Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Inclusion Plan
2012 - 2015
Cover image:
The Sargents Centre
First Ave, Blacktown
NSW 2148
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Contents
6Background 15
Community Engagement
8Councils Commitment 16
Evaluation and
Implementation
10 16
Australian Standards
Definition of Disability
11 16
Government Information
What is a Disability Inclusion Plan?
Public Access Act 2009
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Purpose
17
National Disability Strategy
13
Methodology
18
Council’s Directorates
14
Guiding Principles
18
Goals
Strategy Statement
To work with residents, Government
agencies and local communities so that
local communities are welcoming and
inclusive, that individual residents achieve
their potential and that Blacktown is a
centre of inspiration and creativity.
The following principles underpin this Plan: • Council will continue to educate and
train its staff in the principles of
• Council will ensure all people have
access and equity and social justice.
fair and equitable access to its
economic resources and services
essential to meeting their basic
needs and improving their quality
of life.
• Council will engage with local
communities to understand
their needs and aspirations and to
give people opportunities for
participation and consultation about
the decisions affecting their lives.
• Council recognises the need to
adopt a whole of Council
organisational philosophy where
access is incorporated within
appropriate plans and services.
• Council will focus on strategies that
have a positive impact across the
whole City, geographically and by
social group.
• Council will assume a leadership
and advocacy role in developing
programs that increase access to
services and facilities for people in
the Blacktown LGA.
• Council will work with partners to
promote relationships with
Government, private business and
communities across the Blacktown
LGA.
• Council will continue to support local
organisations to provide excellent
services to seniors and people with
disability.
TIME
GOALS ACTIONS TARGETS DIRECTORATE
FRAME
Accessible Monitor accessible Car parks Annually. CA
transport and car spaces in reviewed.
parking car parks across
Blacktown LGA
and ensure
accessible
path of travel is
provided to and
within all related
buildings.
Continue public Forum held and Nov 2012 CA
transport agenda item
forum including included.
accessible
transport agenda.
Assessing All bus stops Dec 2012 CA
compliance of assessed
bus stops to and improvement
the requirement identified.
of ‘Disability
Standards for
Accessible Public
Transport (2002).
Accessible Maintain footpaths All footpaths are Annually. CA
environments and kerb ramps inspected in
within Blacktown across Blacktown accordance
LGA LGA. with service level
requirements.
TIME
GOALS ACTIONS TARGETS DIRECTORATE
FRAME
Accessible Review and Policy updated June 2012 SL
transport and update policy and adopted by
parking for Blacktown Council.
Accessibility Bus.
Accessible Mobility maps A minimum Annually. SL
environments to be distributed of 200 maps
within Blacktown to Libraries distributed each
LGA and community year.
agencies across
Blacktown LGA A minimum of 30
and displayed on hits to Council
BCC Disability Web website per year.
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