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A new Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan

Council plays a vital role in protecting and promoting health and wellbeing for our community across all life stages. As a leader, partner, advocate and planner, Council is committed to creating a healthier future for everyone.

To guide us in this, we are starting work on a new Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan which will consider ways to create and improve the physical, social, natural, cultural, and economic environments to promote and enhance health and wellbeing in our municipality.

It will consider

  • where and how Council is best placed to take action, informed by the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2023-27 and;
  • deliver an updated Health and Wellbeing Data Book with the most up-to-date data on health status and determinants in our municipality.

In previous years, the Municipal Health and Wellbeing Plan was included in the four-year Council Plan, but for this coming cycle we will be developing a standalone Municipal Health and Wellbeing Plan.

In August 2024, we asked our community to share the health and well-being issues that matter most to them and their community.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the conversation. We are currently reviewing feedback and will come back with further updates in the new year.

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Upcoming community workshop - 25 November 2024

Council is hosting a Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan stakeholder workshop to help shape Maribyrnong's community health and wellbeing priorities.

The workshop aims to:

  • gather feedback on community health and wellbeing priorities
  • facilitate an open dialogue on how we can collaboratively enhance health and wellbeing
  • share ideas to strengthen our community.

Input from the workshop, alongside the recent community survey, will help inform the new Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2025-29 which will be shared for feedback in March 2025.

Workshop event details:

  • Date and time: Monday 25 November 2024, 10am-2pm
  • Venue: Henry Turner South Pavilion, Maribyrnong Boulevard Footscray.

Please register for the workshop by 22 November 2024.

Current health and wellbeing outcome areas

  • Healthy and active

    A healthy and active Maribyrnong fosters opportunities for all who live, work, play and learn in the City to achieve positive physical, mental and social wellbeing. It is connected, vibrant and safe, and enables active transport and formal and informal accessible opportunities for creativity, recreation and physical activity. We will provide opportunities for everyone to achieve positive physical, mental and social wellbeing.

  • Fair and inclusive

    A fair and inclusive Maribyrnong is welcoming and celebrates culture and diversity, and recognises the disparity in health and social wellbeing outcomes and our role in addressing the root causes of inequity. We recognise health as a human right, and our role in protecting and promoting this. It also builds on the strengths and assets of our community through collaboration, respect and partnership.

  • Green and sustainable

    A green and sustainable Maribyrnong is actively tackling the health impacts of the climate emergency, through greening spaces, improving air quality and working with communities to adapt to climate issues, partnering and advocating to reduce future and existing greenhouse gas emissions. It is also clean and protects and preserves the natural environment for now and future generations.