What we will do
Be more accessible
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We will keep working to make the City of Greater Geelong more accessible. |
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We will make sure new buildings are accessible. |
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We will create an accessible playground called the Rippleside Inclusive Playspace. |
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We will make the beach more accessible. |
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We will build more accessible toilets and changing rooms. |
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We will build more accessible parking in:
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We will share more information about the accessible parts of the City of Greater Geelong. |
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We will make this information more accessible. For example, in Easy Read. |
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We will make an online map of the accessible parts of the City of Greater Geelong. |
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We will make our website more accessible. |
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We will make it easier for people to report things in the community that aren’t accessible. |
Be more inclusive
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We will work to make the City of Greater Geelong more inclusive. |
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We will support more inclusive public events. |
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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. |
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We will support more people with disability to take part in sport. This will be through the Sport4All Program. |
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We will keep working with people with disability while we deliver our plan. |
Support more people with disability to work
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We will support more people with disability to work. |
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We will also make it more accessible for people to:
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We will provide training for our staff to teach them about disability. We will provide this training with support from people with disability. |
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We will ask people who understand disability to teach small businesses about:
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Improve community attitudes
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Your attitude is what you:
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We will work to improve the community’s attitudes towards people with disability. |
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We will use social media to teach the community about people with disability. |
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This includes sharing stories about the strengths of people with disability. |
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We will support people with disability to create public art projects. |
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We will run a yearly awards night for people with disability from the City of Greater Geelong. People with disability will decide:
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We will hold a yearly event for International Day of People with Disability. We will work with people with disability to make this event. |