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Creating this Vision
In November 2020, we started the journey to develop a Banyule Community Vision for 2041. A vision that captures the community’s aspirations and priorities for our city over the next 20 years.
To develop the Vision, we introduced the Banyule 2041 – Shaping Our Future project. The project was all about listening and collaborating with the community, understanding local issues and priorities to create a long-term vision for Banyule and inform the Council Plan and Long-Term Financial Plan.
Stage 1
Understanding community aspirations and focus for the future
The conversations started in November 2020 as we invited our community to participate in the Banyule 2041 – Shaping Our Future Project. The first stage asked the community to imagine Banyule in 2041 and share what areas Council should focus on.
The contributions outlined what the community value in Banyule, what they aspire for the future, and areas of focus for Council to achieve that future while remaining financially sustainable.
Throughout the engagement period, Council worked to inform as many people as possible about the project, encouraged participation and provided background information about Banyule to help give well informed feedback.
Over 4100 people were engaged
High proportion of 26-64 ages participated
1329 people actively participated in engagement activities
4 written submissions
10 workshops with 420 participants
Engaged with higher proportion of people who identify as LGBTIQ+
829 contributions online
77% participants live in Banyule, 17% work in Banyule, 3% study
Higher female participation of 59%, 38% male and 3% preferred not to say
Social media posts reaching over 25000 people
Shaping Banyule Project page
Direct emails
(approximately 20000)
Posters and real estate boards throughout the municipality
The Banyule Banner delivered to over 55000 households and businesses
Postcards
Workshop flyers and letters
Phone survey
Council website
Online survey - Shaping Banyule
Online workshops
Face to face community workshops and focus groups
Written submissions
Telephone survey
Hard copy survey
Stage 2
Banyule Community Working Group
For the second stage of engagement, Council called upon everyday community members to join the Banyule 2041 Community Working Group (CWG), The CWG was made up of 55 people from a representative sample of the Banyule community, in a sense a ‘mini-Banyule’.
At its core, community deliberation was about empowering communities to reach a collective agreement on the preferred future state.
After many interesting and in-depth discussions the CWG developed a co-authored Community Vision statement, identified themes to focus on for the next 20 years and made recommendations to help deliver the Council Plan and Long-Term Financial Plan.
