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Frankston City

Health and Wellbeing Plan 2017–2021

Action Plan Year Two: 2017–2018

1 Nov 2018 - 31 Oct 2019

Outcome 1: Frankston City is a Healthy Community Priority: Healthy and active lives

No. Action Council’s role Partners

1.1 Develop a Frankston City Council Healthy Choices Policy to guide all activities that involve the provision of food and drinks at council-owned facilities and events.

Local leadership; Service Provider; Partner; Employer

Council: Community Strengthening; Human Resources; Commercial Services; Chief Executive’s Office

1.2 Guided by the Frankston City Healthy Choices Policy, develop a healthy choices policy and guidelines for council-owned leisure and sports facilities.

Local leadership; Service Provider; Partner; Infrastructure Manager

Council: Community Strengthening

External partners: Peninsula Health

1.3 Improve access to healthy food and drink choices at council-owned leisure and sports facilities by increasing to the availability of healthy food options and decreasing to the availability of sugary drinks, including through the implementation of the:



External partners: Peninsula Health; Frankston Mornington Peninsula Primary Care Partnership; VicHealth 1.3a VicHealth funded Water in Sports Project at PARC, Pines Forest

Aquatic Centre and nominated sports clubs

1.3b DHHS funded Innovative Nudge Trials Project at PARC and Pines Forest Aquatic Centre

1.4 Improve access to healthy food and drink choices at the Frankston Arts Centre by increasing the availability of healthy food options and decreasing the availability of sugary drinks.


Council: Arts & Culture; Community Strengthening


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1.5 Introduce a healthy choices menu at the Frankston Library café to enable increased access to healthy food and drink options.




1.6 Explore opportunities to increase the availability of healthy food and drink choices at Council's major events.

Local leadership; Service Provider; Partner; Event manager



1.7 Co-lead the Healthy Eating Collective Impact partnership with Peninsula Health as the backbone organisation to promote healthy food systems.

Local Leadership; Partner Council: Community Strengthening

External partners: Peninsula Health; FMP PCP; Mornington Peninsula Shire Council; Monash University

1.8 Promote participation in physical activity through promotional campaigns, including Walk to School and the Premier's Active April.

Local Leadership; Partner; Employer Council: Community Strengthening; Human Resources

External partners:

Peninsula Health

1.9 Audit the condition, accessibility and functionality of the existing drinking water fountains within the municipality to identify opportunities for the installation of new drinking water fountains with a view to promoting the consumption of tap water.

Service Provider; Infrastructure Planner; Infrastructure Manager

Council: Sustainable Assets; Capital Works; Operations; Community Strengthening; service managers

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1.10 Scope the development of service and construction standards for the upgrade and installation of new drinking water fountains to ensure that they have both mouth and bottle facilities and are accessible by children, older people and people with disabilities (including people with assistance dogs).


Council: Sustainable Assets; Capital Works; Operations; Community Strengthening

1.11 Participate in the Choose Tap campaign to develop local targeted campaigns to encourage people to choose tap water and carry and refill reusable water bottles.

Service Provider; Partner; Infrastructure Planner; Infrastructure Manager

Council: Community Strengthening; Sustainable Assets

External partners: South East Water; Peninsula Health

1.12 Investigate the potential to expand Council's Frantastic Awards (a program to identify the most compliant food retailers to environmental health standards) to include additional health promoting categories.

Partner; Environmental Health Council: Community Safety; Sustainable Assets; Community Strengthening


1.13 Foster a culture of health and wellbeing within Council's workforce. Employer; Local Leadership Council: Human Resources

1.14 Investigate wholistic health and wellbeing programs for implementation within Frankston City Council to improve health and wellbeing within the workplace.

Employer; Local Leadership Council: Human Resources; Community Strengthening


1.15 Develop a Leisure Strategy to identify the community’s current and future leisure and sporting needs, and facilitate increased participation by people of all life stages, cultures and abilities.



External partners:

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1.16 Proactively apply for infrastructure grants to improve sporting infrastructure so it is more accessible for women and people of all abilities.

