We All Belong: a Strategy for an inclusive Mornington Peninsula community

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The Shire wants to make sure the Peninsula is welcoming, diverse and an inclusive place to live, work and play. We also want to create opportunities for all residents to thrive and reach their full potential.

To help realise our vision of a truly inclusive Mornington Peninsula, we’re developing We All Belong: A Strategy for an inclusive Mornington Peninsula community (‘We All Belong’).

Once complete, this strategy will provide strategic direction for the planning, coordination and delivery of programs, activities and services that enhance wellbeing, inclusion and diversity over the next five years.

We want to engage with residents at key life stages – children, young people and older adults – and priority population groups, including people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with a disability, and LGBTIQA+ and gender diverse communities.

Why develop We All Belong: a strategy for an inclusive Mornington Peninsula community?

We All Belong will replace several existing and planned strategies and plans (except for our Reconciliation Action Plan, Universal Design Policy and Gender Equality Strategy) and bring all actions for key life stages and priority population groups under one document.

By combining all these plans under the ‘one roof’, we can approach our planning and service delivery more comprehensively. For instance, instead of working across various separate strategies, we can align our efforts (where it makes sense to do so) to achieve better outcomes for our communities.

This integrated approach recognises that people have many sides to their identity, such as ethnicity, gender, age, religion, and more. These aspects can sometimes result in overlapping forms of discrimination and marginalisation, known as intersectionality.

We All Belong will help us to meet and deliver on our various State and Federal legislative requirements, including the Disability Act 2006, Age Discrimination Act 2004, Equal Opportunity Act 2010, and Racial Discrimination Act 1975 – just to name a few.

How will the Strategy be created?

We All Belong will be an important strategic document, so it’s critical we get it right. We’ll be consulting with Shire committees and reference groups to make sure the voice and lived experience of priority groups are captured during the development, monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy.

But we also want to hear from you:

  • How connected do you feel to your community?
  • What would an inclusive community look or feel like to you?
  • Have you ever felt unwelcome or discriminated against?

Your feedback could help to inform the development of programs, services and activities that improve wellbeing, inclusion and diversity on the Peninsula over the next five years.

Mornington Peninsula Shire promises to:

  • Work with our diverse community leaders and partners to ensure we capture the voices of our priority populations
  • Encourage participation by sharing accurate, timely and plain language information
  • Listen to what people say and record all feedback
  • Report back on what we heard
  • Let our community know how their feedback has influenced the project

The Shire wants to make sure the Peninsula is welcoming, diverse and an inclusive place to live, work and play. We also want to create opportunities for all residents to thrive and reach their full potential.

To help realise our vision of a truly inclusive Mornington Peninsula, we’re developing We All Belong: A Strategy for an inclusive Mornington Peninsula community (‘We All Belong’).

Once complete, this strategy will provide strategic direction for the planning, coordination and delivery of programs, activities and services that enhance wellbeing, inclusion and diversity over the next five years.

We want to engage with residents at key life stages – children, young people and older adults – and priority population groups, including people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with a disability, and LGBTIQA+ and gender diverse communities.

Why develop We All Belong: a strategy for an inclusive Mornington Peninsula community?

We All Belong will replace several existing and planned strategies and plans (except for our Reconciliation Action Plan, Universal Design Policy and Gender Equality Strategy) and bring all actions for key life stages and priority population groups under one document.

By combining all these plans under the ‘one roof’, we can approach our planning and service delivery more comprehensively. For instance, instead of working across various separate strategies, we can align our efforts (where it makes sense to do so) to achieve better outcomes for our communities.

This integrated approach recognises that people have many sides to their identity, such as ethnicity, gender, age, religion, and more. These aspects can sometimes result in overlapping forms of discrimination and marginalisation, known as intersectionality.

We All Belong will help us to meet and deliver on our various State and Federal legislative requirements, including the Disability Act 2006, Age Discrimination Act 2004, Equal Opportunity Act 2010, and Racial Discrimination Act 1975 – just to name a few.

How will the Strategy be created?

We All Belong will be an important strategic document, so it’s critical we get it right. We’ll be consulting with Shire committees and reference groups to make sure the voice and lived experience of priority groups are captured during the development, monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy.

But we also want to hear from you:

  • How connected do you feel to your community?
  • What would an inclusive community look or feel like to you?
  • Have you ever felt unwelcome or discriminated against?

Your feedback could help to inform the development of programs, services and activities that improve wellbeing, inclusion and diversity on the Peninsula over the next five years.

Mornington Peninsula Shire promises to:

  • Work with our diverse community leaders and partners to ensure we capture the voices of our priority populations
  • Encourage participation by sharing accurate, timely and plain language information
  • Listen to what people say and record all feedback
  • Report back on what we heard
  • Let our community know how their feedback has influenced the project