The below is a snapshot of our role in safety:

Developing individual and community responsibility

• Education regarding childhood injury prevention and child protection
• Falls prevention awareness for older people
• Information / education about responsible social behaviour
• Responsible pet ownership
• Encouraging reporting

Connecting people in community life through supporting and delivering programs

• Community development projects in neighbourhoods
• Support for community social and recreation groups in local areas (harnessing community connection)
• Arts and cultural activities that engage people of all ages (community and place connection)
• Support for sporting clubs and activities (liquor licensing maintenance of reserves)

Planning building and maintaining safe community places and environments

• Use of safe design principles in planning
• Use of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles
• Regulation of land use activities
• Provision and maintenance of street lighting
• Provision of facilities for social recreation learning and community access
• Facilitating busy and vibrant public places spaces and activities
• Ensuring access and inclusion requirements are met in project delivery
• Management of closed - circuit television cameras (CCTV)

Partnering with other community safety organisations and groups

• Assisting groups to identify and secure funding opportunities
• Prevention of violence against women and children (working in partnership with support agencies in the service delivery sector on education and awareness raising campaigns)
• Promoting gender equity
• Workplace safety campaigns with partners

Managing risks and minimising hazard in the community

• Emergency management planning and response
• Fire prevention
• Food safety regulation and enforcement
• Graffiti clean - up and prevention
• Ensuring compliance with legislative responsibilities
• Liquor licensing applications
• Road safety campaigns and programs including pothole management
• Safe trading in public places
• Dumped rubbish
• Waste management
• Enforcing safety regulations
• Events management (ensuring events are compliant with safety requirements)