Partner; Infrastructure Planner; Infrastructure Manager


External partners:

1.17 Review the Play Space Strategy to identify age appropriate spaces for people of all ages and abilities.

Infrastructure Planner; Infrastructure Manager

Council: Community Assets

Outcome 2: Frankston City has Stronger Families

Priority: Respectful Relationships and Gender Equity


2.1 Launch the Prevention of Violence Against Women Practice Guide, an evidence-based resource for council staff aimed at building knowledge and capacity on the role of local government in the prevention of violence against women.



External partners: WHISE

2.2 Prioritise the implementation of approaches that improve early childhood practitioner knowledge and capacity to respond to and support women and children impacted by family violence, including training for Maternal and Child Health nurses and referral pathways training for early years’ service providers.


Council: Family Health Support Services

External partners: Frankston Child and Family Partnership

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2.3 Implement approaches to increase participation in the Maternal and Child Health service and Early Start Kinder for vulnerable children, including children known to Child Protection, children living in out-of-home care and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Local leadership; Service Provider; Partner

Council: Family Health Support Services

External partners: Department of Education and Training; Frankston Child and Family Partnership

2.3a Develop a Frankston City Council gender equity statement.

Local Leadership; Employer Council: Community Strengthening; Human Resources


2.3b Work in partnership with Carrington Health to implement Baby Makes 3 Antenatal through the Child Birth Education program at Frankston Hospital.

Partner Council: Family Health Support Services

External partners: Peninsula Health; Carrington Health

2.4 Explore the opportunity to embed the Baby Makes 3 Postnatal program being delivered in Maternal and Child Health New Parents Groups on an ongoing basis.

Service Provider Council: Family Health Support Services

2.5 Develop a new Frankston City Child, Youth and Family Plan 2019–2022 (Municipal Early Years Plan).


Council: Family Health Support Services; Community Strengthening

External partners: Frankston Child and Family Partnership

2.6 As guided by the Leisure Strategy, build collaborative partnerships with local health agencies to explore the place-based structures, norms and practices that may be preventing girls and women from participating in sports, including women with a disability.

Local leadership; Service Provider; Partner



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2.7 Work with partner agencies to identify the local need for financial literacy education for women, including women with a disability as a protective factor for women vulnerable to emotional and economic abuse and other abusive behaviours.


2.8 Pilot the Enabling Women’s Program in Frankston City in partnership with Women with Disabilities Victoria.


External partners: Women with Disabilities Victoria

2.9 Investigate opportunities to strengthen Frankston City Council’s workplace policies and practices to promote gender equity.

Local Leadership; Employer Council: Human Resources


2.10 Work in partnership to coordinate community-based activities that promote:

Local Leadership; Community Builder; Event Manager

Council: Community Strengthening; Family Health Support Services; Human Resources

External partners:

Engaged as required

2.10a 16 Days of Activism (25 November to 10 December)

2.10b International Women's Day (8 March)

2.10c World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (15 June)

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Outcome 3: Frankston City is a Safe Community Priority: Diverse and Affordable Housing and Safe Behaviours


3.1 Establish a process to monitor local homelessness data for the purposes of informing targeted advocacy for increased supply of high demand social and emergency housing in Frankston.

Local leadership; Advocate; Partner Council: Community Strengthening

External partners: Frankston Homelessness Network

3.2 Establish the Frankston City Strategic Homelessness Alliance to bring together senior representatives from the homelessness support sector to inform local planning and advocacy.

Local Leadership; Advocacy; Partner


External partners: Housing and Homelessness sector agencies; State Government

3.3 Deliver the Victorian Government funded Social Housing Investment Planning (SHIP) project to explore the feasibility of inclusionary zoning in new residential developments to encourage an increase in affordable and social housing within the municipality.

Local leadership; Planner Council: Planning & Environment; Community Strengthening

External partners: Department of Health and Human Services

3.4 Participate in the Youth2 Campaign, advocating for increased low cost and crisis accommodation options for young people.

Local Leadership; Advocate; Partner


External partners: 10 community organisations and service providers working with young people

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3.5 Advocate to all tiers of government to increase local access to affordable housing and reduce the rate of homelessness in Frankston City.

Advocate; Partner Council: Community Strengthening


3.5 Advocate to all tiers of government for improved living conditions for rooming house tenants in Frankston City.



3.6 Advocate to all tiers of government for appropriate housing solutions for women over the age of 55 years and at risk of homelessness in Frankston City due to changes in life circumstance or housing vulnerability are better supported.



