Council has developed a new plan to support the needs of local families and children aged 0-8 years and is looking for your feedback.
Developed in partnership with the community, the draft Mount Alexander Early Years Plan 2018-2021 provides a future vision and direction on how to best develop and coordinate early years’ services, programs and partnership activities.
The draft plan’s vision is to ‘create an innovative and connected community that works together to support our children to reach their full potential’. It is structured around four key themes:
• Collaboration: We will work better together to strengthen partnerships and community connectedness.
• Services and Support: We will provide more accessible services locally to better support our children and their families, especially those most vulnerable.
• Learning and Literacy: We will encourage a whole of community approach to increase learning opportunities and literacy levels of our children.
• Environment and Wellbeing: We will plan for improved use of facilities and spaces to enhance the development, health and safety of our children and their families.
Objectives and actions allocated under each key theme include:
• Identify the gaps in local childcare to better meet the needs of local families.
• Increase the number of our local businesses and service providers that are registered as a breastfeeding friendly venue.
• Establish a Mount Alexander Early Years Expo every two years to create greater awareness of the local services, support and resources available.
Feedback is now closed.
Key documents
Draft Mount Alexander Shire Early Years Plan