This project aims to harness the wisdom of Banyule's diverse community! We're looking to work out:
- Council's big picture for the next four years (2025 to 2029) - the Council Plan
- what's needed to improve the community's health and wellbeing - Health and Wellbeing Plan
- how to best manage our buildings and assets - the Asset Plan
- how to fund Council's work and what to prioritise - the Budget.
We know that Banyule's suburbs and people are diverse and that different locations have their own character, needs and priorities. That's why, as part of Banyule Futures, we'll be focussing the conversations on Banyule's 7 precincts to better understand what's important to you.
Get involved!
While feedback on this project has now closed, you can still choose your precinct on the map below to see valuable insights about local priorities, concerns, health, wellbeing and projects planned for the future.
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What is Banyule Futures?
Banyule Futures will see Council working closely with community to plan for the next four years.
The project will harness the wisdom of Banyule's diverse community to make recommendations on where Council should focus its budget and resources. There are a number of ways for you to get involved:
- activations and workshops
- Banyule Community ThinkTank
- feedback on documents.
Check out the 'Ways to get involved' tab for more information.
Ultimately, the project will support us to check in with community on Banyule's Community Vision 2041 and develop Council's next four-year Council Plan, Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, Asset Plan, Financial Plan and Budget.
Council Plan
Banyule's four-year is developed using deliberative engagement principles.
The Council Plan includes actions and services to help Council achieve Banyule's Community Vision 2041, and covers everything from delivering community events, community services, strategies and supporting the reduction of waste and carbon emissions.
Financial Plan
The Financial Plan helps to ensure long-term viability and sustainability of Council
It supports the achievement of our Community Vision 2041 and establishes investment and spending thresholds to ensure that we have sufficient funding to maintain our assets and deliver the services the Banyule community needs.
All efforts to manage Council's finances aim to deliver Banyule's Community Vision 2041 and Council Plan.
Asset Plan
The Asset Plan is about managing community assets in a way that balances budget, safety and the right level of service.
Considerations in developing the Plan include availability of funding, evolving community needs and aspirations, the age of assets, increasing flood and drought events and changing regulations.
Health and Wellbeing
Banyule Futures will also help Council develop its next Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan (MPHWP) 2025-2029.
This MPHWP is Council's commitment to better health and wellbeing outcomes for the Banyule community. It will include health and wellbeing priorities, things that influence our health and wellbeing outcomes and the important work of Council's partners in helping to make people healthier.
Principles of inclusion, accessibility, equity, and social justice will underpin the development of the MPHWP.
On these pages you'll find information about how health and wellbeing is experienced across Banyule's precincts, among certain community groups and how we're faring against the ten Victorian health and wellbeing priorities outlined in the Victorian public health and wellbeing pan 2023-27. You'll also find the Banyule Population Health Profile, a comprehensive resource outlining health and wellbeing trends across Banyule and the role of Council.
Health and Wellbeing Priorities
Our community is made up of diverse cultures, beliefs, abilities, bodies, sexualities, ages and genders. We are committed to access, equity, participation and rights for everyone: principles which empower, foster harmony and increase the wellbeing of an inclusive community.
Banyule City Council is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as traditional custodians of the land and we pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present and emerging, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the region’s history.