Social Strategy

The City of Swan is seeking your feedback on its draft Social Strategy.

Historically local governments were established to undertake road construction and maintenance, levy rates for services, and collect and dispose of rubbish ("roads, rates and rubbish.") While these functions are still important, local government’s remit has widened, deepened and become more nuanced and sophisticated.

The City of Swan delivers many social services that span across community development, leisure, libraries, public health, security, arts and more.

In developing the draft Social Strategy, the City seeks to set the direction for its social services, aiming to deliver the greatest value to its community, while also balancing budgetary pressures and ensuring that rates remain reasonable.

The draft Social Strategy sets out the focus areas needed to deliver the social objectives set out in our Strategic Community Plan.

After consulting with industry stakeholders at the beginning of 2024, we have developed a draft Social Strategy that is now open for community review and comment. See the focus areas on the right-hand side of this page.

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Consultation is open until Friday 8 November.