Anglesea To Speak Out

Event Date: Saturday, 14 October 2006
Place: Anglesea Shopping Precinct
Time: 10am - 3pm

Speak Out is a fun interactive opportunity for you to have a say about Anglesea and its surrounds.

Whether you are concerned about the environment or the level or type of recreational facilities and support services available, on Saturday October 14 you have a unique opportunity to record , your views in creative and thought provocative ways.

Speak Out will take place from 10am - 3pm in the heart of Anglesea's shopping precinct, in front of 38° South and the Cool Sea surf shop.

Stalls, staffed by experienced Surf Coast Shire personnel, will give you information and offer creative activities to express your ideas relating to a broad range of issues including youth, environment, children's services, Anglesea Riverbank Master Plan, older members of the community, and Local Area Planning.

Your ideas and input will be recorded by a scribe and via an array of creative methods including hand painting on a large communal canvas. Participants will also be invited to mark where they live on a large map.

Community engagement facilitator, Chad Foulkes, says feedback received at Speak Out will be collated and a summary report ,of ideas and concerns distributed to all those who take part in the event.

"This feedback is valuable as it will help to identify the needs and aspirations of the community whether they relate to ' childcare, transport, employment or the recreational and environmental concerns of the Anglesea riverbank" Mr Foulkes says.

"Once we have collated feedback, we are then in a better position to work with the community to achieve some positive outcomes. Local Area Planning , groups will be established to target resources and funding and help people form networks and develop skills to accomplish some specific community goals," he says.

Mr Foulkes thanks Anglesea businesses including 38° South, Cool Sea surf shop, Jums, Laneway Cafe, the Anglesea Bakery, Trailhead Bike Company and Furio's for supporting Speak Out and providing yummy food to participants. Surf Coast Shire would also like to thank the Anglesea Community Bendigo, Batik for part sponsorship of the event.

Speak. Out is a collaborative , event and representatives from Barwon Health, the Department of Human Services, Glastonbury and Bethany family services will also be present on the day to hear your ideas and concerns.

Anglesea Speak Out is the first of a series of events that will give people an opportunity to express bow' they feel about the areas where they live.

A similar event will beheld at the Aireys Inlet School Fair on November 4 with other events planned for Deans Marsh, Winchelsea, and Moriac across the next 12-months.

For more information about Speak Out, visit www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au A-Z listing `L' for Localarea' Speak Out.

Alternatively, contact Chad Foulkes on 52610540.