What we will do

Be more accessible

We will keep working to make the City of Greater Geelong more accessible.

We will make sure new buildings are accessible.

We will create an accessible playground called the Rippleside Inclusive Playspace.

We will make the beach more accessible.

We will build more accessible toilets and changing rooms.

We will build more accessible parking in:

  • the centre of Geelong
  • other busy areas in the City of Greater Geelong.

We will share more information about the accessible parts of the City of Greater Geelong.

We will make this information more accessible.

For example, in Easy Read.

We will make an online map of the accessible parts of the City of Greater Geelong.

We will make our website more accessible.

We will make it easier for people to report things in the community that aren’t accessible.

Be more inclusive

We will work to make the City of Greater Geelong more inclusive.

We will support more inclusive public events.

We will make our swimming centres more inclusive by having certain times of the day when they aren’t too noisy or bright.

This will be through the Sensory Quiet Time program.

We will support more people with disability to take part in sport.

This will be through the Sport4All Program.

We will keep working with people with disability while we deliver our plan.

Support more people with disability to work

We will support more people with disability to work.

We will also make it more accessible for people to:

  • work with us
  • apply to work with us.

We will provide training for our staff to teach them about disability.

We will provide this training with support from people with disability.

We will ask people who understand disability to teach small businesses about:

  • hiring people with disability
  • supporting people with disability at work.

Improve community attitudes

Your attitude is what you:

  • think
  • feel
  • believe.

We will work to improve the community’s attitudes towards people with disability.

We will use social media to teach the community about people with disability.

This includes sharing stories about the strengths of people with disability.

We will support people with disability to create public art projects.

We will run a yearly awards night for people with disability from the City of Greater Geelong.

People with disability will decide:

  • what happens at the awards night
  • what awards people can win.

We will hold a yearly event for International Day of People with Disability.

We will work with people with disability to make this event.