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Consultation has concluded
Join the Conversation and help Shape Glenelg!
The Draft Council and Wellbeing Plan 2025-2029 is now available to view and provide feedback. The public exhibition period was endorsed at the July Council meeting for a period of 28 days from 23 July to 20 August 2025.
The Council and Wellbeing Plan 2025-2029 sets out the strategic direction and priorities of Council for the next four years, ensuring that Council’s work is aligned with the needs and aspirations of the community.
The Draft Plan is built around six key themes and has been shaped through an extensive six-week community consultation and engagement process that aimed to gather a wide range of perspectives on Glenelg’s strengths, challenges, priorities, and future aspirations, with a strong focus on health and wellbeing, the environment, the economy, and governance.
To support the Plan, we have developed a suite of documents for transparency in demonstrating how we embedded community voice in to the Plan. You can download these from the documents tab on this page.
The final adjustments are being made to the Plan following the four week public exhibition period and will be presented to Council at a future meeting in conjunction with the Year 1 Action Plan.
Join the Conversation and help Shape Glenelg!
The Draft Council and Wellbeing Plan 2025-2029 is now available to view and provide feedback. The public exhibition period was endorsed at the July Council meeting for a period of 28 days from 23 July to 20 August 2025.
The Council and Wellbeing Plan 2025-2029 sets out the strategic direction and priorities of Council for the next four years, ensuring that Council’s work is aligned with the needs and aspirations of the community.
The Draft Plan is built around six key themes and has been shaped through an extensive six-week community consultation and engagement process that aimed to gather a wide range of perspectives on Glenelg’s strengths, challenges, priorities, and future aspirations, with a strong focus on health and wellbeing, the environment, the economy, and governance.
To support the Plan, we have developed a suite of documents for transparency in demonstrating how we embedded community voice in to the Plan. You can download these from the documents tab on this page.
The final adjustments are being made to the Plan following the four week public exhibition period and will be presented to Council at a future meeting in conjunction with the Year 1 Action Plan.
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That's a wrap on our first round of Community and Stakeholder engagement that will help inform the development of the Council Plan 2025-2029. Council undertook six weeks of consultation that included 12 face to face community drop in sessions, activities with kindergartens and schools, targeted stakeholder and partner sessions and community surveys.
We are now collating the data and preparing the Engagement Outcomes Report. To stay up to date with the project make sure you subscribe and follow the project.
That's a wrap on our first round of Community and Stakeholder engagement that will help inform the development of the Council Plan 2025-2029. Council undertook six weeks of consultation that included 12 face to face community drop in sessions, activities with kindergartens and schools, targeted stakeholder and partner sessions and community surveys.
We are now collating the data and preparing the Engagement Outcomes Report. To stay up to date with the project make sure you subscribe and follow the project.
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Have Your Say and join the conversation.
We will be hitting the road to bring you the opportunity to talk to Council Staff and Councillors. Come and say Hi and Have Your Say and help shape Council's key Plans.
Community Conversations
Narrawong
Wednesday 19 February 5pm to 6pm at the Narrawong Mechanics Hall
Casterton
Thursday 20 February 11am - 1pm at Elements Cafe in Henty Street (grass area)
Heywood
Saturday 22 February 11am to 4pm at the Wood, Wine and Roses Festival
Nelson
Thursday 27 February 11am to 12pm in the Community Room (next the Visitor Information Centre) Leake St.
Dartmoor
Thursday 27 February 2pm to 3pm in the Memorial Hall, Greenham St.
Portland
Saturday 1 March 1pm to 4pm at the Relay for Life community event at the Portland Soccer Ground.
Drop In Sessions
If you'd prefer to talk with staff in a quieter setting, or maybe you need some help to access the survey, then come along to a drop in session.
Narrawong
Monday 3 March 11am to 3pm at the Narrawong Post Office
Nelson
Tuesday 4 March 10am to 2pm at the Visitor Information Centre (Leake St)
Heywood
Wednesday 5 March 10am to 4pm at Council's Customer Service Centre (Edgar St)
Casterton
Thursday 13 March 10am to 3pm at the Casterton Library (Henty St)
Portland
Wednesday 26 February 10am to 3pm at the Portland Library (Bentinck St)
Thursday 6 March 10am to 3pm at the Portland Library (Bentinck St)
Dartmoor
Friday 14 March 11am to 3pm at the Dartmoor Store (Greenham St)
Have Your Say and join the conversation.
We will be hitting the road to bring you the opportunity to talk to Council Staff and Councillors. Come and say Hi and Have Your Say and help shape Council's key Plans.
Community Conversations
Narrawong
Wednesday 19 February 5pm to 6pm at the Narrawong Mechanics Hall
Casterton
Thursday 20 February 11am - 1pm at Elements Cafe in Henty Street (grass area)
Heywood
Saturday 22 February 11am to 4pm at the Wood, Wine and Roses Festival
Nelson
Thursday 27 February 11am to 12pm in the Community Room (next the Visitor Information Centre) Leake St.
Dartmoor
Thursday 27 February 2pm to 3pm in the Memorial Hall, Greenham St.
Portland
Saturday 1 March 1pm to 4pm at the Relay for Life community event at the Portland Soccer Ground.
Drop In Sessions
If you'd prefer to talk with staff in a quieter setting, or maybe you need some help to access the survey, then come along to a drop in session.
Narrawong
Monday 3 March 11am to 3pm at the Narrawong Post Office
Nelson
Tuesday 4 March 10am to 2pm at the Visitor Information Centre (Leake St)
Heywood
Wednesday 5 March 10am to 4pm at Council's Customer Service Centre (Edgar St)
Casterton
Thursday 13 March 10am to 3pm at the Casterton Library (Henty St)
Portland
Wednesday 26 February 10am to 3pm at the Portland Library (Bentinck St)
Thursday 6 March 10am to 3pm at the Portland Library (Bentinck St)
Dartmoor
Friday 14 March 11am to 3pm at the Dartmoor Store (Greenham St)
Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029 has finished this stage
We will be working on preparation for community engagement, this includes the development of an Engagement and Communication Plan and engagement materials.
Endorsement of Engagement and Communication Plan
Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029 has finished this stage
The Engagement and Communication Plan will be presented at the 28 January Council meeting for endorsement to proceed and commence engagement.
Engagement Period Round 1
Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029 has finished this stage
From 30 January to the 16 March we will be undertaking extensive Engagement across communities in the Shire. This includes partner and stakeholder sessions, community focus group, postcard surveys, digital surveys and community Conversations and Drop in sessions.
Collating Data and preparing outcomes report
Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029 has finished this stage
We will be collating what we heard to develop an outcomes and recommendations report.
Engagement Round 2
Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029 has finished this stage
We will take the outcomes report back to our stakeholders and partners for review.
Development of Draft Plans
Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029 has finished this stage
We are busy preparing the draft Plan using what we heard throughout the engagement period.
Endorsement of Public Exhibition period
Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029 has finished this stage
The draft Plan will be presented at the July Council meeting to endorse a period of public exhibition.
Engagement Round 3
Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029 is currently at this stage
The draft plan will be shared with the community and we will seek your feedback.
Endorsement of Council Plan with Integrated Health and Wellbeing Plan
this is an upcoming stage for Shaping Glenelg - Council Plan 2025 - 2029
Following the period of Public Exhibition we will review any feedback. The final draft will be presented at the September Council Meeting for endorsement.