33 q Annual Report 2013-2014
Home Care and Meals on Wheels are important services delivered by Horsham Rural City Council.
Disability Access and Action Plan
Council’s Disability Access and Action Plan, 2013-2016 was adopted on 15 July 2013. The Disability Access and Action Plan identifies goals and actions to reduce barriers created by attitudes, practices and structures, to ensure that all people can participate equally in the life of our community. The vision states that “everyone has a responsibility and role to play in enabling people of all abilities to fully participate in the life of the community”. The plan contains 68 actions which are to be implemented over the life of the Plan. The fol- lowing summarises some of the actions that have been taken over the last year to implement the Plan:
q Goal One – Social Connection (8 actions). Work has occurred in four areas including the 2013 celebrations of International Day for People with a Disability, funding for festivals and events, including the Art Is festival who partnered with the Awakenings Festival, to host the Festival Family Fun Day, and holding Council meetings in accessible venues.
q Goal Two – Information on Services (7 actions). Within this area, work has occurred in providing Council publications in different formats, promotion of Council news or events via print, radio and online formats, and research into an information directory on disability services.
q Goal Three – Education and Awareness (14 actions). Work has occurred in eight of these actions, for instance, training has been offered for Council staff and other agencies in use of the National Relay Service. Council continues to participate in the Wimmera Disability Access Forum, protecting and promoting human rights is identified as a guiding principle in the Council Plan, and work is occurring by Rural Access Wimmera on an “Open for Business” project.
q Goal Four – Employment (5 actions). All position descriptions indicate that Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
q Goal Five – Built Environment (24 actions). Work has occurred in nine key areas including audits of Council owned public toilets in the municipality, installation of a lift at the Mibus centre, access audit training for building and outdoor staff, investigations into the establishment of, and seeking funding for, a Changing Places facility, investigations into options to improve the accessible change and hoist facilities at the Horsham Aquatic Centre, improvements to pedestrian crossings and access around the Wimmera Base Hospital, and supporting scooter safety awareness initiatives.
q Goal Six – Transport (6 actions). Public transport is an area that Council does not have a direct role in providing, but we continue to advocate for public transport improvements. Council continues to provide funding in its operating budget to improve bus shelters and continue to respond to any access issues identified at the Horsham aerodrome.
q Goal Seven – Housing and Living at Home (4 actions). Within this area Council continues to provide the home care and meals on wheels service.
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