Women in Leadership event

Hear Australian netballer Sharelle McMahon and a panel of other inspiring women share their stories at a free event this month.

Sharelle will join a panel including; Yarra Ranges Councillors Samantha Dunn, Maria McCarthy and Fiona McAllister, WNBL player and captain of the Swinburne Kilsyth Lady Cobras Chantella Perera and Metabolic Nutritional and Certified Body Transformation Specialist Annette Shepherd.

When: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Where: Club Kilsyth, Cnr Canterbury Rd & Colchester Rd, Kilsyth
Time: 6.15pm start

The free event will conclude with a light supper.

Places are limited and bookings can be made to Roxann Jenkins 9294 6370 or r.jenkins@yarraranges.vic.gov.au

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Community Safety Plan - Give Us Your Thoughts!

The term “Community Safety” covers a wide range of issues beyond the prevention of injury and crime in the Yarra Ranges. And it was this kind of thinking that led to the development of a Community Safety Plan – a strategy that we want your input on!

Council’s Community Safety team paired up with a number of local health, emergency and social services providers to identify the most pressing Community Safety issues in our region, and formed a Community Safety Steering Committee to come up with some ideas on how to address these. The group’s findings are detailed in the Community Safety Plan.

The six Priority Areas that the plan focuses on are:

·        Alcohol

·        Emergencies

·        Falls

·        Family Violence

·        Roads

·        Suicide

The draft Plan was recently released, and will be available for comment until Monday 2 September. Community Safety affects all Yarra Ranges residents, and we’d encourage you to take a look at the documents and have your say.

 View the Community Safety Plan here

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Help Us Shape the DAMP!

Freddy and Jack

What is a DAMP? It stands for "Domestic Animal Management Plan" and is a document used by Council's Local Laws team to guide their focus on all things pet-related.

A draft version of the DAMP that covers the next four years (2013 - 2017) was endorsed by Council last week, and is now out for public consultation.
Pet owners in Yarra Ranges are encouraged to read the plan, and give us any feedback on it by visiting www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/DAMP

We've also enlisted the help of a couple of furry residents who are directly impacted by the DAMP to help explain some of the plan's key areas of focus.

Check out the first in a series of videos starring Freddy and Jack below. And keep an eye out for more of Freddy and Jack's adventures in coming weeks.

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