The Northern Grampians Shire is currently seeking community feedback about the draft Sport and Active Recreation Strategy 2023-33. Could clubs, associations and groups please only submit one response on behalf of the entire club, association or group. The draft document can be found on this page and the survey can be found by clicking here. The survey will be open until Friday 29 March 2024.
The NGSC Sport and Active Recreation Strategy 2023-33 is all about the who and how different spaces are used for sport and active recreation and what is needed over the next ten years to support their use. The strategy informs the plan of how the council will need to develop these spaces over the next ten years to meet the community's needs for sport and active recreation.
This strategy works in harmony with the NGSC Open Space Strategy and Active Transport Plan 2023-33 (which is about the where and how different open spaces are and how the community get to them, and what is needed over the next ten years to support the size, number and ways to get to these open spaces) to inform the way the council plans for the development and management of open spaces, their use, and the transport to these places, across the next ten years.
It is important to refresh the strategic guidance for sport and recreation infrastructure, programming, and desired outcomes for the shire for the next ten years to ensure Northern Grampians Shire continues to progress.
Key project objectives include:
- Increase participation opportunities in sport and active recreation through the development of new or existing infrastructure
- Improve participation of under-represented groups and improve physical and mental health and wellbeing in communities experiencing long-term socio-economic disadvantage, growth areas, and areas affected by natural disaster
- Support gender equality and inclusive participation of women and girls in local sport by investing in well-designed and high-quality facilities
- Support strategic planning to ensure infrastructure investment is sustainable and builds a road to recovery
- Develop local economic activity through the planning, building, management, and activation of redeveloped or new infrastructure
- Develop local economic activity through the planning, building, management, and activation of new or redeveloped infrastructure