Active Ageing Strategy

The engagement on our City of Unley Active Ageing Strategy has now closed.

Thank you to our community members who have participated. Over the next month we be compiling the feedback received and considering amendments in order to finalise the Strategy. It is intended the Strategy is presented to Council for endorsement in November 2015.

Active Ageing Strategy Engagement Introduction

The City of Unley is proud to be recognised by the World Health Organisation as an Age Friendly City and Community. We are actively working to enhance our commitment to this to ensure our City is accessible to everyone, promotes health and wellbeing and provides opportunities for connection, inclusion and contribution.

To support this commitment, a new Active Ageing Strategy has been developed in partnership with the University of SA.Our Active Ageing Strategy is centred on the celebration of ageing. This comprehensive Strategy aims to guide Council’s approach in all of its activities to become an Age Friendly City and to ensure that we meet the changing needs of our community throughout their lives.

The Strategy provides a strong vision, aims and guiding principles, along with an overview of nine Key Focus Areas. An indicative Action Plan has also been developed that outlines specific initiatives which will enable us to achieve our objectives, along with key performance indicators to measure the success of our Active Ageing endeavours.

A key action within the draft Active Ageing Strategy includes the establishment of the City of Unley Active Ageing Alliance. This group will become a critical part of the finalisation and subsequent delivery of the Strategy by assisting us to further identify and priorities actions

The goal of developing an Age Friendly City is a responsibility we share with our community: we will collaborate with government agencies, industry providers, service clubs and community groups. As such, Council’s role is broad and ranges from information and referral to advocacy and finally to partner or direct provider.

The draft Strategy was developed based on the feedback we received from our community last year and was presented to Council in June 2015 for in principle endorsement. We are now seeking your comments and feedback which will be included in the finalisation of the Strategy which is intended to be considered by Council in late 2015.

There are a number of ways you can get involved and have your say. You can:

• Review our draft Active Ageing Strategy
• Read the Literature Review for information about leading practice examples of Age Friendly Cities
• Read the Community Engagement summary of comments received via our first stage of community engagement
• Participate in the online forum below to share your thoughts on the proposed Strategy or
• Provide a response via hard copy feedback form, available via our online document library, via our Customer Service Centre, our Community Centres and libraries or visiting us
• Ask us a question

For more information please refer to our document library, frequently asked questions (FAQs) and other tools on the right hand side of this project screen.

Feedback will be received from until close of business, Friday 18th September 2015 and will be considered by the Project Team in finalising the Plan.

Thank you very much for your participation. We look forward to considering your comments and feedback.