3.7 Advocate to State Government to strengthen the alignment of the Victorian Planning Provisions and Planning and Environment Act 1987 with the Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 to both improve the coordination of land-use and health planning and empower local government to better plan for health and wellbeing.

Advocate; Partner Council: Environment & Planning; Community Strengthening

External partners: RAD-FMP

3.8 Advocate to State Government for the delivery of a health services hub in Frankston City to better support people experiencing Alcohol and Other Drug dependency.

Local Leadership; Advocate; Partner

Council: Community Development External partners: RAD-FMP

3.9 Work in partnership with the with the RAD-FMP to improve support for young people experiencing alcohol or drug dependency in Frankston Central through strategies and initiatives that promote peer support and positive life choices.


External partners: RAD-FMP

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3.10 Participate in Phase 2 of the South East Melbourne Councils consortia working group to investigate the links between packaged liquor outlets and alcohol related harms in order to undertake changes to the Victorian Planning Provisions to assist local government to reduce violence in the home, in licenced venues and in public places.

Advocate; Planner; Partner Council: Planning & Environment; Community Strengthening

External partners: SEMCA

3.11 Develop a Drug, Alcohol and Problem Gambling Prevention Practice Guide that outlines the role of local government in the prevention of harms from alcohol and drug misuse and problem gambling, and recommends best practice prevention approaches for Frankston City Council in the prevention of these harms within the municipality.

Local Leadership; Community Builder; Event manager

Council: Community Strengthening; Community Safety

3.12 Review Council’s approach to making amenity based objections on liquor licence applications to ensure there is a clear and transparent approach to the provision and consumption of alcohol within Council-owned community infrastructure.

Planner; Infrastructure Manager Council: Community Strengthening; Planning & Environment

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Outcome 4: Frankston City is a Strong Community Priority: Vibrant, Inclusive and Engaged Communities


4.1 Partner with the Aboriginal and Torres Islander community to develop the Frankston City Reconciliation Action Plan.

Local leadership; Partner; Employer; Service Provider; Community Builder


External partners: Traditional owners; Reconciliation Australia; PCP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Alliance

4.2 Use demographic data to take an evidence-informed approach to Council's service and infrastructure planning, program design, policy development, funding applications and advocacy activities.

Planner; Advocate; Service Provider; Infrastructure Manager


4.3 Develop a process to evaluate the social impact of upgrading council-owned sporting infrastructure.

Planner; Infrastructure Manager; Community Builder


4.4 Increase the accessibility and inclusiveness of Council’s major events for all population groups by improving event promotion, publication and signage.

Event Manager; Community Builder Council: Arts and Culture

4.5 Promote accessible information approaches for Council's publications to ensure they are available in a range of formats.

Service Provider; Advocate Council: Community Strengthening

4.6 Continue to provide In-Home Service provision to both Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) clients and Community Care Program for Younger People (HACC PYP) taking a ‘wellness and re-ablement’ approach.


External partners: Primary Health Care Network

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4.7 Support CHSP clients over 65 years of age and HACC PYP clients under 65 years of age with diverse In-Home and Social Support programs to accommodate client directed care and support individual needs.


External partners:

4.8 Actively support eligible HACC PYP clients in their planning and preparation towards NDIS transition whilst continuing to support non-eligible clients with In-Home and Social Support programs.


External partners: Primary Health Care Network

4.9 Raise awareness of the Frankston Disability Access and Inclusion Committee (DAIC) to ensure that Council departments consult with the DAIC to promote the consideration of access and inclusion in the planning and design of community infrastructure, neighbourhood amenities and key Council strategies and plans.

Local Leadership; Advocate; Partner Council: Community Strengthening External partners: Committee members

4.10 Implement the 'Love Where You Live' project to take a local area approach to building connection between residents and groups to work on community projects.

Local Leadership; Community Builder


External partners: Engaged as required

4.11 Raise the awareness of ageing and disability in the municipality, and the importance of applying an ageing and disability lens to the planning of service and infrastructure design and delivery.

Advocate; Community Builder Council: Family Health Support Services; Community Strengthening

4.12 Scope the development of a Universal Design statement to inform the delivery of Council’s capital projects to ensure infrastructure is fully accessible and inclusive.

