Community support and services planning

Initiatives, strategies, projects and studies in this section have been developed and undertaken to find out more about the local community and guide the direction of planning human services in the Warnervale/Wadalba Urban Release Area.

A Community Support and Human Services Strategy described facilities and services that would be located in the area and how agencies would work together. Seven social outcomes were identified as important to the quality of life of local residents:

• A learning community – where learning is valued.
      
• A healthy community – enjoying an overall sense of well-being.
      
• A prosperous community – with a resilient economy and rewarding employment.
      
• A safe community – with access to a co-ordinated support system.
      
• A community at play – with a range of recreational and cultural activities.
      
• A connected community – connected to the local neighbourhood, district and region.

Community Facilities Study

This study presents findings and recommendations of a range of community facilities within the proposed Warnervale Town Centre. The proposed facilities are a key component of the town centre. Six community facilities have been identified as being core to the proposed Warnervale Town Centre. These six community facilities are:

• Community Art & Cultural Facility.
      
• Community Development and Learning Centre.
      
• Indoor Recreation & Aquatic Centre.
      
• Integrated Child & Family Centre.
      
• North Wyong Primary Care Network.
      
• Youth facilities (including a services centre, training café and retail enterprise)

Integrated Child and Family Centre

This is planned for the new Warnervale town centre. Over the next two years, Wyong Shire Council, local families, community groups and service providers will carry out detailed planning of the centre.

The move is a way of getting groups and services in the area to work together for the benefit of families from Warnervale/Wadalba through to Gorokan/San Remo/Blue Haven/Budgewoi and up to Lake Munmorah/Mannering Park/ Gwandalan/ Summerland Point. Community groups often play a key role in raising awareness of the needs of the local area. The opinions and ideas of local families are vital to ensure that services understand what needs to happen in order to make the area child focused and family friendly. By working with local groups we also hope to benefit the whole community by generating ideas for community events and projects that help to raise the profile of the area and the groups involved.

If individual families or local groups have ideas about what types of activities or services should be available from the centre, please contact Linden Rhodes on (02) 4350 5433 or linden.rhodes@wyong.nsw.gov.au.. If you have ideas about family and community activities you would like to see happen in your local area, also feel free to pass them on.

Social Capital and Development Project

This study began in 2000 to explore the changes in the “fabric” (meaning the relationships, connections and feelings about living in the local community) of the existing and new community over time.

See the results (PDF - 830 KB)

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