Ageing Strategy 2022-2025 - Action Plan References
This action plan contains four appendices.
Positive outcomes for older people are impacted by a number of other policies and strategies at international, state, and local levels. Implementation of this action plan will be both informed by and add value to these.
| Strategy / Policy | Intent |
|---|---|
| International | |
| World Health Organisation Age Friendly Cities Guide | Provides guidance on the 8 domains for an age-friendly city / community. |
| Federal | |
| No supporting strategies / policies specific to age-friendly communities | |
| State | |
| Ageing Well in a Changing World | Report by the Commissioner for Senior Victorians in 2020, including feedback from a consultation session held in Greater Geelong. This report has informed the development of the state government’s ageing well action plan. It identifies the 8 attributes of ageing well:
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| Ageing Well Action Plan 2022-2026 | Underpinned by the principle of ageing in place
Aligned focus areas are intergenerational connections, digital literacy, and reducing ageism.Local |
| Local (in alphabetical order) | |
| Access and Inclusion Plan 2018-2022 | Under review Provides information on ways that the City continues to work on building an accessible and inclusive community for all |
| Asset Management Plan 2022-2032 | Outlines how our physical assets will be managed and maintained over the next 10 years, including roads, kerb and channel, bridges, draining and footpaths, as well as social infrastructure such as buildings, open spaces, arts and culture and recreation facilities |
| Ba-gurrk: Gender Equity Framework & Implementation Plan | New 12-month action plan under development This framework aims to eliminate barriers and acknowledge and celebrate the crucial role that women and girls play in our economy and our community, and the importance of working together to create an equitable future for all. It acknowledges that older women are at risk of homelessness. |
| Community Safety Framework | Under development |
| Integrated Transport Plan | Under development NB. Department of Transport plan and manage bus routes Active transport infrastructure is also implemented through the Shared Trails Masterplan and Better Bike Connections project |
| Multicultural Action Plan 2018-2022 | New 12-month action plan under development This plan guides Council to think, plan and deliver inclusively in response to the diverse needs of our increasingly culturally diverse population. |
| Municipal Early Years Plan 2018-2022 | New Plan under development This plan aims to improve the health and wellbeing of children aged 0-8 years in the City of Greater Geelong. |
| Open Space Council Policy | Open Space Strategy – under development This policy outlines the City’s commitment to the provision and maintenance of open space for the recreational and leisure needs of the community. Its implementation includes the need for seating and shade along linear paths. |
| Reconciliation Action Plan | Our Reconciliation Action Plan builds on advancing a positive relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and non-Indigenous people, demonstrating respect and self-determination for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples ensuring equality of opportunity and access in all dealings with the community. |
| Vision Zero Geelong: Safe Local Travel 2022-27 | Our Road Safety Strategy outlines an ambitious vision of no deaths and serious injuries on Greater Geelong roads by 2050. It recognises the vulnerability of pedestrians and cyclists by aiming to reduce risks for active transport users. |
| Social Equity Framework 2022-2025 | The Social Equity Framework aims to ensure fair and equitable access to all the City’s services and facilities, regardless of gender, age, background, and ability. It looks at six key areas that support equity: fairness, access, voice, participation, inclusion, and empowerment. It acknowledges that older people face barriers to equity and provides an overarching, whole-of-Council supportive framework for the Positive Ageing Strategy and Action Plan. |
| Social Housing Plan 2020-2041 | The Plan aligns with the City’s Settlement Strategy and its overarching purpose is to facilitate an increase in the supply of social housing. It reflects the community values of access to affordable housing and support for vulnerable community members, acknowledging that older women are at risk of homelessness. The Plan provides a framework designed to meet the housing needs of the lowest income households in the community. |
| Social Infrastructure Plan – Generation 1 2020-2023 | The Plan outlines the needs of our community, including for positive ageing, investment priorities relating to social infrastructure and the way forward to ensure that people know what is planned in the place that they live. It provides Council’s position in intergenerational community hubs. Refer to Appendix 2. Generation 2 under development |
Community Meeting and Program Spaces Network
The Social Infrastructure Plan outlines the needs of our community, investment priorities and the way forward to ensure that people know what is planned in the place that they live. Generation One of the Plan outlines 13 individual networks covering a diverse range of community places, spaces, and services.
This network specifically relates to community hubs, multipurpose community halls/rooms, neighbourhood houses or community centres, Senior Citizens centres, men’s / community sheds and community gardens.
The network report provides four strategic focus areas for optimising the community spaces network, one of which is to focus on intergenerational community hubs.
Implementation of the Positive Ageing Strategy must align with this direction.
View the Community Meeting and Program Spaces Network Report.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) and Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV): Download the PDF document Age-friendly Cities and Communities: Information Kit for Local Government
Department of Health: Dementia-friendly Environments
Heart Foundation: Healthy Active Ageing
Victorian State Government:
Victoria Walks: Senior Victorians and walking: obstacles and opportunities, Summary Report 2013
World Health Organisation (WHO):
The following action ideas were developed as part of the co-design process, however, did not receive sufficient votes to be included in the 2022-2025 action plan or could not be included due to resourcing concerns.
These action ideas could be considered for future years, or if there are changes to priorities or resourcing within Council.
| Action Idea |
|---|
| Theme 1: People as they age live in a safe welcoming and strongly connected local communities. |
| Investigate and promote the number of accessible toilets in public community settings. |
| Benchmark Council managed public spaces against Age Friendly Cities Guidelines in key shopping precincts. |
| Consider feedback from the Ageing Well Advisory Committee on the location of new CCTVs. |
| Increase understanding of programming and allocation of shared community spaces in our City. |
| Investigate an awareness campaign to promote use of e-bikes. |
| Provide a range of courses for participation by older people. |
| Develop a network of service providers for older people. |
| Create social connections between older people and people experiencing homelessness. |
| Promote access free public WiFi. |
| Promote digital inclusion for older people via a community event. |
| Investigate suitable tools to enable closing the loop on customer requests. |
| Develop a localised home safety checklist / resource for engaging contractors. |
| Theme 2: People, as they age, are respected, supported, and encouraged to participate as active citizens in building strong local communities. |
| Investigate developing a ‘living librarian’ program with Geelong Regional Libraries. |
| Identify greater opportunities to promote volunteering in our City, including how and where to find out information. |
| Testing of new, ‘community-facing’ digital platforms for older people to ensure accessibility. |
| Partner with Study Geelong to investigate home share opportunities for students. |
| Theme 3: People, as they age, have access to places, spaces, and services |
| Investigate options to prioritise parking for older vulnerable people. |
| Increase awareness amongst local businesses and organisations of the ability to request accessible parking spaces. |
| Improve infrastructure to encourage active transport. |
| Consider active transport improvements in Precinct Structure Plans to encourage older people to use active transport (NB: This is focused on long term outcomes). |
| Facilitate community led walkability audits of priority locations. |
| Improve lighting for night-time walking in accordance with principles of Community Safety Framework. |
| Investigate the opportunity for a mobility aids recycling scheme. |
| Promote My Aged Care to our City. |
| Understand the investment all levels of government provide for people as they age. |
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