Local Leadership; Community Builder; Event manager

Council: Sustainable Assets; Community Strengthening

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4.13 Work in partnership to coordinate community-based activities that promote diversity, including:



External partners: Engaged as required

4.13a Harmony Day (22 March)

4.13b International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (17 May)

4.13c National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June)

4.13d NAIDOC Week (3 to 10 July)

4.13e International Day of People with a Disability (3 December)

4.14 Work in partnership to coordinate community-based activities that promote social inclusion and foster community spirit, including:


Council: Community Strengthening; Arts and Culture

External partners: Peninsula Health; Frankston Homelessness Network

4.14a The Giving Tree (December)

4.14b The Wall of Kindness (June)

4.14c Homelessness Week (August)

4.15d Anti-Poverty Week (14 to 20 October)

4.15 Promote and actively participate in the state-wide Libraries Change Lives campaign.

Service Provider; Community Builder

Council: Arts and Culture

4.16 Advocate to State Government for improvements to the Frankston Bus Network.

Planner; Advocate Council: Infrastructure

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Outcome 5: Frankston City enjoys a Sustainable Environment Priority: Sustainable Use of Resources


5.1 Pilot a targeted water efficiency initiative in partnership with South East Water for households currently accessing Council's In-Home Service.

Local leadership; Partner; Service Provider

Council: Family Health Support Services; Sustainable Assets; Community Strengthening

External partners: South East Water

5.2 Develop a Frankston City Waste Wise Events Policy with the aim to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill, encourage reuse and achieve environmentally sustainable outcomes.

Local leadership; Planner Council: Sustainable Assets

5.3 Investigate the potential to expand Council's Frantastic Awards to include additional environmental promoting categories.

Local Leadership; Partner; Environmental Health Protector

Council: Community Safety; Community Strengthening; Sustainable Assets

External partners: Local food premises

5.4 Through the Choose Tap campaign, promote the environmental benefits of tap water.

Local Leadership; Partner; Advocate

Council: Sustainable Assets; Community Strengthening External partners: South East Water; Choose Tap

5.5 Whilst Council is not a member of South East Councils Climate Change Alliance (SECCCA), investigate the potential for Council to re-consider joining in order to leverage funds into the municipality to deliver environmental sustainability programs, such as energy and water saving initiatives for low-income households.

Partner Council: Planning and Environment External partners: SECCCA

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Outcome 6: Frankston City has a Sustainable Economy Priority: Skilled Local Workforce


6.1 Support the delivery of the Future Skills Study to audit the local skills shortage in the local economy into the future, and use the findings to advocate for targeted skills development.

Local leadership; Partner; Advocate Council: Economic Development

External partners: Six south east councils; Southern Melbourne Regional Development Australia; Victorian Skills Commissioner

6.2 Explore opportunities arising from the Year 2 Industrial Precincts Needs Analysis.

Local leadership; Partner; Planner Council: Economic Development

External partners: Southern Melbourne Regional Development Australia

6.3 Strengthen Frankston City Council’s recruitment strategies and flexible working policies to facilitate employment and volunteering opportunities for underrepresented groups, including people with a disability.

Employer; Local Leadership Council: Human Resources

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Outcome 7: Frankston City is a Learning Community Priority: Literacy across All Life Stages


7.1 Explore opportunities to promote digital literacy across all life stages in alignment with Council's Digital Strategy.

Service Provider; Partner Council: Arts and Culture

External partners: AMES

7.2 Work in partnership with the Frankston Mornington Peninsula Local Learning and Employment Network (FMPLLEN) to formulate FMP Education Precinct framework, priorities and action plan that support pathways from school to further education and work.

Local leadership; Partner; Planner Council: Economic Development

External partners: FMPLLEN

7.3 Continue to explore and develop training opportunities and pathways to employment for young people through the training café at Frankston South Community and Recreation Centre and café at Frankston North Community Centre.

Service Provider; Partner; Community Builder


External partners: ACFE

7.4 Continue to deliver outreach and extension literacy programs across Frankston City including extending the reach of existing successful programs like the Mayor’s Reading Challenge, the Summer Reading Club and National Simultaneous Storytime.

Advocate; Partner Council: Arts and Culture; Community Strengthening

External partners: Australia Library and Information Association (ALIA); University of the Third Age (U3A)

7.5 Finalise the Library Service’s re-accreditation of the state-wide READ program.

Council: Arts and Culture

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Disability Action Plan – Year 2

This document is also Council’s Disability Action Plan and has been developed to be aligned with the Victorian State Disability Plan 2017-2020 to support

people with a disability to live satisfying everyday lives. In summary, the actions within this Action Plan will support people with disabilities by:

1. Inclusive communities (I feel included):

Ensure disability access and inclusion are considered when promoting community-based activities (actions 2.12, 4.13 and 4.14).

Raising awareness both within Council and the community about the number of people living with disabilities within the local community to ensure that services are accessible and inclusive (actions 4.2, 4.5 and 4.11).

Improving the accessibility and inclusiveness of Council’s major events for people with disabilities (action 4.4).

Scoping the development of a Universal Design statement to inform the delivery of Council’s capital projects to ensure Council-owned facilities are fully accessible and inclusive (action 4.12).

Celebrating International Day of People with Disability (action 4.13e).

Being considered of people with disabilities when advocating for improvements to the local bus networks (action 4.16).

2. Health, housing and wellbeing (I live well):

Being considered of people with a disability when promoting physical activity through promotional campaigns, such as Walk to School and the Premier’s Active April (action 1.8).

In auditing Council-owned drinking water fountains, work to ensure that drinking water fountains located in high pedestrian areas are fully accessible for people that use wheelchairs and assistance dogs (action 1.9).

Incorporating the needs of people with disabilities in the development of service and construction standards for the upgrade and installation of new Council-owned drinking water fountains, by ensuring that water fountains have mouth and bottle facilities, are accessible by people who use wheelchairs and have dog water bowls (action 1.10).

Being proactive in ensuring Council-owned sporting infrastructure is accessible by people of all abilities and by applying for infrastructure grants to facilitate building improvements (action 1.16).

Reviewing the Play Space Strategy to ensure play spaces within the municipality are appropriate for people of all abilities (action 1.17).

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Piloting a water efficiency initiative with Council’s In-Home Service clients to improve access to South East Water’s vulnerable client programs that will help to reduce household water bills (action 5.1).

3. Fairness and safety (I get a fair go):

Raising awareness amongst Council staff about women with disabilities being at increased risk of family violence (actions 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3).

Raising awareness amongst Council staff about the discrimination and inequalities generated by the intersection between gender and disability (actions 2.4 and 2.11).

Being considered of the access and inclusion of children, young people and families with disabilities in Council’s services and infrastructure when developing Council’s new Child, Youth and Family Plan – ensure consultation takes place with the Frankston Disability Access and Inclusion Committee (action 2.7).

Ensure disability access and inclusion are considered when exploring opportunities to implement initiatives that promote financial literacy education for women (action 2.9).

Being considered of people with disabilities when advocating for the support needs of people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness (actions 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7).

Being considered of the needs of people with disabilities when advocating for support services for people experiencing Alcohol and other Drug dependency (actions 3.9, 3.10 and 3.12).

4. Contributing lives (I contribute):

Piloting the Enabling Women’s Program in partnership with Women with Disabilities Victoria to provide women with disabilities with a voice and leadership (action 2.10).

Providing opportunities for people with disabilities to contribute to Council's planning processes and key council strategies and plans through Council department consultations with the Frankston Disability Access and Inclusion Committee (DAIC) (action 4.9).

Actively supporting people with disabilities through Council’s In-Home Service and Social Support programs, taking a ‘wellness and reablement’ approach, as well as supporting people to make a positive transition to the NDIS (actions 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8).

Being considered of the needs of people with disabilities when developing Council’s Waste Wise Events Policy (action 5.2).

Better supporting people with a disability to access free drinking water when travelling throughout the municipality through the Choose Tap campaign (action 5.4).

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Strengthening Council’s recruitment strategies to better facilitate employment for people with disabilities (action 6.3).

Being considered of young people with disabilities when developing training opportunities and employment pathways through the training café at Frankston South Community and Recreation Centre and Frankston North Community Centre (action 7.3).

Ensure disability access and inclusion are considered when developing library programs, such as digital literacy, story time and the READ program (actions 7.1, 7.4 and 7.5)

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